Administration of the estate of Frances Sophia Homan Mulock, late of Bellair, King's County. Intestate granted to William Bury Homan Mulock.

Deeds, conveyance and assignments relating to the townland of Bellair, in the Barony of Garrycastle.
(spellings: Bellair, Ballyard, Ballaird, Ballard, Balliard)

Includes:
Articles of Agreement for the sale of Ballard, Peter Marsh and Reverend John Mulock, 25 February 1762;
Memorial of deed of Bargain and Sale, Peter Marsh to Thomas Mulock, 10 March 1763;
Conveyance, Peter Marsh Esq. to Thomas Mulock for the town of Ballard, 11 March 1763;
Deed to protect the lands of Balliard from all Incumbrances, Peter Marsh Esq and others to Thomas Mulock, 7 April 1764;
Deed of Settlement to ratify, The Reverend John Mulock to Richard Homan Esq., 6 November 1782;
Agreement of James Reamsbottom to Thomas Mulock, 22 October 1802;
Conveyance, William Mulock Esq, Thomas Homan Mulock Esq and Thomas Mulock Esquire, 1 October 1836;
Disclaimer of William Mulock Esq, 1 October 1836;
Assignment, John Larkin to William Bury Homan Mulock, 2 May 1891;
Deed of Grant, James Reamsbottom and others to William Bury Homan Mulock, July 1892;
Fee Farm Grant of part of the lands of Bellair, William Bury Homan Mulock Esq., to James Reamsbottom, Arthur Reamsbottom and Mary Reamsbottom, 28 July 1892;
Copy Deed, William Bury Homan Mulock to Birr No 1 Rural District Council for site of Village Pump, 1 September 1917.

Artificially arranged files of handwritten notes, invoices and correspondence relating to renovations to Bellair House.

Artificially arranged files relating to the management of Bellair House, Ballycumber and the management of Bellair Estate.

Research on Bellair or Ballyard Castle Site, Co. Offaly (Parish of Lemanaghan, Barony of Garrycastle). County Inventory Registration: 893.
Contains a field sheet, a written report over one page and ten photographs.

Original incoming and copy outgoing letters relating to Ernest H Browne's management of the Bellair Estate. Matters referred to include: legal advice provided by A&L Goodbody Solicitors to William Bury Homan Mulock regarding dispute ownership of the 'Marigold field' or 'Lodge field' of Bellair; establishing settlement of boundaries and claims of timber; drafting of lease and memorial of registration by Patrick Daly to WB Homan Mulock of the steward's house, grounds, lodge and grounds. Includes map referred to in the lease, prepared by AE Clasby, Surveyor (scale 25 inches to 1 statue mile).

Typescript diary entry of William Bury Homan Mulock, reflecting on the surroundings of the Bellair Estate; his childhood on the estate; estate improvements; sale of the estate to tenants under the Land Acts; effects on Irish agriculture and corn production during the first World War.

"The Townland of Bellair or Bally-ard (High Town) stands almost in the centre of Ireland and its hill crowned with a thick grove of beech and fir is a conspicuous object from most of the Counties in Ireland...

I dearly loved and revered the old place with all the tradition it stood for, and for my first day in India I determined to save money and pull it through as my father had always impressed on me the severe strain his large family had been on the estate...

I have now held it for close on 30 years and in the natural course of things must soon relinquish it. I can however fairly claim to have done more than any predecessor for its benefit. I have sold to the tenants, under the Land Acts, and have paid of all charges. I have renovated the house and wing, rebuilt all the farm buildings, and a good part of the stabling...

I have now (1918) had close on ten years experience as an Irish Landlord without tenants, having sold under the Land Acts 1908-9. I can't say that I regret their loss. I live more like an English squire, without anxiety or fear of malicious injuries, cattle drives, or burnings, and I have more leisure to look after my Bellair farm which is now paying me well for all my improvements".