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From: "Jane Lyons" <>
Subject: Rosenallis Tithes
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:27:37 -0000

I didn't note the year - but all the Laois Tithes seem to have been in the
early 1800's. Tithe Applotment books are handwritten - unlike the Griffiths
which was typed up.

There are 37-38 pages of Tithe records for this parish. The writing is not
the best, lots of times names can't really be made out and I guessed at them
based on other similar names that had been readable - but then that's the
way with a lot of parish records so it's nothing new.

There are townlands named that are not found in the 1851 directory and vice
versa - townlands named as being part of this parish in 1851 are not listed
in the Tithe Applotment Books - whether this means that the ones listed in
1851 did not exist in the early 1800's or that there was no one leasing land
on those townlands and so they were not named, I don't know. It could be
either.

The first column gives a number - this works it's way through the whole
document consecutively - it's just the number of the entry. On this column,
the townland is named.

Second column gives the name of the person leasing land.

Then, ther are nine other columns. The first three would seem to be Acres
Roods and Perch - the land area. The next three would seem to represent the
value - in ££ shillings and pence and the last three the total value of
chargeable land.

Whether or not the land was taxed depended on a number of things including
the quality of the land and what it was used for.

On some of the Tithes Applotment Books the land is noted as being of a
certain grade, such as those I posted yesterday, 2nd, 3rd, 4th with a value
for the tax per acre, and the total charged seems to be equal to what the
figure would be when one multiplies the quantity of land by the figure per
acre - that is not so in the Rosenallis books

A quantity of land is listed, the value of land is listed and the total
value - that total value does not equal whatever the total would be if one
multiplied the quantity of land by the value given.

These books have names written onto the pages in the side columns - for some
pages the notes are on one side of the page and for others it's the other
side. In most instances the extra names are written in beside a name on the
actual listing - while in other cases the names are written up the length of
the page - not beside any other entry.

A lot of these extra names are illegible badly written with the ink faded -
I've not made any great effort to try and read these names, but I have noted
some.

The name Lord Sydney appears on top of come columns of names at places where
the lessors for a new townland begins. This may mean that the tithes for
those lands were payable to Sir Sydney - Sir Sydney Osborne is listed on
another townland - and that may mean that if there are records for the
Osborne estate, then perhaps more information on these people might be found
in those estate recdords.

They are just maybes.............

Jane

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