Archive of the Medlicott Family of Dunmurry, Co. Kildare In...

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Archive of the Medlicott Family of Dunmurry, Co. Kildare In 1714 George Medlicott, youngest son of Thomas Medlicott, a London barrister and MP for Abingdon in Berkshire, acquired an estate at Dunmurry, Co. Kildare, and Dunmurry remained the seat of his descendants until it was sold in 1955. The papers in this archive date mainly from the period 1850 to 1950 and form a valuable insight into the running of an Irish landed estate during those troubled times. They include: ú Folder containing a few early items, 1812-1847 ú Ledger giving details of farm and household income and expenses from 1848 to 1855. Bound in ¬ calf. 37.5 x 15.5 cm. ú Marriage settlement of James Edward Medlicott of Dunmurry with Margaret Davidson on 11 October 1859. 3 large membranes. ú Bundles of bills, receipts, business letters, etc, c 1850 to 1950. ú House account book, Dunmurry, Sept 1920 to Sept 1921. 16 x 10 cm. ú "Farm account book". Contains only 4 pp of farm accounts, for January and February 1927. (The rest is taken up with lists of film actors, and answers to quizzes, and scores.) ú Folio diary for 1946, with many insertions - bills etc. ú "County of Kildare. Half-yearly statement for the half-year ended 31st March 1901. Including abstracts of proposals for payments, and also for new works or involving new contracts ?" Approx 200 pp. ú 4 Farm accounts books 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 ú Farm accounts book (wages) 1925-1928 ú Farm accounts Book 1929-1931 ú Edward James Medlicott diary 1942 (but in vol for 1941) ú Althea Medlicott's chicken diary 1947 (Jan to May only) ú 39 small diaries, all 11 x 8 cm, covering most of the years between 1870 and 1917; diaries for 1920 and 1932 (mostly blank) and one other There is also a file on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, including a diagram showing position of 60-feet girders renewed and to be renewed from Bombay to Wadhwan (dated in MS 1.7.[18]98. 21 x 34 cm. 6 ff on cloth, interleaved with paper). Also a number of personal letters, including one from a daughter Mary written as a small child: MY DEAR PAPA I LOVE YOO VERY MUCH, I HOPE I WILL SOON COME BACK TO YOU. HOW IS WEEWEE? THE WAVES ARE VERY ROUGH TODAY. I WAS OUT THIS MORNING BUT IT BEGAN TO RAIN. YOUR LITTLE MARY. Some of the letters deal with a family crisis involving James Edward Medlicott (1827-1913) during which his wife Margaret went to live in Dublin, whence she writes, with many underlinings (for example): "One word more. Do not dread exposure. As long I am so openly on good terms with you, there will be no exposure, because you must not pay hush money. Only do tell me how you were drawn in and when? Why did you not cut her in '77? Do say if you pay any one else. Do! I can bear all now. Remember you are very terribly laughed at about that vulgar brute E. Farrell. Take care, be more circumspect - more dignified. Don't make those vile jokes. And above all, don't joke with Mary Anne, Andy's sister. Remember it would be all over this place if you do. For I shall at once dismiss her. Now be brave and true and tell me all. Your loving wife MM. But very very unhappy wife. I am determined not to be put off with words but must have all broken off from this day. Write in your own name to Mrs Cassidy and say you give up the house now - God help you."