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NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1826/401 |
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TITLE: |
File of letters and reports concerning the progress of building works on new bridewells and court houses in County Cork |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from John Smith Barry, Foreman of the County Cork Grand Jury, to Baron Richard Pennefather, [Baron of the Court of the Exchequer], explaining that the delay in the building of bridewells and court houses has been caused by the difficulty in procuring building materials in the more remote parts of the county and ‘combination among the masons and other persons employed’. Adding that a prosecution is being brought against workmen employed on the Middleton building works for having destroyed a large portion of cut stone. Enclosing the report of George R Paine, Superintending Architect to the Commissioners, Cork [extant] giving an account of building works at Bantry, Kenmare, Clonakilty, Skibbereen, Kanturk, Mallow, Middleton, Bandon, Macroom, Dunmanway and Charleville. Also covering letter from Pennefather, Cork, to William Gregory, Under Secretary. |
EXTENT: |
3 items; 7pp |
DATE(S): |
27 Mar 1826-4 Apr 1826 |
DATE EARLY: |
1826 |
DATE LATE: |
1826 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/13534 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1826/429 |
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TITLE: |
Letter from Richard Boyle Townsend, Castle Townsend, [County Cork], offering recommendations for the proposed new road between Skibbereen and Bantry |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Richard Boyle Townsend, Castle Townsend, [County Cork], to unspecified recipient, recommending that a proposed new road between Skibbereen and Bantry be constructed on the western side of the River Ilen instead to the eastern side. Also requesting Mr Griffith’s assistance in examining a coppermine on his estate near Skibbereen. |
EXTENT: |
1 item; 2pp |
DATE(S): |
20 Mar 1826 |
DATE EARLY: |
1826 |
DATE LATE: |
1826 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/13560 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1826/480 |
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TITLE: |
Memorials and letter from Charles Wiltshire, Bantry, seeking a position as tide waiter or police constable |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Memorials of Charles Wiltshire, Bantry, [County Cork], to [Richard] Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking a position as tide waiter and noting that his father, Charles, also a tide waiter was killed while on duty in 1810. Includes copy of a certificate from Peter Berrel, surveyor, noting that Charles Wiltshire, senior was accidentally shot while serving onboard the ‘Hibernia’, captained by Robert Banks. Also copy of recommendation from [Richard White, 1st Earl of] Bantry. Also letter from Wiltshire, Bantry, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, seeking a position as a police constable in any part of County Cork. |
EXTENT: |
3 items; 9pp |
DATE(S): |
27 Apr 1826-20 Jun 1826 |
DATE EARLY: |
1826 |
DATE LATE: |
1826 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/13615 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1826/948 |
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TITLE: |
File of documents containing criticisms of magistrates from Augustus Webber, Cork and recommending individuals to appear before an investigation on the state of Ireland |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Augustus Webber, Cork, to Robert Peel, Home Secretary, stating that he has made a tour of Ireland and observing that there exists in that county ‘a strong opinion that the laws are unjustly administered by the Magistry’ in parts of west Cork were ‘intelligent gentry are so few and where local prejudices and family ties so much abound’. Suggesting that Mr Boile of Beerhaven, Mr Boyce of Bantry and Mr Hutchinson of Bantry could be called to give evidence before the committee investigating the state of Ireland. Also covering letter from Peel, Whitehall, [London], to Goulburn and copy of reply from Goulburn, stating that they have a sufficient number of witnesses to appear before the committee. |
EXTENT: |
2 items; 6pp |
DATE(S): |
26 Apr 1825-30 Apr 1825 |
DATE EARLY: |
1825 |
DATE LATE: |
1825 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/14099 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1826/1778 |
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TITLE: |
Letter from Richard Bechen, Royal Arcade Hotel, Dublin, wishing to apply for funding to create a mail coach road between Bantry and Skibereen, [County Cork] |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Richard Bechen, Royal Arcade Hotel, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, wishing to apply for funding to create a mail coach road between the post towns of Bantry and Skibereen, [County Cork], thereby employing a large number of the poor. |
EXTENT: |
1 item; 4pp |
DATE(S): |
27 Sep 1826 |
DATE EARLY: |
1826 |
DATE LATE: |
1826 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/14944 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1826/2031 |
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TITLE: |
Letter from Richard Clerke, Bantry, [County Cork], seeking a position either in a ‘moral, religious or civil capacity’ |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Richard Clerke, Bantry, [County Cork], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, seeking a position either in a ‘moral, religious or civil capacity’, noting his reputation earned from his former situation and undertaking to forward a memorial on the matter. Also letter from W Hill, Treasury Chambers, to Clerke, stating that the Treasury cannot offer him relief but that he should address his claim to the Lord Lieutenant. |
EXTENT: |
2 items; 3pp |
DATE(S): |
3 Apr 1826-28 Oct 1826 |
DATE EARLY: |
1826 |
DATE LATE: |
1826 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/15204 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1826/2165 |
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TITLE: |
Letter from Lieut Coakley Lewis, 5th [Garrison] Battalion, Skibbereen, [County Cork], concerning his application to be appointed a chief constable of police |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Lieut Coakley Lewis, 5th [Garrison] Battalion, Skibbereen, [County Cork], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, concerning his application to be appointed a chief constable of police. Noting that his father was elevated to the peerage for his services in combating the French who arrived in Bantry Bay in 1796 and that his brother lost his life in the West Indies. Adding that he served in the West Indies for a number of years but returned owing to ill health. |
EXTENT: |
1 item; 4pp |
DATE(S): |
18 Sep 1826 |
DATE EARLY: |
1826 |
DATE LATE: |
1826 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/15341 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1826/2186 |
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TITLE: |
Memorial of Richard Clerke, Bantry, [County Cork], seeking a pension or a civil position having served as an ordnance storekeeper |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Memorial of Richard Clerke, Bantry, [County Cork], to King George the Fourth, seeking a pension or a civil position having served as an ordnance storekeeper at Bantry until that position was done away with in 1816. Noting his family circumstances and noting that his late brother had been appointed to the position before him on account of the family’s loyalty in the face of the French invasion at Bantry Bay in 1798. Also covering letter from Clerke, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary. |
EXTENT: |
2 items; 6pp |
DATE(S): |
6 Nov 1826 |
DATE EARLY: |
1826 |
DATE LATE: |
1826 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/15362 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1826/2251 |
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TITLE: |
Petition of Jervais J Kenny, Bantry, [County Cork], seeking to be appointed to the position of barrack master of Bantry or some other position |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Petition of Jervais J Kenny, Bantry, [County Cork], to Richard Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, seeking to be appointed to the position of barrack master of Bantry, following the death of Mr Kenny or some other position. Adding that he had been assured that he would secure the position if he wrote to the Master General. Noting that his brother was killed at the Battle of [?Valencamis]. |
EXTENT: |
1 item; 2pp |
DATE(S): |
13 Dec 1826 |
DATE EARLY: |
1826 |
DATE LATE: |
1826 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/15427 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/OR/1826/6 |
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TITLE: |
Letter from J Bayer, Bantry, [County Cork], complaining about the inactivity of magistrates and reporting on a recent faction fight in the town |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from J Bayer, Bantry, [County Cork], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, complaining about the lack of law and order in Bantry, blaming the non-residency or disengagement of local magistrates and the absence of a petty session’s court. Reporting on a recent riot in the town between two factions and the subsequent meeting of the respectable inhabitants which was not attended by the magistrates. Also copy of resolution agreed to at the meeting and a letter addressed to [Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry] and Simon White, magistrates, demanding action. |
EXTENT: |
2 items; 7pp |
DATE(S): |
12 Jun 1826-15 Jun 1826 |
DATE EARLY: |
1826 |
DATE LATE: |
1826 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1826/B12 |