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and other debts, his Lordship was not alleviated of all his burdens, but a great many, both old and
new incumbrances, stuck to him.
In which plight, his Lordship went to England, and marryed Elenor Berkley, (daughter to
the Lord Fitzharden), who brought his Lordship very little mony, yet run him into further debt. 36
So that, by hers and her accomplices' advices and instigations, (none of hi? Lordship's kindred, or
former Commissioners being consulted,) and by his Lordship's own sense of conscience, honor and
justice, (most inclining him,) the mannor of Mount Alexander" (the house and demeasnes excepted)
was sold to Sir Robert Collvill, to pay the residue of his Lordship's debts.
Carrowcrossnemuckley als Drumchey als Drurrmewhay,
Ballyloughrescoy als Loughrescow als the Three Lough-
rescowes, Ballyhawny, Balliwatticock, Ballylisnacavan
als Ballyno als Newtowne, Carrowcamcoise als Coulacks
als Whitespots, Carrowmagheralaghaw als Island als
Jomfries Land, Ballykillconan als Killcoman als Bally-
cullen als Scrabo Hills als Wilson's Land, Ballynabarnes
als Barnes, Carrowtullehaggard als Tullenegardy, The
Two Ballyskeaghs, Carrigogantelan als Cregogantlett,
Ballynemoney, Ballykilcarine als Killarne, Ballyroggan-
loughmaroony, Ballymolton als Ballyalton, Ballyinaghre-
ragan als Ballymagrevaghan, Ballycloghtogall als Green-
graves; all which said premises are situate, lying and
being in the Baronyes of Ardes and Castlereagh, county
of Downe, and all the river-courses, remainders, rents,
customs, duties, services, condicons, redtmpcons,
rights and equityies of redempcons of them respectively,
with all Royaltys, Courts Leete, Courts Baron, Pyepowder,
Courts of Record, Clerke of the Marketts, Jurisdictions,
Privileges and Immunities whatsoever to the premises or
any of them belonging or in any wise appertaining ; A nd
all advowsons, presentations, rectoryes, tythes, oblacons,
mines, mineralls, waifes, strayes, wrecks, faires, markets,
turbaryes, wayes, easements, perquesites, and advantages
of what nature and kind soever (excepting alwayes out of
the said grant term townlands formerly in the possession
of Robert Boyd ; and the five townlands, viz. , Ballywitock,
commonly called my Lord's Ballywitock, the two Cunning-
burns, and the two Ballyblacks, parcells of the said manor
with the Come Mill and Tuck Mill built in the towne of
Cunningburne." On the 26th of November in the same
year, the earl sold to sir Robert Colvill, then Robert
Colvil, esq., for the sum of £3,000, "all those the townes
and lands commonly called Templechrone, viz., Ballyna-
hole als Templechrone als Owlestowne, Ballymuckley als
Tullymuckley, Ballycaslen als Castletowne als Bally-
heighley, Ballyblacks als Ballynapistragh, Carrownester
als Fisherstowne als Killenterny, as ye same were possessed
by Robert Boyd, esq., containing by eslimacon one
thousand two hundred acres, scituate in the parish of
Greyabbey; and all those the five townlands following,
viz., the two towne Parks, lands of Cunningburnes, lately
in the possession of Hugh Montgomery, Esq., and James
Maxwell, yeoman, containing by estimacon two hundred
and forty acres, the two Ballyblacks als Ballynapistragh,
lately in the possession of Thomas Daves, John Orre,
and others; and the towne and lands of Ballywittock,
commonly called my Lord's Ballywhitcock, then and
lately in the tenure of M 'Cutcheon, William and David
Whillaws, yeomen, and others, all which last-mentioned
towne lands are situate in the parish of Newtowne. — MS.
Paper. For original grant to the Boyd's, see p. 53, supra.
3 s Into further debt. — Elinor Berkeley, the young earl's
second wife, was also a lady without dower, but of very
illustrious family, being descended from that Robert
Fitzharding, who, for his fidelity to the empress Maud,
obtained the lordship of Berkeley; and who was appointed
to receive and entertain Dermot MacMorrough, king of
Leinster, with sixty of his retinue, when he landed at
Bristol, in it 68, to solicit assistance from Henry II. His
descendant (Maurice Berkeley), the lord Fitzharding of
the text, was a worthless minion of Charles II., and a
very unsafe associate for the earl of Mount-Alexander.
The reader may see reference to him in the Diary of
Samuel Pepys, edited by lord Braybrooke, vol. ii. , pp.
45. 86, 93, 95. 96. '3 2 » '55. 191, 202, 218, 219, 248.
3' Mannor of Mount- Alexander. — On the 14th of October,
1679, the earl and dame Elinor, his wife, sold to sir Robert
Colvil, for the sum of ,£9.780, "the whole mannor and
lordship of Mountalexander als Cumber, (excepting only
and reserving to the said earle ye mannor-house of Mount-
alexander and all other the buildings, out-houses, orchards,
gardens, and desmeasnes thereunto belonging, then in the
actual possession of the said Earle) and also all the tythes
both greate and small issueing and due out of the townes
and lands of Killeny, Clontinekelly, Crossnecreevey als
Cargineveagh, Carrickmadderoy, and Lisbane. the whole
towne and parish of Cumber, the severall acres of land
commonly called the towne acres, all commons, wast-
grounds, strands, marshes, mills, waters, water-courses,
and streams ; all the right of patronage or presentation to
ye church of Cumber ; all the townes and lands of Eden-
slatt als Carrowedenslatt, Ballycrilly, Ballyrush als Bally-
eurash als Eurush, Castlenevarry als Ballycastlenevarry
Killenether, Ballirickart als Ballyrichard als Ballyregard als
Bowtone, Rincreevey als Ballyringcreevy, Ballystockard,
Ballymaglaffe, Ballyhausel als Ballyheusel, Gortgribe
als Ballygorcrib, Ballyalton, Great Ballyhenry, Little
Ballyhenry, Chirrivally als Carrowcrossnemuckley, part
of Ballyhewey als Johnsteven's Land, Ballyloughan,
Ballyaltickilligan, Ballymalady, Ballyalloly als Bally-
gallochly, Ballywilliam als Ballymacwilliam, Bally-
magchin als Ballymackechaon, Roverra als Levalleraverra,
Ballycloghan, Tullygervan als Ballitulligirvan, Rafry,
als Ballyraphree, Barnemachree als Ballycarnamachre,
Castlerany als Carrowcastlerany, Creevie, Athendarach
als Ballyachendarrach als Ballydruvechey, Ballyacherty,
and Ballycumber als Ballymonestragh, — all which pre-
mises are scituated in the barony of Castlereagh, county
of Downe, together with all Reversions, Remainders,