| Title: | Tenement in the Foreplantation of Belfast. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3920 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1811-20/122 |
| Year | 1812 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | unknown |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Lisburn, Co. Antrim, N.Ireland |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | re a tenement |
| Source | D 971/5/4A: Presented by Messrs. L'Estrange & Brett, Solicitors, Chichester Street, Belfast. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9806334 |
| Date | 04/06/1812 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 15:06:98. |
| Word Count | 277 |
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| Transcript | Tenement in the Foreplantation Sometime in the year 1767 the Marquis of Donegal was pleased to grant a Lease of a Tenement in the Foreplantation Belfast to Wm [William?] Robinson of sd. [said?] town for the term of 99 years containing 28 feet in front and 172 feet in the Reare [rear?] [a?] say 28 [shillings?] P. [per?] year with provision for building a House in the course of 13 years after the grant as specified in sd. [said?] Lease. Wm. [William?] Robinson went to America and in 1802 wrote to Wm [William?] Gray of Lisburn to take the said tenement into his Possesssion and apply the profit Rent to the support of a Wm. [William?] Valentine as will appear by his Letter. In the Interim Robt. [Robert?] Oliver got the Lease of sd. [said?] Tenement into his hand and without any title whatever gave a Lease to one Sybbles for 60 years receiving a profit Rent of more than three Guineas P. [per?] Annum which he applied to the worst of purposes Drunkenness / Wm. [William?] Gray on receiving the order could not not interfere as Rob. [Robert?] Oliver was his Fatherinlaw at present sd. [said?] Sybbles wishes to sell or give his Lease to Robt. Oliver for Money Wm. [William?] Gray hopes that Mr. May will dispose of the sd. [said?] Tenement according to his pleasure as the Obligations in the sd. [said?] Lease were never fulfilled. If Mr. May choose to give the Tenement to Wm. [William?] Gray he will build a House on the Tenement superior to that mentioned in the Lease and the profit Rent applied as ordered by Capt. Robinsons Letter - Lisburn June 4th 1812 - 145 . 16 . 0 150 _________ 295 . 16 |
