The Laurence Archive

Context

Creator(s): Richard Fairfield of London, George Laurence of Grafton Street and Ballybough Bridge

• Administrative History ↴

  This collection consists of a series of legal documents relating to two adjoining properties on Grafton Street, consisting of number 37 Grafton Street and the property next door, lived in by George Laurence, a cabinet maker. The property is described as 'on the East side of Grafton Street...bounded on the east by Stable Lane on the South by Mrs Tyrrells House in the North by the House in the possession of the [sd] Geo. Laurence and on the West by Grafton Street'. The house is leased in 1781 to George Laurence a cabinet maker for the period of 99 years by Richard Fairfield of the city of London. Laurence leases the property to another cabinet maker, Cambell (Campbell) in 1797 and eventually bequeaths his interest in the lease to Elizabeth Ryan, wife of James Ryan, a shoemaker from Phibsborough. The house passes to Ryan in 1809 after which she conveys her interest in the property to James Biron. Laurence's other property, which he lived in is leased from Stephen Rudd, a carpenter, in 1778 and described as 'situated on the East side of Grafton Street and Suburbs of the City of Dublin together with Yard Stables and Appurtenances'. This lease is for a term of 940 years. Laurence is also described in the documents as being a resident of Ballybough Bridge, county Dublin.

• Archival History ↴

  This collection was acquired by Maynooth University Library in July 2013

• Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

  Unknown