References
The Muster Rolls c1630, “Men & Arms, edited by the late RJ Hunter does not list anyone of that name in Monaghan at that time. Nearest was Richard Dichare & John Dicher both in the Bishop of Kilmore’s estate in the barony of Castleraine, Co. Cavan.
could anyone advise me of the follwing castleraine above is the parish of castelrahan if it is not please inform me accordingly the men & arms of cavan in 1630 where were they based in cavan where is the bishop of kilmore estate in cavan Can anyone inform me was it held by the perths as landlords if anyone can inform me by return or where the perths held their lands see detail below
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 thereafter the old monastery was garrisoned periodically but the land remained under the control of the native irish until after 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 anydrummond has anyone seen a dicher dichare ditcher deacher deecher dycher
but there was the Ker Estate near newbliss anyone know about this and where the records are held