ID17288
CollectionCork Deeds
Collection DescriptionThis is a collection of unrelated Cork City and County legal documents from the estates of the Earl of Bandon, as well as the Freke, Westcombe and Bernard families. Deeds date from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Collection Web Addresshttps://libguides.ucc.ie/CorkDeeds/home
ReferenceBL/SC/CD
Description

10 items, including:

4. 23 Sep 1791. Lease made between Rev. Thomas Weekes (Clerk), [Kilbrillain] belonging to the Cathedral Church of St. Finbarry, Cork, and George Evans Bruce, Hermitage, Co. Limerick for five houses now in the possession of Mary Bruce and Joseph Harmon, undertenants of George Evans Bruce, in the parish of St. Fin Barrys, Cork. It is for a term of 40 years from the 25th March last, for a rent of £8 to be paid quarterly – 24th January, 29th September, 25th December, and 25th March. Signed and sealed by both parties. 1f.
 

5. 21 June 1798. Lease made between the Rev. Alexander Kennedy (Clerke), city of Cork and James Wallis Esq., City of Cork, for the front dwelling house, out offices, cellars and yard, at Dunscombes Marsh, parish of Christ Church, and city of Corke [sic], together with the rights of water channels, quays, landing places in the south channel fronting the demised premises that Kennedy has rights to demise. It is bounded in the east with the dwelling house of George Breton, on the west with the dwelling house lately occupied by Catherine Fenton (Widow), on the north with the holdings bounding said yard in the possession of Thomas Harris and his undertenants, and on the south with the South Mall. It is for a term of 900 years from the 24th June instant, at a rent of £20 sterling, to be paid half-yearly on the 24th June and 25th December. Signed and sealed by both parties. 1 skin.

7. 4 Nov 1852. Deed of Settlement made between George Evans, 7th Baron Carbery, Castle Freke, Co. Cork, and Harriet Maria Catherine, Baroness Carbery (his wife) in the 1st part, Edmund William Shuldham (her father and Lieutenant General in the East India Company’s service), Dunmanway, Co. Cork, in the 2nd part, and Fenton John Evans Freke (Captain in her Majesty’s Second Regiment of Life Guards), William John Freke (Solicitor), city of Dublin, and Edmund Anderson Shuldham, Dunmanway, Co. Cork, in the 3rd part, listing the trusts and agreements involved in the marriage between Baron Carbery and Harriet Shuldham in August 1852. A later declaration by Baron Carbery and his wife releases Fenton John Evans Freke as one of the Trustees of the settlement. Signed and sealed by only the Baron and Baroness Carbery. A declaration on the reverse of the settlement notes that George Evans, Lord Baron Carbery is “… Deaf and Dumb, but being capable of reading”

 

AccessBy prior appointment
Date1754-1857
Century18th, 19th
Keywords
Repository NameUCC Special Collections & Archives
AddressSpecial Collections & Archives Q-1 Boole Library University College Cork Cork City
EircodeT12 ND89
Telephone021-490-2282
Email Addressspecialcollectionsarchives@ucc.ie
Repository Web Addresshttps://libguides.ucc.ie/specialcollections
latitude51.89288
longitude-8.49137