Grand Jury (with some background) Sworn in for Cork Spring Assizes, 1863 by The High Sheriff, Thomas Somerville, Drishane Esq., Foreman The Right Honourable Henry Boyle Bernard Esq., Coolmaine Castle, Bandon, M.P., Sir George Conway, Colhurst, Ardum, Bart., Richard Oliver Aldworth, Newmarket House, Esq., Mountifort Longfield, Castlemartyr, Esq., Nicholas Dunscomb, Mountdesert, Esq., Thomas St. John Conat.,, Kilmurray House, Esq., Henry John Townsend, Castletownsend, Esq., Robert Heard, Kinsale, Esq, Thomas French Simpson, William S Meade, Ballymartle, Esq., Edward Daly., Kinsale, Esq., Thomas Parsons Belaird, Pembroke, Esq., Timothy O’Donovan, O’Donovan’s Cove, Durrus Esq., Horace Townsend, Derry, Esq., George B Treselian?, Bandon, Esq., Freeman Crofts, Cloughfadda House, Blarney, Esq., Thomas Leahy, South Terrace, Esq., William B Leslie, Lislee, Esq., Henry Hardy, Firmount?, Esq., John William Payne, Beach House, Bantry, Esq., Jonathan Bruce, Milltown Castle, Esq., Maxwell Gumbelton, Kilmaturin Esq. – West Cork History

Grand Jury (with some background) Sworn in for Cork Spring Assizes, 1863 by The High Sheriff, Thomas Somerville, Drishane Esq., Foreman The Right Honourable Henry Boyle Bernard Esq., Coolmaine Castle, Bandon, M.P., Sir George Conway, Colhurst, Ardum, Bart., Richard Oliver Aldworth, Newmarket House, Esq., Mountifort Longfield, Castlemartyr, Esq., Nicholas Dunscomb, Mountdesert, Esq., Thomas St. John Conat.,, Kilmurray House, Esq., Henry John Townsend, Castletownsend, Esq., Robert Heard, Kinsale, Esq, Thomas French Simpson, William S Meade, Ballymartle, Esq., Edward Daly., Kinsale, Esq., Thomas Parsons Belaird, Pembroke, Esq., Timothy O’Donovan, O’Donovan’s Cove, Durrus Esq., Horace Townsend, Derry, Esq., George B Treselian?, Bandon, Esq., Freeman Crofts, Cloughfadda House, Blarney, Esq., Thomas Leahy, South Terrace, Esq., William B Leslie, Lislee, Esq., Henry Hardy, Firmount?, Esq., John William Payne, Beach House, Bantry, Esq., Jonathan Bruce, Milltown Castle, Esq., Maxwell Gumbelton, Kilmaturin Esq.

The line up probably overstates the influence of the landed families at 1863. Many of the Estates were hopelessly insolvent … Continue reading Grand Jury (with some background) Sworn in for Cork Spring Assizes, 1863 by The High Sheriff, Thomas Somerville, Drishane Esq., Foreman The Right Honourable Henry Boyle Bernard Esq., Coolmaine Castle, Bandon, M.P., Sir George Conway, Colhurst, Ardum, Bart., Richard Oliver Aldworth, Newmarket House, Esq., Mountifort Longfield, Castlemartyr, Esq., Nicholas Dunscomb, Mountdesert, Esq., Thomas St. John Conat.,, Kilmurray House, Esq., Henry John Townsend, Castletownsend, Esq., Robert Heard, Kinsale, Esq, Thomas French Simpson, William S Meade, Ballymartle, Esq., Edward Daly., Kinsale, Esq., Thomas Parsons Belaird, Pembroke, Esq., Timothy O’Donovan, O’Donovan’s Cove, Durrus Esq., Horace Townsend, Derry, Esq., George B Treselian?, Bandon, Esq., Freeman Crofts, Cloughfadda House, Blarney, Esq., Thomas Leahy, South Terrace, Esq., William B Leslie, Lislee, Esq., Henry Hardy, Firmount?, Esq., John William Payne, Beach House, Bantry, Esq., Jonathan Bruce, Milltown Castle, Esq., Maxwell Gumbelton, Kilmaturin Esq.