These two deed abstracts are interesting on a number of fronts.

It shows that contrary to accepted belief many of the Landed Estate were hovering on insolvency from at least the 1790s despite buoyant economic times. There is a class up to now largely obscured from the historical narrative who were extremely wealthy and acquired significant interest from the local landlords.

When the Becher Estate was being sold by the Landed Estate Court in the 1850 it was stated that the rental was only a quarter of the market rate.  The holders of the subleases such as th Swantons, Levis, Longs, Sweetnams various branches of McCarthys were getting the benefit of the market rent having rents fixed many years before.

In the 1790s John Young probably of Aughadown branch lent £3,000 against Cahergall I presume Kilcrohane to Becher/Syms/Browne. If it is the Kilcrohane townland it is a huge amount against that property.  It may be part of lands acquired by the Bechers from Donogh O’Daly, Gent., 1705. It also confirms the patterns that deed transcription identifies that the landlords of Bantry, Durrus, Skibbereen were on the verge of insolvency from the 1790s and were bailed out by mortgages and rent charges by wealthy Merchants/Contractors both Catholic and Protestants such as the Ballydehob Swanton, Levis, Young, McCarthy, O’Sullivans/O’Donovans of Bantry, Shannons of  Durrus.

Similar deeds from that period  put the Evansons/Blairs/Hutchinsons of Durrus in the same category.

The 1824 deed seems to confirm that the Bantry Youngs and the Aughadown family are the same line.  There is a Young deed of 1760 of Letterscanlon, Aughadown where they are described as coopers, a legacy maybe of the pilchards. We know from the Bantry Fishing Enquiry of 1836 that the Youngs were in Bantry before 1640.  They lost £5,000 in the collapse of a Bilbao Bank around 1640.

The Youngs  link to them DNA wise as to Crowley, Evans, Gosnell, O’Regan, O’Sullivan Prittie all families interconnected and possibly also with Beechers.

Sample rent charges:

Registry of Deeds Project:

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			Type of deed	Date of current deed		2 Apr 1824	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Deed of Assignment	Date of earlier deed			791	188	534724
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place		Occ or title		A
A		P1	CLERKE	Thomas	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork		Executor of will of John Young (C)		A
B		P1	SANDY	William	of	Kinslae, Co Cork		Executor of will of John Young (C)		A
C	P3	testator	YOUNG	John	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork		Esq; deceased
D		P2	BIRD	Robert Nicholas	of	Bantry, Co Cork		Esq
E		mentioned	SWETNAM	John	of	Mardyke near Skibbereen, Co Cork		Executor of will of John Young (C); since deceased
F	P1		SYMS	Theophilus Morris	of	Hollybrook, Co Cork		Gent; involved in a mortgage 1794
G	P1		BROWNE	Thomas Mitchell	of	Rockbarrow, Co Cork		Esq; involved in a mortgage 1794
H	P2, P1		BECHER	Richard	of	Hollybrook, Co Cork		Esq
I	P1		BECHER	John	of	Hollybrook, Co Cork		Esq; deceased since 1794; eldest son of Richard Becher (H)
J	P2		WHITE	Richard	of	then of Seafield Park, Bantry		now Earl of Bantry
K	P3		ALLEN	Thomas	of	City of Cork		Esq
L		mentioned	BECHER	Mary	of			otherwise Allen; wife of Richard Becher (H)
M		WD WM	MAHONY	James	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork		Gent		A
N		WD WM	MCCARTHY	Charles	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork		Shopkeeper		A
O		WM	BRENAN	George	of	City of Cork		Gent		A
Abstract		Complex deed involving wills & mortgages of the Becher family
MS			Date registered	27 Apr 1824		Date abstract added		20170403

Abstract made by: RonPrice

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			Type of deed	Date of current deed		2 Apr 1824	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Deed of Assignment	Date of earlier deed			791	188	534724
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place		Occ or title		A
A		P1	CLERKE	Thomas	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork		Executor of will of John Young (C)		A
B		P1	SANDY	William	of	Kinslae, Co Cork		Executor of will of John Young (C)		A
C	P3	testator	YOUNG	John	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork		Esq; deceased
D		P2	BIRD	Robert Nicholas	of	Bantry, Co Cork		Esq
E		mentioned	SWETNAM	John	of	Mardyke near Skibbereen, Co Cork		Executor of will of John Young (C); since deceased
F	P1		SYMS	Theophilus Morris	of	Hollybrook, Co Cork		Gent; involved in a mortgage 1794
G	P1		BROWNE	Thomas Mitchell	of	Rockbarrow, Co Cork		Esq; involved in a mortgage 1794
H	P2, P1		BECHER	Richard	of	Hollybrook, Co Cork		Esq
I	P1		BECHER	John	of	Hollybrook, Co Cork		Esq; deceased since 1794; eldest son of Richard Becher (H)
J	P2		WHITE	Richard	of	then of Seafield Park, Bantry		now Earl of Bantry
K	P3		ALLEN	Thomas	of	City of Cork		Esq
L		mentioned	BECHER	Mary	of			otherwise Allen; wife of Richard Becher (H)
M		WD WM	MAHONY	James	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork		Gent		A
N		WD WM	MCCARTHY	Charles	of	Skibbereen, Co Cork		Shopkeeper		A
O		WM	BRENAN	George	of	City of Cork		Gent		A
Abstract		Complex deed involving wills & mortgages of the Becher family
MS			Date registered	27 Apr 1824		Date abstract added		20170403

Abstract made by: RonPrice