Estate: Cox (Cork & Kilkenny)

Associated Families

• Villiers-Stuart
• Cox (Cork & Kilkenny)

Description

The Cox family, baronets, of Dunmanway, county Cork, and Castletown Cox, county Kilkenny, held extensive estates in counties Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary and descend from Sir Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor, 1703-1707 and Chief Justice, 1711-1714. The Cox estates eventually passed to the Villiers Stuart family through the marriage in 1833 of Catherine Cox, daughter and eventual heiress, of Michael Cox of Castletown, county Kilkenny and William Villiers Stuart. A sale rental dated July 1853 records the former Cox estate as comprised of 12,479 acres in the baronies of West Muskerry, Ibane, Barrymore and East Carbery and 1,826 acres in the baronies of Iffa and Offa East and Slievardagh, county Tipperary, plus 6,877 acres in county Kilkenny. In 1810, Townsend noted estates around Dunmanway, the property of Henry Cox, who was then resident in North America. William Arnoppe was granted an estate of almost 3,000 acres at Dunmanway in 1666 which was purchased by Richard Cox before the end of the 17th century. Martha and Catherine Cox were among the principal lessors in the parish of Fanlobbus, barony of East Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In November 1858, they offered almost 7000 acres of the estate, including The Manor House, and the town of Dunmanway, for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The sale notice indicates the purchasers of the various lots. They included the Baldwin, Bryan, Becher, Hamilton and Shuldham estates. In October 1873, 1300 acres owned by Katherine Anne Cox, in and around the town of Dunmanway, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The sale notice indicates the purchasers included the Shuldham, Fuller and Lucas estates. see http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsC5.htm. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Authority Survey, referring to the Cox estate, mentioned that Sir Richard Cox's descendants were said to be residing in the USA.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Brookpark House (Dunmanway) (H3713) A property in the town of Dunmanway leased by Martha and Catherine Cox to John Hamilton in 1851 when it was valued at £16. It is still extant and well-maintained.	Brookpark	Fanlobbus	Dunmanway	Dunmanway 124	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.71798 -9.10997 OSI Ref: W233523 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #107.
Woodbrook House & Darkwood Mill (H3715) Herbert Gillman was leasing a property at Cloontiquirk from the Cox estate in 1851 when it was valued at £25 10s and included a mill (W224535). The house is labelled Woodbrook on both the 1st-edition and 25-inch Ordnance Survey maps and is still extant and occupied. In 1943 the Irish Tourist Association Survey stated that it was the residence of Robert Atkins and had formerly been used as a convent by the Sisters of Charity.	Cloontiquirk	Fanlobbus	Dunmanway	Dunmanway 124	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.72137 -9.13176 OSI Ref: W218527 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #107.
The Manor House (Dunmanway) (H3716) Noted by Lewis in 1837 as " a handsome building, erected by the late H. Cox and now the residence of his family" In 1851 occupied by Martha and Catherine Cox and valued at £18. It replaced an earlier house built by Sir Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, at the end of the seventeenth century. Wilson describes this earlier property in 1786 as "adorned with handsome avenues and good plantations". Later the property of the Lucas family, In 1944 the Irish Tourist Authority Survey reported that it was the residence of Mr. T. O'Sullivan.	Kilbarry	Fanlobbus	Dunmanway	Dunmanway 124	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.71059 -9.13149 OSI Ref: W218515 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #107.
Prospect Hill (Dunmanway) (H3720) Elizabeth Bryan was leasing this property from the Cox estate in 1851 when it was valued at £22. There is still an occupied house at the site.	Tonafora	Fanlobbus	Dunmanway	Dunmanway 124	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.71345 -9.11420 OSI Ref: W230518 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #107.
Woodlands (Dunmanway) (H3735) A house built after the publication of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map in 1840. Leased by William Wright from the Cox estate in 1851 when it was valued at £8+. It is labelled Woodlands on the 25-inch map of the 1890s. A house still exists at the site.	Coorycullane	Fanlobbus	Dunmanway	Dunmanway 124	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.72689 -9.11887 OSI Ref: W227533 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #107.
Carbery House (Dunmanway) (H4869) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Francis Fitzmaurice was leasing two substantial houses at Sackville Street, Dunmanway, from Martha and Catherine Cox. One of these, valued at over £18, was leased to Rev Robert Molesworth, while Fitzmaurice was occupying the second, valued at over £15. In 1944 the Irish Tourist Association Survey referred to Carbery House "formerly occupied by Lord Carbery and now the residence of Mr. Smith". It is still extant.	Dunmanway North	Fanlobbus	Dunmanway	Dunmanway 124	East Carbery (West)	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.72249 -9.10863 OSI Ref: W234528 Discovery map #85. OS Sheet #107.

Archival sources

• Cork County Library: Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Dunmanway
• National Archives of Ireland: S. Gordon & Son, solicitor's collection, includes papers relating to the estates in Cos. Kilkenny, Tipperary and Cork of Sir R. Cox (died 1733), M. Cox, Archbp. of Cashel and other members of the Cox family, with references to families of Ryan, Cane, Mountfort and Ormond, 1675-1853. D. 17,025-101; 17,488-96; M. 2065; T. 7095 Small Accs Index 103
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Cox, 12 November 1858, Vol 53, MRGS 39/027, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Cox, 25 October 1873, Vol 111, MRGS 39/051, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Rental of the Cox estates in Co. Cork, 1839. Gordon Pres. No. 214
• National Archives of Ireland: Papers relating to the estates in Cos. Kilkenny, Tipperary and Cork of Sir R. Cox (died 1733), M. Cox, Archbp. of Cashel and other members of the Cox family, with references to families of Ryan, Cane, Mountfort and Ormond, 1675-1853. D. 17,025-101; 17,488-96; M. 2065; T. 7095
• National Library of Ireland: Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (Burke), Lawder, Cox, 12 July 1853, Vol 35
• National Library of Ireland: Lease, Richard Cox to John Patrickson of lands at Dunmanway and Kilbarry, Co. Cork, March 26, 1702. D. 24,023
• National Library of Ireland: Lease by Edmund, Earl of Cork and Orrery to Samuel Cox of Lands at Shanakiel, alias Sundayswell in the North Liberties of the city of Cork, 2 Sept, 1805. D.27,099
• National Library of Ireland: Cox of Dunmanway, PC 12,331
• Public Record Office, Northern Ireland: James Emerson Tennent documents, include letters from Sir Richard Cox 1st Baronet & Judge to Sir Robert and Edward Southwell re Irish affairs & with reference to the Southwell estate at Kinsale & the Cox estate at Dunmanway, 1687- 1726. T2827/4
• Public Record Office, Northern Ireland: Genealogical notes on the Cox family of Co. Cork, Co. Tipperary and Dublin, c. 1600-1652, with some reference to the disputed baronetey of Cox of Dunmanway, Co. Cork. T/1625
• Royal Irish Academy Library: Small bound collections of letters mainly between the Jemmett Browne Bishop of Cork and Sir Richard Cox of Dunmanway, 1738-49. Ms. 12. W. 35: (Arthur Cox Ms.)
• Trinity College Dublin: Coloured map of Edencurro and Glaune, barony of East Carberry Co. Cork, made for Sir Richard Cox, by John Davis, May 1[7]17. Ms. 4788

Contemporary printed sources

Many of these resources are now available online. For a list with Web links please see the Online Printed Sources Links

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (West) Barony: 73 (Brookpark), 77 (Coorycullane), 100 (Kilbarry), 113 (Tonafora)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 55 (Arnoppe)
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. 15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland, 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 382, 383
• TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 172
• TOWNSEND, Horatio. Statistical survey of the county of Cork... Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 332
• WILSON, William. The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 241 (Dunmanway)

Modern printed sources