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Actions	Papers relating to the families of Purefoy of Offaly and Turbett of Dublin Remove from selection Add to selection TitlePapers relating to the families of Purefoy of Offaly and Turbett of Dublin RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceGP16 Date1732-1920 Production date 1732 - 1920 Scope and Content Papers, including private letters, Bill of Costs, and a Rental (1880), pertaining to the Turbett lands in Kilmacshane, Clonfert, Co. Galway, and at Clonbullogue in Co. Offaly (see for instance GP16/6 and 9). The earlier papers in the collection, 1732 to 1829, relate primarily to James Purefoy (+1880) and his son-in-law Robert Turbett. A 1796 letter between the two men, Includes Interesting references to the Eyres of Eyrecourt (GP16/3), wherein Purefoy writes ‘Mrs Giles Eyre has produced another son so that John had better contract Articles of marriage with them for his two infantas and then they will have the full blood of the House of Eyrecourt between them’. This letter also includes genealogical notes on the Purefoy and Turbett families. The collection also includes papers (1852-1880) pertaining to James Exham Purefoy Turbett (fl. 1791-1868), a wine merchant based in Dublin (son of Robert) and to his wife Sophia (nee Gore), and Brinsley Purefoy (1812-1893) of Banagher Co. Offaly. Purefoy was the Turbett's for a period from circa 1830-1880 (GP16/12) for their Galway property at Kilmacshane, Clonfert, Co. Galway. Details contained in a 1880 Rental (GP16/12) illustrate Brinsley Purefoy had a good knowledge of the ‘condition’ of the tenants of Killmacshane, and in the accompanying covering letter that, Sophia took a keen, and likely sympathetic, interest in their welfare too. Extent13 items LanguageEnglish Persons keyword Brinsley Purefoy, Sophia (nee Gore) Turbett, Thomasin Purefoy, Catherine nee Walker Turbett SubjectLanded Estates Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. LevelItem Hierarchy browser GP16 Papers relating to the families of Purefoy of Offaly and Turbett of Dublin 1732-1920Item contains 13 parts

TitlePapers relating to the families of Purefoy of Offaly and Turbett of Dublin

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceGP16

Date1732-1920

Production date 1732 - 1920

Scope and Content

Papers, including private letters, Bill of Costs, and a Rental (1880), pertaining to the Turbett lands in Kilmacshane, Clonfert, Co. Galway, and at Clonbullogue in Co. Offaly (see for instance GP16/6 and 9). The earlier papers in the collection, 1732 to 1829, relate primarily to James Purefoy (+1880) and his son-in-law Robert Turbett. A 1796 letter between the two men, Includes Interesting references to the Eyres of Eyrecourt (GP16/3), wherein Purefoy writes ‘Mrs Giles Eyre has produced another son so that John had better contract Articles of marriage with them for his two infantas and then they will have the full blood of the House of Eyrecourt between them’. This letter also includes genealogical notes on the Purefoy and Turbett families.

The collection also includes papers (1852-1880) pertaining to James Exham Purefoy Turbett (fl. 1791-1868), a wine merchant based in Dublin (son of Robert) and to his wife Sophia (nee Gore), and Brinsley Purefoy (1812-1893) of Banagher Co. Offaly. Purefoy was the Turbett's for a period from circa 1830-1880 (GP16/12) for their Galway property at Kilmacshane, Clonfert, Co. Galway. Details contained in a 1880 Rental (GP16/12) illustrate Brinsley Purefoy had a good knowledge of the ‘condition’ of the tenants of Killmacshane, and in the accompanying covering letter that, Sophia took a keen, and likely sympathetic, interest in their welfare too.

Extent13 items

LanguageEnglish

Persons keyword Brinsley Purefoy, Sophia (nee Gore) Turbett, Thomasin Purefoy, Catherine nee Walker Turbett

SubjectLanded Estates

Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.

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