References
6. DYKER is a name largely confined to the same Perth, the Scottish landlord who owned the land the family tenanted in County Monaghan, came from
just got this additional information
Lease Abstracts for the Clones Estate, County Monaghan
Donald M. Schlegel
Clogher Record
Vol. 18, No. 1 (2003), pp. 53-84
Lease abstracts for the clones estate county monaghan by Donald m schegel
The lands of clones monastery and the great church of clones were found by the English in 1587 and were leased to crown servants shortly thereaftere the old monastery was garrisoned periodically but the land remained under the control of the native irish until the death of brian macmahon in October 1622 settlers began appearing shortly thereafter as the heirs of the early lessees took control the foundation of the town of clones can be dated to 1623 when a charter was granted for the holding of a weekly market and two fairs each year the first surviving lease to a tenant on the estate is dated 1635 just 12 years later the leases abstracted here represent the local interests the farmer of the estate and the residents in the town that having survived the centuries in the care of the lennard barrett family and their heirs they are now held by the essex record office Chelmsford cannot see any drummond from perth scotland has anyone seen a dicher dichare ditcher deacher deecher dycher dyker on the estate records but there was the Ker Estate near newbliss anyone know about this and where the records are held and who who was the landlord