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Date(s)
- 1748 (Creation)
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1p
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Charles Moore, 1st Earl of Charleville of the first creation, known as The Lord Moore between 1725 and 1758, was an Irish peer and freemason. Moore was the son of John Moore, 1st Baron Moore. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and succeeded his father in the barony in 1725. He was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in 1746 and created Earl of Charleville in the King's County, in the Irish peerage in 1758. He died in February 1764, aged 51, when the barony and earldom became extinct.
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Archival history
Deed was previously framed for exhibition in Tullamore DEW Visitor Centre.
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Scope and content
Deed of lease of the house and plot 'situated between the house formerly inhabited by Edward Tracey and John Vaughan's gateway together with a plot of ground' between Charles Moore, 2nd Baron Moore of Tullamore, and Maurice Tyrrell for three lives at a yearly rent of £4.