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=== Books of Survey and Distribution === | === Books of Survey and Distribution === | ||
These were compiled c.1700 and are an official record of landed proprietors and their estates. They were used to access rents based on acreage called the "Quit Rent." This was payable each year based on land granted under the 1662 Act of Settlement and the subsequent 1665 Act of Explanation. | These were compiled c.1700 and are an official record of landed proprietors and their estates. They were used to access rents based on acreage called the "Quit Rent." This was payable each year based on land granted under the 1662 Act of Settlement and the subsequent 1665 Act of Explanation. Printed volumes are available for the counties of Clare, Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon. A typewritten manuscript from the Genealogical Office, Dublin is available for the County of Louth. | ||
*Simington, Robert C. ''Books of Survey and Distribution, County of Roscommon''. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1949. (FHL book British 941.5 B4b volume 1). | |||
*Simington, Robert C. ''Books of Survey and Distribution, County of Mayo.'' Dublin: Stationery Office, 1956. (FHL book British 941.5 B4b volume 2). | |||
*MacGiolla Cholille, Breandán. ''Books of Survey and Distribution, County of Galway. ''Dublin: Stationery Office, 1962. (FHL book British 941.5 B4b volume 3). | |||
*Simington, Robert C. and Breandán MacGiolla Choille. ''Books of Survey and Distribution: Being Abstracts of VArious Surveys and Instruments of Title, 1636-1703: County of Clare. ''Dublin: Stationery Office for the Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1967. (FHL book British 941.5 B4b volume 4). | |||
*Genealogical Office. ''Books of Survey and Distribution: County Louth, 1659.'' Unpublished manuscript no. 541. Dublin: Genealogical Office. (FHL microfilm 100,225, item 3). | |||
=== Down Survey === | === Down Survey === | ||