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Copy mortgage from Charles William West (at the request of Grace and Frances Blair) to Richard Bell Robinson and John Wynne of several houses, hereditaments and premises situated on Walkin Street and Patrick Street, Kilkenny, for £250.

Copy mortgage from Rev. Andrew Craig Robinson, Ballymoney Rectory, County Cork, and Richard Samuel Owen Robinson, 4 Woodstock Terrace, St. Simon’s Road, South Sea, Hampshire, to Michael Buggy, Parliament Street, Kilkenny, solicitor, of premises on Walkin Street, for £100 at 7 per cent interest to be paid within 30 days. With similar copy mortgages between the aforementioned parties (dated 20 Aug. 1907 for a further £150 and 21 Nov. 1908 for a further £100). The file includes numerous copies of the said mortgages which have been endorsed by solicitors and draft reconveyances of the said mortgages from Buggy to Rev. Robinson dated 30 May 1916 and 21 Jan. 1919. The reconveyances note that the principal money and interest secured by the above-noted mortgages of 10 June 1907, 20 Aug. 1907 and 21 Nov. 1908 have been paid.

Copy valuation report for 17 Friary Street, Kilkenny, by Ganly Waters Boyd, 5 William Street, Kilkenny. The report affirms that the vacant property has an open market value of £101,000. With attached copy ordnance survey extract.

Certified copies of the will and probate of James Montgomery Blair, late of Hereford, and latterly of 122 Rue de la Citidelle, Calais. He leaves his all his property to Jeremiah Easter, Belle Vue, Margate, and appoints him as his sole executor. The will was attested, and probate was granted to Jeremiah Easter in the Prerogative Court of Ireland on 14 May 1839. Copies made 24 Mar. 1916.

Copy will and probate of Joseph Empson, Kilkenny city. He leaves all his property to his wife Margaret for her use and that of their children. The probate was granted on 29 Sept. 1859.

Copy will and probate of Richard Empson, Kilkenny city. He leaves all his freehold and personal property situated in Kilkenny to his wife, Ruth Epsom, subject to several legacies charged upon the said properties for his sons and daughters. It is noted in the will that the house and concerns on Walkin Street are ‘now in the possession of Mr Mathew, Mr Max, Mr Hunt and their tenants’. Ruth Epsom and George Leech are appointed executrix and executor of the will. The probate was granted on 6 Nov. 1820.

Copy writ of summons from Nicholas Shorthal, solicitor, 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin, to Fr. Thomas O’Connor OSFC to appear at the High Court of Justice (Probate and Matrimonial Division) in relation to a case of Peter Jackman, plaintiff, versus Charles and Catherine Dunphy, Rev. William Cassin, and Patrick Egan, defendants. The case involves a dispute about the will of John Jackman, late of King Street, Kilkenny (died 28 July 1895).

Correspondence (including draft copies) regarding a boundary dispute and encroachment claims arising out of new building erected by the Capuchins on Pennyfeather Lane, Kilkenny. The correspondents include Patrick J. Morrissey, Mayor of Kilkenny, Fr. Fidelis Neary OSFC, guardian, Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, and James Poe & Sons, solicitors.

Correspondence, tender documents, bills of account and minutes of meetings regarding the extensive renovation work on the Church of St. Francis and adjoining Friary in Kilkenny. Principal correspondents included Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., guardian, C. Harvey Jacob Harvey & Associates, architects, 29 The Mall, Waterford, P.M. Cantwell Ltd., building contractors, 11 Upper Patrick Street, Kilkenny, Liam Tyrrell, painting contractor, 4 Pius XII Terrace, Circular Road, Kilkenny and Donal McDonald, stone, and marble craftsman, Maddoxtown, County Kilkenny. The main building work entailed a re-design of the sanctuary area of the Church to bring it into line with current liturgical practice, the erection of a porch at the back of the Church and the remedying of dampness and mould growth in the main body of the Church building. The work included the installation of a new central heating system and an insulated lining in all walls and roofs, the painting of all exterior walls and the replacing of windows and storm glazing. The total cost of the renovation work was £118,917.

Correspondence regarding demands for rent payable to the Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny, for a garage property on Pennyfeather Lane. The tenant was Dr Reginald Griffin, 42 Parliament Street, Kilkenny. With rent receipts, demand notices and some copy letters from Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap., guardian, Walkin Street.