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Reconveyance from Sebastian Henry Petre, Fitzalan House, Arundel Street, London, and Constance Mary Lee, Mill Hill, Middlesex, to Fr. Bernard Joseph Jennings OSFC, Fr. Peter Edward Bowe, Fr. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC and other Capuchin friars, Church Street, Dublin, of a plot of ground on the west side of Church Street known as number 142 ‘together with the Roman Catholic Church erected on the said plot or parcel of ground called or known by the name of “Saint Mary of the Angels”’. In consideration of the principal money and interest secured on the mortgage of the said parcel of ground on Church Street.

Reception book for male novices of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The information is listed under name, address, date of reception, section number, name in religion and (on occasion) date of profession. Several loose pages detailing the names and address of novices awaiting profession are inserted into the end of the volume.

Record book of novices received into the brothers of the Third Order fraternity attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. The listing is arranged alphabetically under name, address, religious name, by whom received, section number, remarks re attendance and date of profession. The volume title reads ‘Record of novices received from 1st Jan. 1929’.

Receipts for rents paid by the Capuchin friars, Church Street, to the Loreto Abbey School, Gorey, County Wexford. The rent accruing from the premises formerly known as 141 Church Street (later part of the Capuchin Friary, Church Street) were paid to the Loreto Covent to defray the educational fees of Aileen Smyth. See CA CS/2/4/9.

Receipts for ground rents due to Mrs K. Pratt for properties on Church Street.

Receipt for an Inland Revenue payment made by Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC and other Capuchin friars for a plot of ground on which the Roman Catholic Church on Church Street stands. The properties are held under a deed dated 9 July 1875. The statement notes that these premises were ‘demised in 1826 for a term of 99 years at the yearly rent of £46 3s 0d and the landlord’s interest therein sold in 1875 to Rev. Mr. O’Reilly and others’.

This section includes a large collection of receipts, vouchers, and invoices, mainly comprising bank deposits and cheques, personal letters and bills of receipt, subscriptions, tax receipts, and receipts for goods for use in the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The receipts refer to goods chiefly purchased from local suppliers in Dublin (particularly in the north-inner city). The retailers include booksellers, plumbers, carpenters, stationers, clothiers, chemists, locksmiths, and medical suppliers, china, food and drink, services (including funeral, transport, sundry repairs), jewellers, gold and silver smiths and watchmakers, kitchenware, grain suppliers, seed merchants, coal merchants and furniture makers. The sub-series also includes some receipts for maintenance and improvements to friary property. The receipts are arranged chronologically.

Receipt signed by Michael Meade & Son for £305 received from Fr. [Nicholas] Murphy for principal and interest on account for building works at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. Endorsed on reverse: ‘Amount of debt due - £3,200 … by cash as per other side £305, now due £2,967, 21st March 1888’.

Daily receipt and expenditure book for the Capuchin community, Church Street. The entries are made in ‘Dollard’s Scribbling Diary for 1926’ and record various sundry expenses including payments made for newspapers, stamps, and various other subscriptions. Other entries relate to payments made by various religious (possibly for retreats and missions). Entries are in the hand of Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.

Ledger and account book for the Capuchin community at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The ledger provides a daily record of income received and expenses incurred by the community. Notes are made of income derived from mass stipends, street collections, sodalities, Third Order payments and temperance publications. Reference is also made to monies received from donations, alms, bequests, and cheques. Expenses include travel tickets, staff wages, groceries, building repairs and other sundries. The entries are periodically signed by the Friary Guardian and by the Provincial Minister at Visitations
The front cover is endorsed in typescript with a list of Friary Guardians:
Fr. Bernard Jennings 1883-1886
Fr. Nicholas Murphy 1886-1893
Fr. Francis Hayes 1893-1895
Fr. Anthony Travers 1895-1898
Fr. Peter Bowe 1898-1901
Fr. Fiacre Brophy 1901-1904
Fr. Thomas Dowling 1904-1907
Fr. Laurence Dowling 1907-1910
It is also noted that Fr. Laurence began a ‘new ledger in Sept. 1907’. See CA CS/3/1/6.