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Match 31 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/375
TITLE:

John Chambers, chairman, Commissioners of Drogheda Election, County Louth: for opinion of John Sealy Townsend to facilitate formulation of memorial to Parliament
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from John Chambers, chairman, Commissioners of Drogheda Election, County Louth, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting copy of opinion of John Sealy Townsend to facilitate formulation of memorial to Parliament.
EXTENT:

1 item; 2pp
DATE(S):

13 May 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/D44
Match 32 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/402
TITLE:

Dr Charles N Smith treasurer, Rockfort, Buncrana, County Donegal: on shortfall of funding for dispensary serving Buncrana and Fahan
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from William Knox, Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry, Dungannon, County Tyrone, enclosing letter from Dr Charles Smith, treasurer, Rockfort, Buncrana, County Donegal, concerning shortfall of funding for the dispensary serving the district of Buncrana and Fahan, due to inadequate allocation presented by county Grand Jury of Donegal; encloses report of diseases and ailments treated at the dispensary, for period 8 September 1819 to 8 September 1820, by Dr John Lunns. Includes opinion of John Sealy Townsend, stating legal position on issue of sum presented by the Grand Jury.
EXTENT:

4 items; 11pp
DATE(S):

12 Sep 1820-2 Oct 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/E5
Match 33 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/469
TITLE:

Benjamin Greene, sub sheriff, Ennis, County Clare: allegation of mob collusion against Windham Patterson of Clare Militia
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Benjamin Greene, sub sheriff, Ennis, County Clare, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, alleging that Windham Patterson, an officer in the half pay of the Clare Militia, acted in collusion with a large mob to prevent removal of livestock from farm of James Going of Bell Isle, a course of action executed in accordance with a legal writ authorizing seizure; states that ‘Patterson went off and in a few Moments after he and the Defendant Going appeared followed by a large Mob of the Country people, tenants and labourers in their Employment who forcibly rescued the Stock from me and pelted with stones the men who I brought with me as assistants’. Includes draft letter from the Chief Secretary’s Office, to Greene, declaring that Patterson ‘must be prosecuted at law for the offences mentioned’ with appended comment by John Sealy Townsend stating that a decision on further legal proceedings rests with the Attorney General.
EXTENT:

2 items; 8pp
DATE(S):

29 Aug 1820-8 Sep 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/G40
Match 34 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/486
TITLE:

Pool Gabbett, Limerick, County Limerick: on terms of appointment of sub constable, Jordan, also ‘Halloway and Brien'
SCOPE & CONTENT:

2 letters from Pool Gabbett, Limerick, County Limerick, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, reporting on the terms of appointment of sub constable, Jordan, also with mention of ‘Halloway and Brien’ who were ‘recommended by the last Grand Jury of the county of Limerick’. Includes letter from Grant to John Sealy Townsend requesting to know under what act Jordan was appointed, with reply on back. Also includes memorial from Daniel Jordan, Broadford, County Limerick, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting payment of remuneration pension, having served as constable for 32 years and to make application for position in police establishment for his son, Michael; beneath are various certificates of support inscribed by county magistrates and gentry.
EXTENT:

4 items; 9pp
DATE(S):

13 Sep 1820-26 Oct 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/G59
Match 35 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/559
TITLE:

Thomas Fisher, farmer, Cavan Gaol: to be permitted to stand trial in Cavan on charges relating to theft of horse in County Tyrone
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Thomas Fisher, farmer, Cavan Gaol, County Cavan, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting that he be permitted to stand trial in Cavan and answer charges relating to theft of a horse from County Tyrone; claims that he acted in association with Jacob Whitfield in sale of the horse; with attached affidavit in support of Fisher, sworn before Ralph Dawson. Includes opinion of John Sealy Townsend to state in response to request that the ‘L[or]d L[ieutenan]t has no power to order any such thing’.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

20 Jun 1820-13 Jul 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/F50
Match 36 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/706
TITLE:

Anne Jones, Clonliffe House, Dublin: on loss of patent for Crow Street theatre in Dublin
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Anne Jones, Clonliffe House, Dublin, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, complaining that hardship and poverty have afflicted her family as a direct consequence of loss of patent for Crow Street theatre in Dublin; includes letter from Jones to Chief Secretary’s Office, requesting relief and stating that financial difficulties have arisen ‘in consequence of Mr Norris’s refusal to ratify his agreement for renting the Crow st[reet] theatre’; also includes memorial to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, and letter asking for reply to same; also includes opinion of John Sealy Townsend advising for the information of the Lord Lieutenant that grant of patent was a ‘matter of discretion and not of right’; also includes damp press copy reply from William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle to Jones to state that memorial was presented to the Lord Lieutenant.
EXTENT:

8 items; 18pp
DATE(S):

10 Aug 1820-4 Oct 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/J45
Match 37 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/739
TITLE:

Major James Palmer, governor, House of Industry, Dublin: provision of financial security
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from Major James Palmer, governor, House of Industry, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicating his intention to ‘enter into security for such sums’ as ordered by the Lord Lieutenant for the governor of the institution; includes letter from John Sealy Townsend, offering advice on nature of security to be sought from Palmer.
EXTENT:

2 items; 4pp
DATE(S):

6 Oct 1820-18 Oct 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/i84
Match 38 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/824
TITLE:

William Logan, inspector, Four Courts Marshalsea, Dublin: proposal for removal of remand prisoners from institution due to overcrowding
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Letter from William Logan, inspector, Four Courts Marshalsea, 40 Mecklenburgh [Railway] Street, Dublin, to Thomas Taylor, clerk, Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, making proposal for removal of remand prisoners from the institution due to overcrowding; observes that ‘If all prisoners were liberated under an act of Grace whose debts individually do not amount to more than £500, making their property liable to their debt, I am certain it would be a national advantage’; includes on base of document ‘A return of remanded prisoners in the different Prisons in Dublin’; also refers to enclosed memorial of Charles Fay [not extant]. Also includes on back a legal response to proposal by John Sealy Townsend.
EXTENT:

1 item; 4pp
DATE(S):

2 Mar 1820-15 Mar 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/L19
Match 39 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/1089
TITLE:

John Sealy Townsend, legal advisor: on right of ‘Brown’ to use of gate
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Draft submission from John Sealy Townsend, legal advisor, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, with response to query respecting right of ‘Brown’ to use of gate; encloses note on parliamentary act relative to the Kilcullen [County Kildare] road and states ‘Tolls vested in A&B’.
EXTENT:

2 items; 3pp
DATE(S):

14 Jan 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/R56
Match 40 from 'CSO/RP'
NAI REFERENCE:

CSO/RP/1820/1092
TITLE:

Robert Jocelyn, Earl of Roden, Auditor General, Dublin: for permission to receive two guineas a year on each account prepared
SCOPE & CONTENT:

Petition of Robert Jocelyn, Earl of Roden, Auditor General, Auditor General’s Office, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting that the Commissioners of Civil Accounts be directed to allow his ‘charge of Two Guineas yearly on each Account’ so prepared: contends that ‘it is not only unjust but inexpedient to insist on his keeping such Voluminous Accounts without any remuneration for his trouble’. Includes letter from Roden to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, emphasising claim to relief from ‘a case of great hardship’; also includes opinion of John Sealy Townsend on case with observation ‘I think such a grievance can only be remedied by an application to parliament’.
EXTENT:

3 items; 8pp
DATE(S):

16 Nov 1820-27 Nov 1820
DATE EARLY:

1820
DATE LATE:

1820
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:

CSORP1820/R59

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