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After the wars of the mid-seventeenth century, the English government needed solid information on land ownership throughout Ireland to carry out its policy of land redistribution. The Books of Survey and Distribution record ownership before the Cromwellian and Williamite confiscations, c.1641, and after, c.1666
Parish of Moorgagagh , County Mayo
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 1 | Richd. Darcy & John Darcy | Cloonecrempe als Cloonecreane ….. 2 Qrs. ( vizt.) |
221 | 0 | 00 | John Darcey # | |||||||
| Clooncreame als Cloonecremp 1 | 017 | 0 | 00 | John Darcey # | |||||||||
| Car. & 1/3 pt. of a Quarter | |||||||||||||
| Arrable & Pasture . . . . | — | 087 | 0 | 00 | |||||||||
| A | A Parcell of Bog 1/6 profitble . . | 025 | 0 | 00 | 005 | 0 | 00 | ||||||
| 092 | 0 | 00 | |||||||||||
| 026 | 0 | 00 | Earle Clanrickard | ||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 2 | Ld. Clanrickd. 2/3 & 1/3 | 1/3 part of a Quarter part of ye | |||||||||||
| Christopher Darcey | Towneland cald. Cloonecrampe | — | 039 | 0 | 00 | ||||||||
| Arrable and Pasture cont………. | 246 | 0 | 00 | Sr. Thomas Blake nomine | |||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 3 | James Oge Darcey . . | 1/3 part of a cartron being part of | |||||||||||
| ye town land Cloonecrampe | |||||||||||||
| containing of Arable intermixt | 006 | 0 | 00 | 054 | 0 | 00 | |||||||
| with Rocky Pasture 1/10 wast | Acres set off before | ||||||||||||
| the whole containing . . . . | |||||||||||||
| p.28 | |||||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 4 | Cornard Darcey . . | One Cartron of ye Town Land | |||||||||||
| of Cloonecramp containing of | |||||||||||||
| Arrable intermixt wth. Rocks | 003 | 0 | 00 | 024 | 0 | 00 | |||||||
| 1/10 th wast . . . . . . | |||||||||||||
| 024 | 0 | 00 | |||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 5 | Patrick Darcey . . . . | 1/2 a Quarter & one Gneeve cald | |||||||||||
| Corry & Feagh being part of | — | 054 | 0 | 00 | |||||||||
| ye Town Land of Cloonecrampe | |||||||||||||
| Arrable & Pasture containing .. .. | |||||||||||||
| A | A Parcell of Turf Bog 1/4 wast cont. .. | 001 | 0 | 00 | 003 | 0 | 00 | ||||||
| 057 | 0 | 00 | |||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 6 | Sr. Richd. Blake . . | Lisnahellygane 1 Qr. Arrable & | 036 | 0 | 00 | Robert Blake # | |||||||
| Pasture . . . . | — | 036 | 0 | 00 | 036 | 0 | 00 | Maw: Thompson < | |||||
| 100 | 0 | 00 | Idem < | ||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 7 | Henry French . . . . | Killinebringe 1 Qr. Abby Land | |||||||||||
| Arrable & Pasture intermixt | 006 | 0 | 00 | 081 | 0 | 00 | 081 | 0 | 00 | Peeter Beaghan < | |||
| with Rocks 1/15 part wast cont. …. | |||||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 8 | Sr. Richd. Blake . . | Mullane a Cartron Arrable & Pasture | |||||||||||
| containing . . . . | — | 020 | 0 | 00 | 020 | 0 | 00 | Robert Blake # | |||||
| 020 | 0 | 00 | Richard Ormesby < | ||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 9 | Idem . . . . | Garran 1 Quarter | |||||||||||
| Arrable intermixt wth. som. Bushy | 001 | 0 | 00 | 023 | 0 | 00 | 023 | 0 | 00 | Robert Blake # | |||
| Pasture 1/12 being wast. | 023 | 0 | 00 | Richard Ormesby < | |||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 10 | Patrick Darcey | The cartron cal’d Cartronnavarr | — | 011 | 0 | 00 | 011 | 0 | 00 | George ffrench # | |||
| arrable and pasture containing | 011 | 0 | 00 | Lord Mayo < | |||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 11 | James Darcey fits | The other cartron cal’d Mense | |||||||||||
| Nichs 1/3 Jon. Thomas | 016 | 0 | 00 | George ffrench # | |||||||||
| Richd. & David O Wryen the rest | Arable & Pasture Cont. . . | — | 016 | 0 | 00 | 016 | 0 | 00 | Lord Mayo < | ||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 12 | James Darcy . . . . | Cregnagh 1 Cartron | |||||||||||
| James McNichols Darcy | Arable & Pasture . . . . | — | 050 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| B | & Christopher Darcy 1/2 | A Parcell of Bushy & Rocky | 052 | 0 | 00 | George ffrench # | |||||||
| James Oge Darcy 1/2 | Pasture 1/4 of profitable | 007 | 0 | 00 | 002 | 0 | 00 | ||||||
| belonging to the same . . | 052 | 0 | 00 | Lord Mayo < | |||||||||
| 052 | 0 | 00 | |||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 13 | John Nolan . . . . | Carrowmore als Carrowmoreiterbrien | |||||||||||
| 1 Qr. . . . . . . . . | — | 043 | 0 | 00 | 043 | 0 | 00 | Peeter Beaghan < | |||||
| 043 | 0 | 00 | John Bingham | ||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 14 | Bishops Land . . . . | Moregagagh 1/2 a Qr. Arrable and | |||||||||||
| Pasture cont. . . . . . . | — | 040 | 0 | 00 | 040 | 0 | 00 | Bishop of Tuam 1/2 Qrs. | |||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 15 | Cartron between ye Bps. Land | ||||||||||||
| & ye 7 Cartrons of Cahir McKelley | 001 | 0 | 0 | 002 | 0 | 00 | 002 | 0 | 00 | Plus | |||
| being Rocks and Arrable 1/4 wast . . . | |||||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 16 | Sr. Richd. Blake . . | Cagher McKellicke 7 Cartrons | |||||||||||
| Arrable & Pasture containing . . | — | 121 | 0 | 00 | |||||||||
| 121 | 0 | 00 | |||||||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 17 | Connor Darcy . . | Part of a Cartron cal’d Loughankillogh | Robert Blake # | ||||||||||
| Arable & Pasture containing . . | — | 011 | 0 | 00 | 011 | 0 | 00 | ||||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 18 | Sr. Richard Blake . . | Carrowreagh 1Qr Arrable and | |||||||||||
| Pasture . . . . . . | — | 051 | 0 | 00 | 051 | 0 | 00 | Robert Blake # | |||||
| A= Acres , R=roods , P=perchs | Lands Unprofitable | Lands Profitable | Acres disposed on the Acts * | Beneficiary after rebellion | |||||||||
| Numbers in the Plot | Proprietors’ Names [ Anno 1641 ] |
Denominations of Land | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | A. | R. | P. | To whom soe disposed | Page |
| 19 | Idem . . . . | A Parcell of Sumer Pasture in | |||||||||||
| winter a Lough 1/2 profitable | 012 | 0 | 00 | 011 | 0 | 00 | 011 | 0 | 00 | Robert Blake # | |||
| belonging to No. (16) . . | |||||||||||||
* The caption in the text adds “by the Downe Survey” but since in Mayo county the Barony of Tirawley only (Appendix A) was admeasured by this survey the misleading reference has been deleted : the original source of all the acreages given here was the Stafford survey.
MARKS ON THE MARGINS OF BOOKS OF SURVEY AND DISTRIBUTION
| MARKINGS | MEANINGS IN BOOKS OF SURVEY AND DISTRIBUTION |
| # | Certificate and Patent Act of Settlement |
| < | Cite of Court of Claims or Certificate Adventurers and Soldiers or Trensplanters |
| W | Decrees of Innocence: Decrees Courts of Claims |
| )< | Commission of Grace 14 March 36 Charles II – 21 April 1 James II. |
| Wo | Composition Rent (Connaught) |
| x | Trustees Sale 1688 Forfeitures: sold 1701-1703 |
| 4 | Quaere: : Left to law. |
Abbreviations
| Abbreviations | Meanings |
| a., ac. | acres |
| AB, Archbp. | Archbishop |
| ar., era., err., arra., arrab ar., era., err., arra., arrab. ar., era., err., arra., arrab. . . | arable |
| al, alias , alis , als . | alias |
| baro | barony |
| B., Bip., Bpp | Bishop |
| + C | Church land |
| C, car., cart., Cartr | cartron |
| cont | containing |
| + D | dean |
| Ea | Earl |
| ffz , fz | Fitz |
| + G | glebe |
| ibm. | ibidem |
| li | libri (pounds, sterling) |
| mount. | mountain |
| O.S. | Ordnance Survey |
| Pa. past. | pasture |
| pcell | parcell |
| pt. | part |
| Prd., prod., predict | Pr(a)edictus (aforesaid) |
| pro., prof pfit, profit, pfitable | profitable |
| proprs | proprietors |
| Pro., Prot | Protestant |
| P.R.O. | Public Record Office |
| qr . | quart |
| qua., quar., qr., qur | quarter |
| Q.R.O | Quit Rent Office |
| Qt. Rts | Quit Rents |
| Sr. | Sir |
| S.O. | Stationery Office |
| S & D book | MS book of survey and Distribution |
| + V | Vicar |
| + | Church (land) |
| COIMISIÚN LÁIMHSCRÍBHINNÍ NA HÉIREANN IRISH MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION BOOKS OF SURVEY BEING ABSTRACTS OF VARIOUS SURVEYS |
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