1806 deed
A "memorial" (summary) survives in the
[Registry of Deeds]
of a
Deed of 1806, Ponsonby to Blennerhassett.
I want to find the missing full deed.
"Memorial" (1 page summary)
of the lost 1806 deed.
The deed is dated 31 Mar 1806, made between
Richard PONSONBY of Tarbert Island, Co.Kerry, and Letitia Ponsonby otherwise Blennerhassett his wife, of the one part, and
Thomas BLENNERHASSETT of Tralee, Co.Kerry, of the other part.
The memorial above was
registered with the
[Registry of Deeds]
on 23 Apr 1806.
Book 581, p.233, no.391828.
I am searching for a full copy of the deed (not the 1 page memorial).
What lands does the deed relate to?
The deed relates to an annual payment off the PONSONBY estate in Co.Kerry.
I do not, unfortunately, have a list of the townlands this estate would involve.
No specific townlands are listed in the
memorial of the deed,
or in the
memorial of a
1799 deed
that this deed refers to. Presumably the townlands are listed in the deeds themselves.
The Ponsonby seat was Crotto House, Kilflyn parish, Co.Kerry.
They owned extensive lands in Co.Kerry and Co.Limerick.
The most likely collection the deed would be bundled with would be a collection related to Crotto, Kilflyn parish, Co.Kerry,
but this is not the only possibility.
The Crotto estate was liquidated in stages in the 1840s-50s when Ponsonby went bankrupt.
Guessing where it might be today
If not surviving in the Ponsonby or Blennerhassett families,
the full deed may be in a solicitors office.
- John Blennerhassett, "the Evergreen",
solicitor,
might have had a copy
in his Dublin office in 1855.
- Witnessed by James Fitzgerald of Tarbert, gentleman, and James Fitzmaurice, attorney at law.
- Fitzgerald were attorneys at Tarbert:
-
James Fitzgerald, post master, Tarbert, is listed in
[Pigot's Directory, 1824].
-
John Fitzgerald, attorney, Tarbert, is listed in
[Pigot's Directory, 1824]
and
[Slater's directory, 1846]
and
[Slater's directory, 1856]
and
[Slater's directory, 1870].
- Windle are the only solicitors in Tarbert in
[Slater's directory, 1881].
- Fitzgerald were also attorneys at Listowel:
-
Richard Fitzgerald, attorney, Listowel, is listed in
[Pigot's Directory, 1824].
-
Richard Fitzgerald, attorney, The Square, Listowel, is listed in
[Slater's directory, 1846].
- No Fitzgerald attorney in Listowel in
[Slater's directory, 1870].
- No Fitzgerald solicitor in Listowel in
[Slater's directory, 1881].
- Can't find where Fitzmaurice was an attorney:
- Fitzmaurice were said to be attorneys in The Square, Listowel, but they are not listed in directories.
Think this is confusion with Fitzgerald.
- Francis Fitzmaurice of Tarbert
witnessed
[Ponsonby Deed, 1809].
- Solicitors for Leslie were:
Fitzgerald's, Grafton St, Dublin - now gone.
- Solicitors in Tarbert, Listowel, Tralee.
- Solicitors in Listowel:
- Attorneys in Listowel in
[Slater's directory, 1870]:
Harnett, Lennard and Sandes.
- Solicitors in Listowel in
[Slater's directory, 1881]:
Creigh, Hartnett, Kennedy and Sandes.
- Listowel in
[Slater's directory, 1894] lists:
- Creigh, Francis, solicitor, The Square.
- McElligott, John J., solicitor, The Square.
- Moloney, Francis, solicitor, Church st.
- Moran, John, solicitor, William street.
- Mulvihill, Edward, solicitor, The Square.
Conclusion - Impossible to know where it might be today
If it survives in some solicitors office,
it is most likely in a solicitors office in
Kerry, Dublin, Cork or Limerick.
