Legal notice served to James Hackett, Ballyduff on behalf of the agent for the Plaintiff, Lord Digby, regarding a decree pronounced by the King's County Court Judge.

c.25 leases of lands in the manor of Parsonstown, Co. Wexford, which reverted to the Parsonses of Parsonstown, King’s County, between 1708 and 1711, [and seems to have been settled by them on a younger son, Piggott Parsons, brother of Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Bt, on the failure of whose issue it seems to have reverted to the King’s County Parsonses, only to be used again as an appanage in the mid-19th century]. Some of the lands mentioned are Cullentrough, barony of Gorey; Ballyduff, Mangan,
Killenagh, Howell’s Land and Glascarrig, barony of Ballaghkeen; and parts of the manor of St John’s (Tomnegranoge, Knockmarshal, etc), barony of Bantry. [The documents are in date order and are ready for numbering, or rather re-numbering, as each has an obsolete number written on it.]

Envelope of leases of Ballyduff, barony of Ballybritt. [In date order.]

Lease of part of the land of Ballyduffe [Ballyduff] from Edward Earl Digby to Robert Denny for three lives or 31 years at a yearly rent of £1-17-0

Lease of part of the lands of Ballyduff from Edward Earl Digby to William Southern, at the yearly rate of £59-12-10.
Including 'A map of part Ballyduff containing 59.2.23 Plantation measure. Part of the Estate of The Right Honourable Earl of Digby in the Barony of Geashill and King's County. Layed down by a scale of 20 Perches in one Inch in February 1800 by Michael Cuddehy', hand coloured.

Lease of part of the land of Ballyduff from Edward Earl Digby to Robert Denny for three lives or 31 years from 25 March 1840 at a yearly rent of £48-11-1.

Lease of part of the lands of Ballyduff from Edward Earl Digby to Loughlin Boland for one life, or twenty-one years from 25 March 1819, at the yearly rate of £7-14-2.
Including 'A map of part of the lands of Ballyduff 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 Peter and Denis Flanagan, Dan Siney and John Carroll and Partners.

Lease of part of the lands of Ballyduff from Edward Earl Digby to Edward Hacket for one life, or twenty-one years from 25 March 1819, at the yearly rate of £5-19-0.
Including 'A map of part of the lands of Ballyduff 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 Charles Hacket, John and James Hacket and James Dunn.

Survey and valuation of the Digby estate completed by Michael Cuddehy, land surveyor, for Lord Digby, on 3 January 1798 and a further valuation on 25 June 1799 listing lands in the barony of Geashill that are out of lease. Townlands surveyed in the initial valuation are listed in Cuddehy's accompanying note as Annaharvey, Ballymooney, Ballyknockan, Ballycue and Ballyduff, although only those of Ballycue and Ballyduff are extant. The valuation is tabular, listing tenants' names, a description of their holdings (e.g. 'moory pasture', 'oat field', 'big fallow field' etc.), a measurement in A.R.P (acres, roods, perches) and a yearly value.

The second list entitled 'Lands in the Barony of Geashill out of lease except the parts disposed of as herein 25 June 1799' contain a list of the townlands Annaharvey, Ballymooney, Ballycue, Bluebell, Ballyduff , Dalgan, Ballydownan, Curragh, Killellery, Ballyavill, Cappincur, Kinockballyboy, Ballinagar, Killleigh, Scrub, Killeenmore, and Killurin. Each description is accompanied by a reference number for a map by Cuddehy which is not extant. There are also comments by Cuddehy on certain plots such as 'Darby Smollen declared tenant' in respect of a plot in Ballydownan and he notes that Cuddehy himself is proposed for a plot in Ballymooney of 149 acres.