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- CORK
Youghal
THE WARDENS later renamed MYRTLE GROVE
Sir Walter Raleigh¹s house where he lived 1588-9, as Chief Magistrate to the town. In 1589 he is said to have entertained Edmund Spenser, the poet, previous to them embarking together from Youghal to England, to superintend the publication of the first three books of the Faerie Queene (Hayman).
From the Parish Registers of Corkbeg, Co. Cork.
ATKIN, John Bailiff of Youghal 1674, Mayor 1675.
Betham m/s Abstracts of Perogative Wills Vols 1,2,3 shelf no 2143411 1708
Large Will John A of Youghal in co, Cork ald.r 20 Oct 1705. 23 June 1708 poor of Minehead in co Somerset gr son John Hayman George Hayman & his sons Samuel ? William, Atkin,
John Speed lands at Bilbrook co Somerset
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1591 Perogative Will 1708 John Atkin of Youghall Co Cork Alderman
Body to be interred in the parish church of Cloynepriest
To the poor of the parish of Cloynepriest £20
do Youghal £5
do Minehead in the co of Somersett England £5
do Youghall 40/- per ann for 20 years
To grandson John Hayman the lands, tenements & hered.s of Dromeleigh, Killwhelan. alias Killfilane & Killtrishlane itbny Condons Co Cork purchased by me from Robert Fennell of Manning in said Co Gent & also give unto said John Hayman my house, outhouses & gardens situate near the College in Youghal purchased by me from Wm, Hedges afterwards Sir Wm Hedges Knt deed to have and to hold said Lands unto said John Hayman during the time of his natural life ? then to his first son & his heirs male & for default of such issue to the second son & his heirs male &for default of such issue to the 3d 4h 5h 6h and all and any other son ofsaid John Hayman ?and for default of such issue to my grandson Samuel Hayman and his heirs and for default of such issue to my grandson George Hayman and his heirs
Samuel Hayman son of said George Hayman.
Wm. Hayman
do Atkin H another son of said Geo Hayman
John do
Speed do
I also give unto grandson John Hayman my Lds & Tenements in the village of Bilbrooke in the parish of Old Cleeve Co, Somerset purchased by me from Samuel Crockford late of Minehead merchant decd
To the children of my granddaughter Jane Lucas the wife of Jasper Lucas of Youghal Merch. the sum of £300 granddaughter Frances Luther wife of John Luther of Youghal Merch.t
Sister Mary Brelsford the wife of John Brelsford Gent
Jacobus ------------ to James, William, Samuel, Simon Atkin, Jane Martin the wife of Richard Martin, Katherine & Mary Atkin £20 a piece
To Elizabeth Downes the wife of Thomas Dowries £12 & to Robert Parker the son of Jermian Parker £15
Lewis Parker & Walter Parker son of said Jerman Parker
Cousin Robt Hayman of Minehead
Sole Exor grandson John Hayman overseers Jasper Lucas & Walter Akin Clk
D/d 20 Oct 1705 proved 23 Jun 1708 16 1/2 pages
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³The magnificent wainscotting of Irish oak, with its rich carving, in the highest style of the art of the period; its elaborately carved mantlepiece, with its cornice resting upon figures of Faith, Hope and Charity, and numerous other emblematic devices, whilst its luxurious myrtle grove, as well as being the spot where the first potato, when brought from Virginia, was planted in ~Ireland, gives the place a peculiar historic interest.
The vicissitudes of this venerable mansion-house are many, and bear veritable witness to the conservative spirit of the several owners from time to time. After passing through the hands of Sir Walter Raleigh, it came into the possession of the Earl of Cork, from whom it was rented fora residence in 1616 by Sir Laurence Parsons, Knt., Attorney General for the Province of Munster and Recorder of Youghal. In 1661, January 17th,Laurence Parsons, Esq., of Birr in the King¹s County, grandson of Sir Laurence, conveyed for £135 the stone house, the malt house etc and the walls encompassing same, to Robert Hedges of Beaconstown, Co Kildare,Esq. for 1,000 years at a peppercorn yearly, with the rent reserved to the Earl of Cork, being a new Almanack yearly. On 24th February, 1670,William, afterwards Sir William Hedges, son of the above-mentioned Robert, sold the house for £340 to John Atkin of Youghal, who, by will dated 20th October, 1705, demised the house to his grandson, John Hayman,M.P. for Youghal, in the possession of which family it continued until the death of Walter Atkin Hayman, Esq., 5th June, 1816. It subsequently came into the hands of Mr J.W. Pim, from whom the fee simple was purchased by H.E. Governor Pope Hennessy, K.B., now Governor of Hong Kong, whose estate it is.²
Cork: 29th April, 1878
Ref: The Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal 1610 - 1659 and1690 - 1800 edited by R. Caulfield, LLD, FSA (printed by J Billing &Sons, Guildford, Surrey, 1878 available in the Gilbert Collection, The Gilbert Library, Pearse Street, Dublin
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