The History of the Two Ulster Manors of Finagh, Co. Tyrone and Coole, otherwise Manor Atkinson, Co. Fermanagh, and of their owners.
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PART I
CHAPTER I - The Manor of Finagh County Tyrone
It's early history- The Earl and Countess of Castlehaven- Sir Pierce
CROSBYE- Sir William USSHER and John USSHER- Hugh, Lord Glenawly, and
his family pg 1
CHAPTER II - James, John and Robert LOWRY,
SEN. 1665-1729
Their families - Purchasers of land - Robert LOWRY's acquistion of the
Manor of Finagh - His will pg 16
CHAPTER III - Robert LOWRY, the younger
1729-1764
His marriage settlement - he divides the advowson of Termonmaquirk with
Viscount Tyrone - his secondmarriage - Elected M.P. for Strabane - his
will- and death pg 23
CHAPTER IV - Galbraith LOWRY, sometime
LOWRY-CORRY 1729-1769
His marriage and children - specimens of leases - His purchases of land
- cases and opinions of Mr. AnthonyMALONE and Mr. GRATTAN - Election
memoranda, &c.- his will.... pg 29
CHAPTER V - Armar LOWRY CORRY 1769-1779
The Gentleman's Recreations - His receipt for George CANNING's Poems -
his election to parliament- The division on pensions- His first
marriage - Lady Margaret CORRY - His sister mary's death - His mother's
death by which he united the family estates pg 42
PART II
CHAPTER VI - Manor Coole, otherwise Manor Atknison in Co. Fermanagh
Introductory, A.D 1609-13 ..... pg 48
CHAPTER VII- Captain Roger ATKINSON 1602-1641
His history- and patent of Castlecoole - description of the estate -
Fee-Farm lease of Agharynagh to Zachary RAMPAYNE - new patent on
defective title - and license to alienate - Sale of Castlecoole and
Shannath to Arthur CHAMPION ...... pg 59
CHAPTER VIII -Arthur & John CHAMPION & Henry GILBERT 1640-1655
Murder of Arthur CHAMPION - deposition of his widow - She remarries
Henry GILBERT - who conveys the estates to Emery HILL in trust - sale
of Castlecoole Estates to john CORRY in 1655..... pg 98
CHAPTER IX - John CORRY 1655-1681
His token- Receipt for purchase money Castlecoole - defect in
title-compromises pg 103
CHAPTER X- James CORRY 1681-1688
James CORRY's marriage with Sarah ANKETILL - his family- his wife's
early death - his purchases of land Deed of settlement of 1679 between
his father and himself - his purchase of John RAMPAYNE's interest in
the fee-farm of Agharenagh - further purchases of land - proposed
second marriage with Miss Lucia MERVYN ... .. pg 113
CHAPTER XI- James CORRY- continued 1689-1690
Siege of Enniskillen - burning of Castlecoole- two grants to Captain
CORRY - one of them the Manor of Inseloghgease, made - but subsequently
cancelled - Compensations to Captain CORRY for hislosses during the war
defended........ pg 126
CHAPTER XII -James CORRY continued 1691-1718
James CORRY's second marriage - and subsequent separation from his wife
- Appointed to be Colonel of Horse Militia - Elected M.P. for Remanagh
- Elected a Burgess of Enniskillen - Appointeda Deputy Governor of
Fermanagh - purchaes an estate in Co. Longford - and property in
Queen's St.Dublin - marriage of Rebecca CORRY to Mr. MOUTRAY - of John
CORRY to Sarah LESLIE -his marriage settlement - blank commissions for
Col. Corry's regiment- marriage of Elizabeth CORRY and Mr. AUCHINLECH -
the fire at Enniskillen - Col. CORRY appointed the Governor of
Fermanagh - The Duke of Ormonde - Col. CORRY included in the commission
of Array - his deerpark - furtherpurchase in Dublin - Family deeds -
his will - his death- pg 141
CHAPTER XIII -John CORRY 1718-1726
John CORRY's marriage with sarah LESLIE - her own estate- Mattymount
and the Wells - John CORRY elected M.P. for Enniskillen - Colonel of
Militia - articles for a race meeting - Receives another commission as
Colonel in 1715 - Elected M.P. for Fermanagh - marriage of Rebecca
AUCHINLECH - John CORRY exchanges Kilsallagh and Derryharney in
Magherstephana for Largy in Tirkennedy - Margaret AUCHINLECH's marriage
- lease of Killyreagh and Killybar to Mr. CRAWFORD - his estate map -
his will - his death ...... pg 165
CHAPTER XIV- Leslie CORRY 1726-1741
Leslie's account with Margetson ARMAR - lines on Castlecoole - family
deeds - marriages of Mary with Margetson ARMAR - and Martha with Edmund
LESLIE - Leslie's will - and early death - A letter to his mother -
Edmund and Martha LESLIE assume the name CORRY- their childs death in
1743- martha dies in 1759 - and Edmund in 1764 or 1765 - The
Newtownlimavaddy election of 1765-A Longford rent roll... pg 180
CHAPTER XV - Margetson ARMAR 1741-1773
inherits the Antrim Estate - Is owner of the Blessingbourne Estate -
his family history - rentals and memoranda - Mr. Thompson's poem- Dr.
Dunkins letters to Lord Chesterfield and Mr. ARMAR - Mr. FINLAY's
poems- {Aedisapud Enniskillen?}- Mr. ARMAR's other papers - letters of
the LordJustices to the Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister - Judgment of
Lord Chancellor, Lord Bowes inLord Ely's case - Mr ARMAR purchases Sir
Ralph GORE's church lands estate -his will & death ...... pg 193
CHAPTER XVI - Mary ARMAR 1773-1774
Her sale of the church land lease to Armar Lowry-Corry - her will -
death of Miss mary Lowry-Corry- Mrs. Armar's death.... pg 243
CHAPTER XVII Sarah Lowry Corry 1759 and 1774-1779
her succesion to the estates-her Dublin & Longford property-her
will and death.pg 250
PART III - THE MANORS UNITED
CHAPTER XVIII - Armar Lowry Corry (Lord Belmore) 1779-1802
his second marriage - he is created a Baron of Ireland - dealings with
the property - enlargement of Castlecoole demesne - created a Viscount
- the present house built - his third marriage - his son comes of age
and is elected M.P for Tyrone - Lord Belmore created an Earl - Opposes
the Union in Parliament - extracts from the "Lords Journals" - Lord
Belmore's sudden death at Bath.... pg 257
CHAPTER XIX - Somerset, Second Earl Belmore
As Lord Corry moves the address in 1798 - subsequently opposes the
Union - Colonel of the Tyrone Miltia - his marriage in 1800 - his
family - succeeds his father in 1802- his journey to Egypt and the Holy
land - Lord Corry elected M.P. for Fermanagh in 1823 - The Hon. Henry
Corry elected M.P. for in 1825 - Lord Belmore appointed
Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica in 1826 - Lord Corry seconds the address
in 1829 - subsequently votes against Catholic Emancipation - Mr Corry's
marriage in 1830 - his family - Lord Corry's marriage in 1834 - Lord
Belmore's sale of the Longford and part of the Fermanagh estates in
1839 - his death in 1841.... pg 275
CHAPTER XX- Amar Third Lord Belmore 1841-1845
Lord belmore's improvements at Castlecoole - his death - Encumbered
estates court sales - sale of Corballintacken owing to a supposed
mistake - Re-adjustment of rentals on the estates in my possesion -
death of Juliana , Countess of Belmore - and of Louisa Countess of
Sandwich - death of the Rt. Hon. Henry Corry..... pg 284
CHAPTER XXI Concluding remarks
Rules of the Plantation - Rise in the Value of land caused mainly by
the fall in the value of money - social habits of the seventeenth
century - Estate rules - Fee-farms and long leases - waste lands .. pg
289
Appendix A - J
Appendix K - L
Appendix M