Hereford Estate
Millican, Milligan, Millikan, Milliken, Millikin, Mullican, Mulliken, Mullikin etc.


Rental of the Hereford Estate

1719 - 1730


The Rental of the Manors of Killultagh and Derryvolgie, the estate of Francis, Lord Conway and Killutagh, is in two parts; the first part covers 1719-1723 and the second covers 1728-1730. They list the names of tenants and lands in the town of Lisburn, and the parishes of Blaris, Lambeg, Derryaghy, Magheragall, Magheramesk, Aghalee, Aghagallon, Ballinderry and Glenavy. Lord Conway owned all the land from Dunmurry to the southern shore of Lough Neagh in Co. Antrim.

The manors of Killultagh and Derryvolgie were originally granted to Sir Fulke Conway in the early seventeenth century. The land passed through his brother Edward Conway to Francis Seymour, created Lord Conway of Killultagh in 1712. He was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet of Berry Pomeroy, by his second wife Letita, daughter of Alexander Popham. Francis had succeeded to the estates of his mother�s relative Edward Conway, earl of Conway, in 1699, and on his death in 1732 at Lisburn, Francis was succeeded by his eldest son by his third wife, Francis Seymour-Conway, who was created earl of Hertford in 1750 and Marquess of Hertford in 1793.


Rental of Manor of Killultagh 1719 to 1723

The rent rolls with tenant�s names covers lands in the town of Lisburn, and the parishes of Blaris, Lambeg, Derryaghy, Magheragall, Magheramesk, Aghalee, Aghagallon, Ballinderry, Glenavy.

1719
Widow Mulligan of Tullynacross in the parish of Lambeg, Co. Down, paid �1 19s 5d.

November 18, 1720
James Mulligan of Derryaghy [lately the property of Peter McMurran] paid 13s 4d.

[Source: PRONI D/427/1]




Mulligan's Mountain 1726


Map of the Manor of Derryvolgie and part of Killultagh, includes the parishes of Lambeg, Derryaghy and Magheragall surveyed by John Sloan in 1726. 'Mulligan's Mountain' mentioned in the townland of Aughenlough in the parish of Derryaghy.

[Source: PRONI D/427/3/1]

See Ros Davies townland map for the parishes of Lambeg and Drumbeg in County Down.


Rental of Manor of Killultagh 1728 to 1730

1728 to 1730
George Bulmer Mulligan of Enoch & Tullynacross paid rent of �2.16.11 for 13a 1r 24p.

No Mulligan found for Derryaghy

[Source: PRONI D/427/2]

The Widow Mulligan of Tullynacross was the spouse of the late John Mulligan of Lambeg, whose name appears in the baptismal register of Christ Church Cathedral in Lisburn. In the adjoining parish of Drumbeg, the names of John Mulligan and William Mulligan appear in the townland of Hill Hall as tenants of Michael Hill of Hillsborough in 1698.




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