Lease of part of the lands of Coleshill [Colehill] and Ballydaly from Edward Earl Digby to John McHroy for one life, or twenty-one years from 29 September 1819, at the yearly rate of £46-2-6.
Including 'A map of part of the lands of Coleshill in the Barony of Geashill and King's County. Part of the Estate of the Right Honourable Earl Digby. Surveyed by John Molloy 1819', hand coloured, scale 20 Perches to an Inch, with bordering land leased to Dan Larkin, McEvoy, John Conroy, Daniel McHroy, John Fitzgerald, Andrew J. O. Flanagan, Cox Esq. and under ownership of the Earl of Charleville.

Copies of approximately 1000 outgoing letters, averaging at 1 per page. Some letters illegible due to fading.
Includes letter to E. des. H. Browne, Charleville Estate Office, Tullamore re Sherlock Estate: ' Replying to yours of the 20th inst. It is begging the question to suggest that these tenants understood or were satisfied with the last receipts you gave, or with any of the receipts. The original rent in the time of Sherlock's predecessor was £2.1.10. I have a whole bundle of receipts in evidence of this. It was customary by the Landlord as shown by receipts to give a substantial abatement off this rent and eventually some years before Mr. Sherlock became owner and according to my instructions after a valuation was made by the agent, the rent was fixed at the figure of rent paid. The original tenant was John Fitzgerald Snr and his brother Bernard resided on the lands with him. John allowed Bernard the use of half the lands on paying half the rent., and eventually Bernard's name found its way into the rental, and ever since Mr. Sherlock acquired the estate, half of the rent was paid by Bernard. John died and was succeeded by his widow Mrs Bridget Fitzgerald on whose death John Fitzgerald Jr became the tenant, and John Jr and Bernard appear to be now tenants in common of these lands. I give you these particulars as Mr. Sherlock in court did not seem to be conversant with the facts. It is admitted that the yearly rent of £1.14.0 has been regularly paid every year. These illiterate men paid very little attention to receipts which they can hardly be blamed for not understanding: they were content so long as they paid their year's rent and heard no more about it. But now that the question has been raised they will naturally decline to pay the next gale of rent except in exchange for a proper receipt up to date.' (28 January 1914)

Draft letter from Fr. Hurley, St Francis Xavier Church, Gardiner St., Dublin, to Pádraig [?], comprising 'notes from mss Mt Briscoe 1785.' The letter composed in Irish, contains transcripts in English from an 18th century manuscript loaned to Hurley in 1948 from Mrs Briscoe following a lecture to the Kildare Archaeological Society. Hurley notes that the author of the manuscript was a good historian and evidently had a good knowledge of sources available to him at the time of writing. The manuscript concerns the history of the Briscoes, the marriage of John Briscoe to Eleanor Kearney and the construction of Srahkerne Castle (Srah Castle, Tullamore) in 1588.

In the court of the commissioners for sale of encumbered estates in Ireland. Rental, maps and particulars of the lands of Ballina and Derries situate in the Barony of Ballycowen, and King's county.

Second of two pages: a list of jurors (H-W) for the barony of Ballycowan, with various exemptions noted due to age, profession, ill-health, disability or property ownership. Annotated and amended by William R. Wade, Edward Wyer and Peter Helion, collectors of poor-rate in July 1881.

First of two sheets: a list of 91 jurors (A-H) of the barony of Ballycowan, with various exemptions noted due to age, profession, ill-health, disability or property ownership. Annotated with additions and corrections by the poor rate collectors, William R. Wade, Edward Wyer and Peter Helion in July 1881.

Second of two pages: a list of 94 jurors (H-W) from the barony of Ballycowan, with various exemptions noted due to age, profession, ill-health, disability or property ownership.

First of two pages: a list of 95 jurors (A-H) from the barony of Ballycowan, with various exemptions noted due to age, profession, ill-health, disability or property ownership.

A list of 186 jurors from the barony of Ballycowan, with various exemptions noted due to age, profession, ill-health, disability or property ownership.