| Brownlow Papers | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
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| Collection | |
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Identifier |
D/1928 |
Description |
With some exceptions, these papers can be described as an estate archive, documenting the history and management of the Brownlow estate from the arrival in Ireland from Nottingham of John Brownlow in 1610 to the sale of the property in 1893. The estate consisted of land in the manors of Brownlowsderry and Richmount in the Lurgan area, Co. Armagh, including Lurgan town itself and the adjacent areas of west Down and south-west Antrim, 1619-1960, and also property in Magheracloone parish, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan, 1753-94, and in Philipstown parish, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth, 1753. The collection includes: abstracts of tithe deeds relating to the Co. Armagh estate; title deeds (patents, marriage settlements, mortgages and miscellaneous agreements); wills and testamentary papers relating to members of the Brownlow family; lease books recording leases on the estate; leases and associated documents relating to agreements made between the Brownlow family and their tenants; papers relating to evictions from the estate; account books and rentals; documents relating to the Irish Land Commission and the buying out of the estate, 1881-1918; registers of Co. Armagh freeholders; manorial court books; papers relating to Lurgan Courthouse, Workhouse and Town Commissioners; registers and documents relating to Lurgan Free School; papers relating to other schools on the Brownlow estate; maps, plans, architectural drawings relating to the manors of Brownlow and Richmount; tithe and poor Law valuations. |
Strengths |
Important for the history and management of the Brownlow estates over 3 centuries |
Physical Characteristics |
c. 9,800 items, 1619-1960, comprising c.9,300 documents and 520 volumes and occupying c.300 PRONI boxes. |
Languages |
English |
Contents Date Range |
1619 - 1960 |
Collection Type |
Collection. Archive. Text. Image. |
Accrual |
Policy: Active
Method: Indefinite Loan
Periodicity: Irregular |
Access |
Apart from printed material, all items with a terminal date under 100 years old are closed to the general public. However, requests can be made in writing to the Head of the Access Section. All other items can be requested for on-site consultation using the PRONI document ordering system. Access to these remains supervised and for research and/or reference purposes only. |
Description or Catalogue |
See PRONI reference D/1928 for catalogue of the papers. The catalogue is available for consultation in PRONI's Public Search Room. See also http://www.proni.gov.uk/records/private/brownlow.htm" target="new_window">http://www.proni.gov.uk/records/private/brownlow.htm for an introduction to the collection. |
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Name |
Brownlow Family |
History |
Under the Plantation of Ulster, John Brownlow from Nottingham and his son William were granted property by James I in 1610 in ONeilland, Co. Armagh. The family prospered, later acquiring the manor of Richmount, Co. Armagh, and the Coolderry Estate near Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. Charles Brownlow was raised to the peerage in 1839 as Lord Lurgan for services to the Whig party. He built Brownlow House in 1833, which in 1904 was purchased by the Lurgan Loyal Orange District Lodge and is also the Commonwealth headquarters of the Imperial Black Chapter. Family financial concerns, and the coming of Land Purchase, forced the Brownlows to sell most of their estates in Co. Armagh in 1893 and this part of the family moved to London. The Monaghan estate also was sold at Land Purchase. See also: http://proni.nics.gov.uk/records/private/brownlow.htm" target="new_window">http://proni.nics.gov.uk/records/private/brownlow.htm |
Organisation |
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
Role |
Government agency with responsibility for official and private records. |
History |
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is theofficial place of deposit for all public records in Northern Ireland and was established by Act of Parliament following the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921. PRONI is also the main repository in Northern Ireland for private records. |
| Owner | |
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Name |
Brownlow Family |
History |
Under the Plantation of Ulster, John Brownlow from Nottingham and his son William were granted property by James I in 1610 in ONeilland, Co. Armagh. The family prospered, later acquiring the manor of Richmount, Co. Armagh, and the Coolderry Estate near Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. Charles Brownlow was raised to the peerage in 1839 as Lord Lurgan for services to the Whig party. He built Brownlow House in 1833, which in 1904 was purchased by the Lurgan Loyal Orange District Lodge and is also the Commonwealth headquarters of the Imperial Black Chapter. Family financial concerns, and the coming of Land Purchase, forced the Brownlows to sell most of their estates in Co. Armagh in 1893 and this part of the family moved to London. The Monaghan estate also was sold at Land Purchase. See also: http://proni.nics.gov.uk/records/private/brownlow.htm" target="new_window">http://proni.nics.gov.uk/records/private/brownlow.htm |
| Location | |
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Name |
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
Address |
2 Titanic Boulevard |
Website |
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Access Control |
The Record Office is open to the general public on weekdays between 9.15 am and 4.45 pm, with late night opening until 8.45 pm on Thursday evenings. The Office is closed on the main public holidays and is closed annually for two weeks late November/early December. All readers are required to register their membership on their first visit to the office for which some form of identification will be asked. Registration and admission to the office is free of charge to the public, although certain commercial users (i.e. solicitors, journalists, television reporters and professional genealogists) are subject to a fee. Disabled access facilities, self-service microfilm and a chargeable copying service are provided. |
Role |
Government agency with responsibility for official and private records |
Phone |
0442890534800 |