Edward Tyrrell : Short Biography

Edward Tyrrell, gent, and his wife Margaret Norris were one set of gx5 grandparents to me. Richard Norris, relationship to Margaret unknown, was a bookseller whose business was on the corner of Crane Lane & Essex St in Dublin in the early-mid 18th century.  He was also the proprietor of Norris's Coffee House which was 'kept' by Edward Tyrrell.

Edward died intestate on the 28th of January 1767. 

On the 17th of June 1765 Edward loaned to Alex Woods Jnr, linen draper of Dublin, the sum of £500 giving for same a penal bond of £1000.  This must've been a short-term arrangement because Edward entered judgement thereon in Trinity term 1766.  After his death, Margaret & her brother Rev Richard Norris of Drogheda continued to chase the debt but to no avail.  Over the ensuing years the £500 trickled down through numerous properties and many hands, a lot of which belonged to various high-profile families of the day including George & Burton Tandy (mayor of Drogheda) and James & Denis Daly (Parliamentarians, Carrownakelly & Dunsandle, Co Galway).  In 1816, Luke & Margaret Foster (nee Tyrrell) of Carlow continued the family's quest to recover the money (Chancery Bill of 1810) as did their son Edward Bunbury Foster after Luke & Margaret had both died.  It's doubtful that this money was ever recovered taking into account the fact that Edward Bunbury Foster emigrated to Australia in 1828 just two years after his mother died.