Copy Letters Patent to the Most Rev. Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Dublin, of amongst other lands a plot of inhabited ground ‘containing in breadth in the front 21 yards and in length backward 54 yards … the former property of Nicholas, Lord Viscount Netterville of Douth and his son Luke Netherville Esq., whereon was built stables and coachhouses and one stack of chimneys and all enclosed with stone walls lying and being in Oxmanstown, Dublin … to be held of the Castle of Dublin in free and common soccage … at the yearly rent of 6s 6d. The copy appears to have been made c.14 May 1868 for perusal by purchasers. The copy was compiled by Terence O’Reilly, solicitors, 18 Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin. There are several endorsements extant on the title page including a note indicating that this copy along with a case opinion and letter were sent to Mr. Reeves and Mr. O’Connell.
Deed of assignment from Fr. Goodwyn Peter Augustine Lawless OSFC to Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC of his interest in a plot ground on the west side of Church Street whereupon a Roman Catholic Church (St. Mary of the Angels) now stands. Reference is made to the conveyance of the said plot of ground made to Fr. Lawless and others on 9 July 1875. In consideration of 10s.
Assignment by William Hynes, Constitution Hill, to John Magrane, Beresford Street, Dublin, of the residue of the lease of 26 Feb. 1835 (CA CS/2/2/2/3) of properties formerly known as ‘the Swan Inn’, Church Street, in consideration of the sum of £32.
Lease by Mary O’Brien, Phibsborough Road, widow, to Patrick Regan, North King Street, corn merchant, of a yard situated between Patrick Mathew’s holding on North Brunswick Street and Patrick Regan’s holding on North King Street, for 999 years at the yearly rent of 1d. (See CA CS/2/2/4/14).
Copy draft lease of Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC and Fr. James Edward Tommins OSFC to Patrick Macken, grocer and wine merchant, of no. 48 North King Street, for 100 years at the yearly rent of £36. An annotation on title page reads: ‘approved of as altered on part of lessors, Terence O’Reilly, 9 Mar. 1874’.
Statement on the houses and premises on North King Street belonging to Capuchin friars of Church Street, Dublin. The statement lists the principal lessors of the properties and the yearly rent paid. The premises referred are nos. 47-50 North King Street. The tenants include William Smith (no. 47), Patrick Macken (no. 48) and Bridget Maher (no. 50). It affirms the Capuchins ‘have within the last 10 years erected a Presbytery on part of the said premises on which they expended upwards of £700’. The statement also notes that the Capuchins hold ‘all the above premises from the 1st day of July 1862 (for which they paid a fine of £300), for 9,000 years at the yearly rent in margin and a chief rent of 18s 5½d to the Corporation of Dublin if demanded’. A pencilled addition to the text indicates that a lease was given to the aforementioned Patrick Macken dated 24 Feb. 1874. (See CA CS/2/2/4/25).
Lease of Eliza Mullen, widow, Lower Dorset Street, to Nicholas Reily, 53 North King Street, of the house and premises of no. 27 Bow Street, parish of St. Paul’s, Dublin, for 29 years at the yearly rent of £20.
Extract from the Register of the High Court of Justice (Ireland), Probate and Matrimonial Division, regarding the estate of John Cordner, late of 153 Whiton Street, Jersey City, State of New Jersey, United States, formerly a tramway official, who died on 22 Aug. 1880. The extract refers to the granting of letters of administration by the Court to his widow and to the payment of his debts and distribution of the residue. The extract was prepared by Thomas J. White, solicitor, 4 Usher’s Quay, Dublin.
Lease by Michael Clarke, 141 Church Street, to John Kelly, 55 Church Street, of a ‘small house numbered one and situated in Thunder’s Court at the rear of 141 Church Street’, for 86 years at the yearly rent of 2d and in consideration of £28.
Deed of assignment from Fr. Richard Dominick Clarke OSFC to Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC and Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC of his interest in premises on Bow Street (formerly nos. 22 and 23 and the premises at no. 25 on the said street) for the residue of the terms specified in the original leases. In consideration of 10s.
