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CSO/RP/1823/281

File of papers relating to request of William Shaw Mason, for funds to conduct a new valuation of those ecclesiastical dignities and benefices, liable to the payment of First Fruits. Includes letter from William Shaw Mason, Record Tower, Dublin Castle, joint remembrancer of the Board of First Fruits, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting an answer to the legal case presented by Mason, concerning his application, 6 February 1823; encloses copy of petition of Mason, joint patentee of the office of First Fruits in Ireland, to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, detailing his right, as joint patentee, to instigate a new valuation of ecclesiastical dignities and benefices, and requesting funds in order to carry it out, 18 January 1823; petition accompanied by certified copy of letters patent, granting the office of clerk of the First Fruits to Shaw, and to Edward Glascock, and Walter Glascock, originally dated 30 May 1812. File also includes copies of legal opinions of William Conyngham Plunket, Attorney General of Ireland, originally dated 28 October 1822; and Henry Joy, Solicitor General of Ireland, originally dated 21 February 1823, respecting Mason's claims, and each stating that he holds no such power. Also copy of letter from William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, to Mason, stating that the patent in question, 'is not a Commission under the Great Seal….and consequently that you….have no authority to make any valuations of Benefices under the Statute'. Warns Mason that if he 'persists' in his case, his patent will be revoked, 22 February 1823 [incorrectly dated as 1822 at head of letter, but dated as 1823 on reverse annotation].

20 Feb 1822-3 Mar 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/282

2 copies of statement of arrangements suggested by Thomas Popham Luscombe, deputy commissary general, for providing clothes, horses, and equipment, for the police establishment in Ireland; 1 copy annotated by Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, and another CSO official, stating approval for the suggestions; includes procedures for tendering for supply contracts; purchasing horses; inspecting horses; and for account auditing [1823]. Also draft copy of letter from [Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary], Dublin Castle, to Luscombe, conveying the Lord Lieutenant's approval of Luscombe's suggestions, February 1823.

[1823]-Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/283

Petition of poor inhabitants of parish of Aughrim, County Roscommon, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising their distress and complaining of demands for grand jury cess; requests exemption from payment of spring cess, January 1823. Also letter from Robert Henry French, Dublin, treasurer for County Roscommon, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, responding, as requested, to the petitioners' complaints, and detailing the reason why the cess was levied on the poorer inhabitants, despite an order from the Irish government to halt its collection, in order to assist the relief of the poor, 23 January 1823. Also petition of the poor inhabitants of parishes of Bumlin [Strokestown], Kiltrustan, and Lisanuffy [Lissonuffy], County Roscommon, to Wellesley, detailing their similar distress, and noting that during the previous summer, the cess collectors had already collected the payments from the poor inhabitants, but not the wealthier inhabitants, prior to receipt of the government's order not to make any such collections. Requests that the money paid may be refunded; petition signed by John A Fearns, on behalf of the parishioners, at Strokestown, 3 February 1823; also 2 identical petitions renewing their request, dated 17 and 28 February 1823.

Jan 1823-28 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/284

Petition of the trustees of the society for relief of sick and indigent room keepers, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, emphasising the 'wretched' condition of hundreds of room keepers. Requests supply of blankets from the commissariat stores, 'to shelter their emaciated Bodies from the bitterness of the present severe Weather'. Names of Samuel Rosborough, treasurer; George Brown; and Arthur O'Neil, Charles Gibbons, George Moore, and James Jones, presidents of the divisional meetings for awarding relief to applicants, are annexed below petition, 25 January 1823. Also letter from Major General George Wulff, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Rogers, and John Butcher, office of ordnance, Dublin, officers of ordnance, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, stating that there are no spare blankets held in the commissariat stores, 12 January 1823. Also note from officers of ordnance, in response to Gregory's note, requesting them to return the original petition, 19 February 1823.

25 Jan 1823-19 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/285

Petition of Frederick William Dunne, junior clerk in debenture and cocket office, custom house, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, concerning news of planned abolition of his post, and requesting alternative government employment.

[20 Feb 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/286

Petition of Francis Wright, 10 Upper Rutland Street, Dublin, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, referring to the death of his father, Francis Wright, distributor of stamps for Castlebar, County Mayo, having fallen victim to recent fever epidemic in the town. Requests to be appointed to succeed his father in the post.

12 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/287

2 petitions of Elizabeth Gaffney, [Dublin], to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting government relief; states that her husband is held in Dublin city marshalsea for debt relating to unpaid rent. Also notes that she is the daughter of the late Laurence Hargrove, a King's Messenger.

[Feb 1823]

1823

CSO/RP/1823/288

Letter from Henry Cole, police magistrate, Mountrath Street (4th division) police office, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting a fire in the east wing of the Four Courts of Court of Common Pleas, Dublin. Details the circumstances of the cause of the fire, attributing it to the actions of an enrolling clerk in the office, George Mackin. Reports that the damage is inconsiderable, and that the records were unharmed: 'The Construction of the Record Office….has been such as to render it proof against Fire..'.

23 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/289

Letter from John C Graves, police magistrate, head police office, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting permission for leave of absence of 6 weeks to travel to England.

18 Feb 1823

1823

CSO/RP/1823/290

Petition of George Gun Lawry, Tarbert, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting to be added to the list of candidates for employment in the preventive water guard service. Petition certified by 10 individuals, vouching for Lawry's suitability for revenue employment, including William Godfrey, magistrate. [Annotation on reverse indicates petition was received 18 February 1823].

[18 Feb 1823]

1823