1 - Title Deeds and Leases

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Title Deeds and Leases

20 items; manuscript and typescript

This subseries contains legal and property records relating to lands at Rochestown, County Cork, dating from 1852 to 1917. The documents trace the ownership and development of the estate from its sale through the Incumbered Estates Court in 1852, through the Harris Purcell family, to the expansion of the Capuchin Franciscan community at Rochestown.

The records include conveyances, leases, mortgages, assignments, title abstracts, estate maps, and official Registry of Deeds and Judgments searches. They document land transactions involving key figures such as Ellen Maria Harris Purcell, Joseph Mintern, and successive groups of Capuchin friars, including Fr. Cherubin Mazzini OFM Cap. and Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. Together, they provide evidence of land ownership, tenancy, estate management, and the gradual acquisition and consolidation of property associated with the Capuchin Franciscan friary and college at Rochestown.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition