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Sub-series of documents relating to the the sale of Loughton house, the upkeep of the house and construction projects under taken of the house.

File of valuations and inventories of belongings of the Trench family used for insurance and inheritance purposes.

Examples of valuations include a 1926 valuation of plate for division for Theodora Trench and a valuation for insurance of silver, plate and jewellery by R Wallace, 125 O'Connell Street, Limerick and a valuation for Benjamin Bloomfield Trench's probate.

The file also includes an inventory of Benjamin Bloomfield Trench's property at Loughton and elsewhere and a list of Dora Trench's jewelry sent to 18 Birchin Lane, London, England.Inventory of Lady Bloomfield's silver before it was divided.

File of letters relating to Loughton House.

Examples of letters include a letter from the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench dated 20 November 1900
'Dear Sir,
Your letter of 16th inst. received, and I send you herewith for your information some copies of audited balnce sheets of Co-operative Dairy Societies which I hope will be useful to you. I hope the project of starting a co-operative Creamery for MoneyGall may prove successful. We shall be glad at any time to give you any information or advice in our power.'

Also included is a letter from James Guilfoyle, John Murphy, and John Healy dated 25 November 1895
'Sir,
We the undersigned having had the misfortune of being found trespassing on part of your property known as the lands of Clinoe with dogs in our possession on the 20th inst by Mr George [Frend] of Silver Hills, and for which we tender an apology to your honor and by to assure you that it being our first time in trespassing on your property that during our natural life we shall never attempt to repeat such an act. By hoping that this apology will satisfy your honour and again we say that we [resoundingly] report what we have done. With profound respect we beg to remain yours honour's most obedient servants.'

The Loughton papers are comprised of the records of the successive owners of Loughton, Moneygall, Co. Offaly and of other properties in the surrounding area including one in Co. Tipperary. The families documented within the fonds are the Bloomfields, the Trenches and the Atkinsons. The fonds mainly consists of documents originating from Benjamin Bloomfield Trench, his wife Dora Trench (neé Turnor) and their daughter Theodora Trench. The material dates from 1798 until the 1970s.

File of documents relating to an 1872 attempt to sell Loughton house.
Included in this file are an advertisement for sale of the house and a map of the house division of Loughton dated 6 March 1872.

File of documents relating to the Loughton water supply.

Examples of documents contained within this file include the results of an analysis of the Loughton water supply carried out by the Royal Dublin Society, Leinster house; a drawing of Loughton Reservoir (Majors hill) 1897 and instructions as to water supply Hot and Cold Loughton.

Research on Lynally Glebe Church, Graveyard and Priest's Residence, Co. Offaly (Parish of Lynally, Barony of Ballycowan). County Inventory Registration: 694.
Contains field sheet with sketches of site plan, interior and exterior elevations and inscriptions of 17th century grave slab. Incl. a written report over 14 pages and 100 photographs.

Letters sent to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench. The letters in the file concern people or topics beginning with the letters M, O or P.

Examples of letters contained within the file include a December 1873 estimate from Musgrave's company, Ann Street Iron Works, Belfast regarding the heating system in Essex Castle, Carrickmacross and seventeen documents from May 1873 relating to the destruction of a monument for S. Trench.

The file also contains letters covering varied topics such as an overdrawn bank account, Pollaky's Private Inquiry Office, and work allotment.