Enniskillen papers

Repository: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

Title	Enniskillen papers
Archive Reference	GB 0255 PRONI/D1702
Web Link to this Entry	https://iar.ie/archive/enniskillen-papers
Creation Dates	1611-1997
Extent Medium	c 40 volumes, c 2,350 documents and photographs + c 200 mainly outsize maps and parchments

Administrative History ↴

The Enniskillen papers derive from the Cole family of Florence Court, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Barons Mount Florence (from 1760), Viscounts Enniskillen (from 1776) and Earls of Enniskillen (from 1789), all in the peerage of Ireland, and Barons Grinstead (a corruption of Grimstead) in the peerage of the United Kingdom (from 1815).
Archival History ↴

Deposited with PRONI December 1963
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

Donation

Scope & Content: Cole, family, Earls of Enniskillen of County Fermanagh ↴

The papers relate to estates in the town of Enniskillen and elsewhere in Co. Fermanagh, at West Dean and East Grimstead, Wiltshire, and – to a much lesser extent – in Granby Row, Dublin City, in the barony of Middlethird, Co. Waterford (an estate located south of Waterford City and bounded by St George’s Channel), and in Waterford City itself (a property called ‘King’s Meadow’). The Dublin City property was probably inconsequential. But the almost undocumented estate in Waterford was large: according to an 1802 map by William Larkin it comprised 11,945 statute acres and it probably had a rental of c.£2,000. It was sold c.1802 to clear encumbrances on the Fermanagh estates.
Appraisal Destruction ↴

Permanent Retention
Arrangement ↴

The collection is arranged as follows:
D1702/1 Title deeds, deeds of settlement, wills, etc
D1702/2 Rentals relating to Earl of Enniskillen’s estate, Co. Fermanagh
D1702/3 Estate maps, Earl of Enniskillen’s estate
D1702/4 Testamentary and Estate Duty papers
D1702/5 Documents relating to leases and agreements
D1702/6 Game books, stock books, inventories and visitors books
D1702/7 Formal documents, pedigrees and genealogical material
D1702/8 Family history research by Nancy, Lady Enniskillen
D1702/9 Scrapbooks, sketchbooks, and newspaper cutting books
D1702/10 Diaries and passports
D1702/11 Photograph albums and photographs
D1702/12 Correspondence

Access Conditions	The collection can be consulted in the reading room in PRONI in accordance with PRONI guidelines.
Conditions Governing Reproduction	Items may be copied for personal research use only. If a researcher wishes to publish any documents from this collection, a request must be submitted in writing to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
Creation Dates	1611-1997
Extent Medium	c 40 volumes, c 2,350 documents and photographs + c 200 mainly outsize maps and parchments
Material Language Script	English
Finding Aids	A full descriptive list is available to search online at: http://www.proni.gov.uk/ A full account of the Enniskillen Papers is also online: http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_enniskillen.pdf Archive Web Link →

There are no Allied Materials

Archivist Note	PRONI Archivist
Rules/Conventions	ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names. Chippenham: National Council on Archives, 1997. UK Archival Thesaurus (UKAT)
Date of Descriptions	41699