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Match 1 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1818/192
TITLE:

John Sealy Townsend: on right of crown to appoint a gamekeeper in the Curragh of Kildare
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from John Sealy Townsend, Crown law officer, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, giving opinion on right of crown to appoint a gamekeeper in the Curragh of Kildare. Encloses copy of letter from Sir Charles Saxton, Dublin Castle, to James Knox, ranger of the Curragh of Kildare, requesting permission to ‘make and enclose part of the Curragh not exceeding Ten Acres as a preserve for Hares…for the purpose of Coursing’, dated 26 June 1812.
EXTENT:

3 items; 6pp
DATE(S):

26 June 1812-2 Nov 1814
DATE EARLY:

1812
DATE LATE:

1814
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1818/C173
Match 2 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1818/313
TITLE:

Henry Yeo, Dublin: legal opinion on duties of Harbour Master in relation to packets
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Henry Yeo, secretary of Howth Harbour Commissioners, Summer Hill, Dublin, to William Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, enclosing legal opinion of John Sealy Townsend regarding ‘the power of the Harbour Master, under the Act of Parliament, with respect to the Packets’ and to enquire whether the Under Secretary can attend a board meeting on outstanding matters relating to the harbour of Howth.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

25 Aug 1818-26 Aug 1819
DATE EARLY:

1818
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1818/H57
Match 3 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1818/646
TITLE:

Michael Mortimer, secretary, Grand Jury, Waterford, County Waterford: on application for superannuation by four constables of County Waterford
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Michael Mortimer, secretary, Grand Jury, Waterford, County Waterford, to Alexander Mangin, Dublin Castle, enclosing copy of letter from William H Gregory, Dublin Castle, relating to application for superannuation by four constables of County Waterford. Also includes letter from Mortimer to Gregory, supplying further information on applicants; annotation on back from John Sealy Townsend reads: ‘Supposing this certificate to be correct I think that none of the persons mentioned is entitled to superannuation’. Also includes petitions from constables James Keating, Glenahiry, Edward Cummins, Annestown, William Gamble, Kilmeaden, and Patrick Flynn, Tramore, all in County Waterford.
EXTENT:

7 items; 17pp
DATE(S):

22 Feb 1817-6 Mar 1818
DATE EARLY:

1817
DATE LATE:

1818
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1818/W13
Match 4 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1818/794
TITLE:

Warrant from Trustees of Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland for payment of £10,000 in accordance with grant of Parliament for year ending 5 January 1819
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Warrant from the Trustees of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland, to Sir George F Hill, Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, requesting that payment be made of £10,000 in accordance with grant of Parliament for year ending 5 January 1819; also query on warrant from to Sir Edward B Baker, Military Secretary, Dublin Castle, to John Sealy Townsend, with answer by latter stating that an explanatory account is unnecessary; also includes certificate indicating extent of grant for 1818. Includes letter from James Corry, Linen Board, to Colonel Blacker, inclosing warrant requesting payment of £11,600, a part of the sum granted by Parliament, plus summary certificate of grant applied for.
EXTENT:

6 items; 10pp
DATE(S):

19 May 1818-30 Jun 1818
DATE EARLY:

1818
DATE LATE:

1818
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1818/Vouchers166&218
Match 5 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1818/814
TITLE:

On funds provided by Parliament for relief of fever
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Memorandum concerning use of additional grant of Parliament to source funding for ‘Expenses incurred in checking the progress of fever’. Includes short note on matter from James Crofton, advising that the Lord Lieutenant has liberty to disburse funds provided under the grant; also query on act relative to disposal of fund of £250,000 with answer by John Sealy Townsend who states, that the clause in question, ‘extends only to cases of relief by employment of the poor and not to cases of fever which are provided for in another way and out of another fund’.
EXTENT:

3 items; 5pp
DATE(S):

10 Jul 1818-24 Aug 1818
DATE EARLY:

1818
DATE LATE:

1818
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1818/Vouchers253&305
Match 6 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1819/100
TITLE:

Petition of Hugh Bowen, formerly of 41st regiment of foot, requesting employment in new police force
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Hugh Bowen, formerly captain of 41st regiment of foot, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting consideration for employment in a new police establishment he has heard is being considered by government. Refers to an earlier memorial he had sent to Earl Talbot. Annotation by William Gregory states 'no Police Establishment in Contemplation'. Also draft of the reply by John Sealy Townsend, Dublin Castle, King's Counsel and legal advisor to CSO, given to Bowen's previous memorial is written on reverse side.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

8 Jun 1819
DATE EARLY:

1819
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1819/B178
Match 7 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1819/199
TITLE:

Petition of coroners of County Tipperary, concerning act of parliament respecting the duties of coroners
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of coroners of County Tipperary, Clonmel, County Tipperary, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning the act of parliament on coroners duties. Requests either compensation to cover costs of attending inquests which require travelling a substantial distance, or an end to their obligation to attend every inquest; especially in county Tipperary, 'so extensive and so liable to excesses and Violent Deaths'. Annotation by John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to CSO, states that the Lord Lieutenant can do nothing, unless the act be rescinded.
EXTENT:

1 item; 3pp
DATE(S):

1 Sep 1819
DATE EARLY:

1819
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1819/C258
Match 8 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1819/319
TITLE:

Letters from Edward Elliott, County Waterford, concerning death of a young abandoned girl
SCOPE & CONTENT:

4 letters from Edward Elliott, Clonmore, County Waterford, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, and to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, 28 January; 3, 4, 10 February 1819. Concerns a young child, Bridget Power, abandoned by her parents in a door way in Waterford, and child's subsequent death from exposure. Elliott seeks advice on whether a case for murder can be made against those involved. Encloses copies of affidavit of Mary Ryan of Tubbrid, County Kilkenny, and affidavit of Honor Power of Fiddown, County Kilkenny, both 27 January 1819 and both witnessed by Elliott. Annotations on letters contain legal opinion of John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to CSO, on the matter.
EXTENT:

6 items; 12pp
DATE(S):

27 Jan 1819-10 Feb 1819
DATE EARLY:

1819
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1819/E35
Match 9 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1819/341
TITLE:

Letter from Nicholas English, requesting information on the right on magistrates to recover tithes
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Nicholas English, Rose Hill, to William Gregory, Under Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting information regarding right of magistrates to recover tithes. Annotation by John Sealy Townsend, King's Counsel and legal advisor to Chief Secretary's Office, informs Gregory of the relevant legislation to answer query, 9 November 1819.
EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp
DATE(S):

4 Nov 1819-9 Nov 1819
DATE EARLY:

1819
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1819/E59
Match 10 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1819/412
TITLE:

Petition of Timothy Keane and John Kirby, concerning legislation respecting pawnbrokers in Galway town
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Timothy Keane and John Kirby, Galway, on behalf of 'the lower Orders of Tradesmen, Artifices, and labouring poor of the Town of Galway', to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, requesting that no one be permitted to establish a pawnbrokers business in Galway unless they adhere to the pawnbrokers act of parliament. Also requesting investigation into Redmond Joyce O'Donovan, operating as a pawnbroker; requests an answer to be sent to James O'Hara junior, recorder of Galway, 17 November 1819. Annotation by John Sealy Townsend, King's Counsel and legal advisor to CSO, on reverse, explaining legal status of the matter, 22 November 1819. Also letter from O'Hara, Westlodge, Galway, to Chief Secretary's Office, acknowledging receipt of Lord Lieutenant's letter concerning the petition, and referring to complaints made to him about O'Donovan's conduct, 25 November 1819.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

17 Nov 1819-25 Nov 1819
DATE EARLY:

1819
DATE LATE:

1819
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1819/G84

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