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CSO/RP/1820/1042

Petition of Julia Roberts, widow of George Roberts, 5 Fitzwilliam Place, Grangegorman Lane, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of matron or task mistress with Richmond General Penitentiary; refers to earlier losses in business and having acted as house keeper to Reverend William Gwyne, ‘a School master of an Extensive School at Castleknock, near Dublin’.

Jan 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1043

Petition of John Risk, Richmond, County Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post in Richmond Penitentiary; refers to animosity from Defenders in County Sligo and his military service as store keeper under Captain Alexander Hamilton in Balbriggan, County Dublin, at the time of the 1798 Rebellion; recalls defense of town against a party of 5,000 rebels, he ‘having assembled about 500 Men he armed 300 of them with such implements as he had in his stores and placed himself at their Head, proceeded to meet the Rebels, who were on their March to the town when fortunately a reinforcement of the Durham Fencibles appear’d and form’d a junction with Memorialist on the report of which the Rebels retreated’; encloses letter from Reverend Dr Thomas Hands, Wyanstown, with authentication of account, and letter of support from Alderman [Frederick] Darley.

26 Oct 1813-Jan 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1044

Letter from Samuel Hollingsworth, governor, Richmond General Penitentiary, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, asking that Mr [Francis] Johnston, architect, be requested to transmit plan of penitentiary building to facilitate selection of accommodation for Mrs Callan, ‘in the event of her being appointed Matron’.

27 Jan 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1045

Letter from Edward Roche, Trabolgan, Cloyne, County Cork, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting copy of a petition in order that he might apply to the Lords of the Treasury for purchase of quit rent; observes that anomalies and abuses exist in local collection of crown rents, complains of excessive charges, and asks ‘if all these vexatory [sic] and illegal exactions are practiced on a man of my property, what must a poor Cottier tenant and sub-farmer experience?’; includes letter from William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, to Roche, stating that application should be made to the Lords of the Treasury for purchase of quit rent and to add ‘with respect to the complaints of Extortion in the collection, if you will state them, they shall be submitted to the Board of Excise for Investigation’; also includes opinion of Attorney General, William Saurin, on case presented by Roche; also includes letter from Roche to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, complaining of abusive practices of quit rent collection on his estate; remarks that ‘Amongst my papers is, an order from Government to restore my Ancestor to the possession of his property, declaring that, he was innocent, and was “a harmless Papist”. This is the expression and yet, tho’ declared innocent, different parts of his Estate were made Subject to the payment of trifling sums as “Quit and Crown Rent”’, with copy of same.

30 Jan 1820-18 Jun 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1046

Letter from Samuel Robinson, Belfast, County Antrim, to 'My Lord' [addressee unknown] requesting appointment to post of local inspector of fisheries, signed by 28 merchants of the town of Belfast; includes note to state that a communication is to be forwarded confirming nomination of Robinson to position.

17 Dec 1819

1819

CSO/RP/1820/1047

Letter from Arthur James Plunkett, 8th earl of Fingall, Killeen Castle, County Meath, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, making recommendation that Alexander Read be appointed to post of surgeon to Richmond General Penitentiary; includes memorial from Read, York Street, Dublin, to ‘their Excellences the Lords Justices General of Ireland’ outlining claims to post with mention of a period spent in Mercer’s Hospital, Dublin, and to add that he ‘on several occasions attended the Convicts under sentence of Transportation confined in Kilmainham Gaol and the Richmond Penitentiary’.

16 Jan 1820-18 Jan 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1048

2 letters from Cusack Roney, 47 Dominick Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of surgeon in medical institution: refers to posts in Richmond General Penitentiary and Westmorland Lock Hospital, Dublin; includes damp press copy reply from Grant in acknowledgement of application.

14 Mar 1820-1 May 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1049

Letter from Michael Ryan, convict ship Dorothy, Cove Harbour, County Cork, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting that permission is granted to John Hargrave, captain of Dorothy, to accept payment to enable his wife and child to travel on board for the voyage to New South Wales, Australia; refers to earlier memorial asking for inclusion of family which was rejected by government and to Hargrave’s refusal to submit as such action would subject him ‘to a very heavy penalty’.

2 May 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1050

Letter from Robert Sandys, Powerscourt, County Wicklow, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, requesting to learn his determination as ‘to the Steward (Stevenson) business, and also relative to the military road, from Glencree barracks to Enniskerry’, in County Wicklow.

18 May 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/972

Letter from John Heron, secretary, Irish Fishery Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, confirming suitability of Captain Richard Nesbitt to fill post of local inspector of fisheries, on behalf of the Commissioners of Irish Fisheries; includes letter from Lord Mount Charles, Mountcharles, Donegal, county Donegal, to Gregory, making recommendation in favour of Nesbitt; also includes letter from Nesbitt, Woodhill, Killybegs, County Donegal, to Gregory concerning arrangements for increase in salary payment of £50 as allowed by Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle; also includes letter from Nesbitt, Killala, County Mayo, to Mount Charles, requesting assistance in making application to Grant for arrears of salary for a half year and to recommend Thomas Hamilton for promotion in Royal Navy; also includes two letters from Mount Charles, Dublin, indicating that some misunderstanding has occurred over whether the application for employment should have been for commissioner or inspector of fisheries.

30 Aug 1819-13 Apr 1820

1820