| Plunket Papers. | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
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| Collection | |
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Identifier |
D/3406/A |
Description |
Estate and personal papers etc of the Plunket Family, Lords Plunket of Cos Cork and Monaghan, 1673-c. 1930. Containing approx. 1150 documents, the Plunket Papers are a significant collection of patents, title deeds, leases, rentals, maps, correspondence, Irish Land Commission sale papers etc concerning the family’s lands in counties Louth, Monaghan, Cork, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, and, in a few cases, to the careers of the Rt. Hon William Conyngham Plunket (1764-1854), 1st Lord Plunket, a former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and of Rev. Thomas Span Plunket (1792-1862), 2nd Lord Plunket, Bishop of Tuam. The papers include title deeds and leases, 1753-1919, relating to the Co. Louth estate of the Plunket family, inherited from the Foster family of Milestown, Co. Louth, which were an eventual consequence of the marriage of the Rev. Thomas Plunket and Louisa Foster in 1819. There is also a considerably smaller quantity of title deeds, leases and rent books relating to the family's Co. Monaghan estate. This includes material concerning the Raw and Milltown estates acquired by Dr Patrick Plunket M.D by 1802 and 1809 respectively. The rent books relate to both these areas and cover the years 1838-40 and 1844; they also relate to the Plunket estate in Co. Cork, comprising the village of Newtown and the lands of Newtown, Shananagh, Kilmagoura and Clonleigh, barony of Orrery and Kilmore. The map material, 1833, 1840, 1856 and 1881-c.1930, consists of maps of various parts of the Louth estate, a map of the Raw estate, Co. Monaghan, and two maps of premises in the town of Tuam, Co. Galway; and there are voluminous Irish Land Commission (ILC) and related papers, late 19th-early 20th century, concerning the estates in both Louth and Monaghan. Wills and testamentary papers covering the period 1854-60 are also to be found. The non-estate material consists of formal documents, 1828-1829 and 1834-1835, pertaining to the legal career of the 1st Lord Plunket, including a patent granting him a pension of £4,000 a year, 1834, and a patent appointing him Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1835; and formal documents concerning the ecclesiastical career of the 2nd Lord Plunket including his elevation to the united bishopric, 1839. |
Strengths |
The Plunket Papers are a significant resource for subjects relating to, and associated with estate management and land purchase in Ireland from the early modern period onwards and for the development and evolution of the Plunket Family lands and property in Cos. Louth, Monaghan, Cork, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. |
Physical Characteristics |
The collection contains approximately 1150 items comprising a range of patents, rentals, title deeds, maps, correspondence, etc. They occupy the space of 14 PRONI boxes. |
Languages |
English |
Contents Date Range |
1673 - 1930 |
Collection Type |
Collection.Archive.Text |
Accrual |
Policy: Closed
Method: Indefinite Loan
Periodicity: Closed |
Access |
The collection is stored in secure,closed accomodation and can be requested for on-site consultation using an in-house document ordering system. Access is supervised and for research and/or reference purposes only. |
Description or Catalogue |
See PRONI reference D/3406/A for catalogue of the papers. The catalogue is available for consultation in PRONI's Public Search Room. |
| Collector | |
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Name |
Martin and Brett |
Role |
Solicitor's Firm |
History |
Local solicitors' firm located in Mill Street, Monaghan. Have in the past acted for many major landed families in Co. Monaghan area. The firm have deposited many records from their non-current files to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland over the years. |
| Owner | |
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Name |
Plunket family (fl. 1827-Present) |
History |
William Conyngham Plunket (1764-1854), MP for Charlemont in the Irish Parliament, 1798-1800, and for Dublin University, 1812-27, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland, 1827-30 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1830-34 and 1835-41. Created Baron Plunket of Newtown, Co. Cork in 1827. He died in 1854 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas Span (1792-1862) as 2nd Baron Plunkett, Lord Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, 1839-66. On his death on 1862, John Plunket QC (1793-1871), Thomas’s brother then succeeded to the family title as 3rd Baron. His son, the Most Rev. William Conyngham (1828-1897), Bishop of Meath, 1876-84 and Archbishop of Dublin, 1884-97, then replaced him. The 5th Baron Plunket was William Lee Plunket (1864-1920). He succeeded his father in 1897 and went on to hold the office of Governor of New Zealand from 1904-10, bearing the Bore Standard of the Dominion of New Zealand at the coronation of George V in 1911. On his death in 1920, his eldest son, Terence Conyngham (1899-1938) acceded to the family title as 6th Baron Plunket. A military man, he served his country during the First World War. His son, Patrick Terence William Span (1923-1975) in turn followed him to the family seat. He was Lt-Col of the Irish Guards, Equerry to King George VI, 1948-52 and to Queen Elizabeth II from 1952-75. He also served as Deputy Master of the Household from 1954 until his death in 1975 when his brother, Robin Rathmore Plunket (b. 1925), succeeded him as the 8th Baron Plunket. Source: Debrett’s Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage with Her Majesty’s Royal Warrant Holders, ed. PW Montague-Smith (1966) |
| 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 |