Curwen’s Solicitors Cork Material

Repository: Cork City and County Archives

Identity Statement

TitleCurwen’s Solicitors Cork Material
Archive ReferenceIE CCCA/U708
Web Link to this Entryhttps://iar.ie/archive/curwens-solicitors-cork-material
Creation Dates1715-1909
Extent Medium14 items

Context

Creator(s): Curwens Solicitors

  • Administrative History ↴

    Curwens was based at Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Formerly Jessop and Gough.
  • Archival History ↴

    Deposited in Cork City and County Archives in July 2011 by Waltham Abbey Historical Society, Essex, England. Formerly part of the Curwens Solictors office records.
  • Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

    Donation

Content & Structure

  • Scope & Content: Curwens Solicitors ↴

    Legal documents and deeds (1715-1909) , mainly leases, relating to various properties, including Ballyshane near Glanworth in the Barony of Fermoy, north Cork, and Kilmurry and other lands in County Cork, Hammonds/ Hamans Marsh, and the Mansion House/Mercy Hospital parish of St. Peter, Cork City, also small number relating to property in Co. Kerry. Parties involved include Dickson, Jackson, Dring, Reily, Roberts, Croker, Lane, Earl of Shannon, Mullins, Gregg, Saunders and Cork Corporation.

    Special Probate of Will of William Herbert Saunders (1852).

  • Appraisal Destruction ↴

    Permanent Retention
  • Arrangement ↴

    Arranged chronologically

Conditions of Access & Use

Access Conditions Open by appointment to those holding a current readers ticket
Conditions Governing ReproductionSubject to rules governing reproduction of records of CCCA
Creation Dates1715-1909
Extent Medium14 items
Material Language ScriptEnglish
Finding Aids Descriptive list Archive Web Link →

Allied Materials

Related MaterialCCCA: U196 Cooper Penrose Collection U195 Preston Collection U229 O’Flynn Exham Collection Various solicitors and landed estate collections collections Elsewhere: Waltham Abbey Historical Society, Essex: Curwens Solicitors collection

Descriptive Control Area

Archivist NoteBrian McGee
Rules/ConventionsISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000.
Date of Descriptions40909