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Record Id:
032-002024104
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002024104
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Add MS 31885
Title:

MISCELLANEOUS entry-book of Thomas Arthur, M.D., of Limerick, who began practice in Limerick in 1619, and subsequently, in 1630, removed to Dublin. Besides a full list of his patients and fees between the years 1619 and 1666, the volume contains much information respecting the history of his family, his acquisition of property, and the history of Limerick. The principal contents are:-

1. Various payments; 1648-1653. f. 4.

2. Catalogue of Dr. Arthur's books. f. 8.

3. Lists of patients and fees; 1619-1666. Latin. ff. 15-86, 138-141, 144-167.

4. " A true account of all the fee-simples, mortgadges, leases, bills, bondes, and dealeings which Thomas Arthure fitz William, esquier, Doctor of phisick, had and hath," entering very fully into particulars, and extending from 1624 through the period of the Civil War, to which references are incidentally made. ff. 87-137.

5. Receipts of rents at Limerick; 1630-163 6/7. ff. 168-173.

6. Various literary pieces of Dr. Arthur's composition, in prose and verse, in Latin. ff. 174-194. Among them are:-

a. " Anagramma Physiognomicum in nomen Thomæ Wentworth, Proregis Hiberniæ, truculenti et nefarii hominis, paucis litteris commutatis"; with verses. f. 174 b. b. " Hæe viginti Anagrammata, paucis commutatis litteris, edidi in nomen Georgii Radclyffe " [Sir George Radcliffe]; with an explanation of the anagrams, in verse. f. 175. c. "Edylium genealogicum seu parentale e7rLK-18LOV prosapiæ Domini Thomæ, Arthurii Lymmaricensis armigeri, philosophiæ et medicinæ Doctoris," in verse. f. 183 b.

7. Charters, warrants, etc., relating to Limerick, beginning with the charter of King John. ff. 198-235.

8. Early wills of members of the family of Arthur. Lat. ff. 236, 242.

9. "Accompt of what I spent in buyldeing my stone howse in Margrat street in the south suburbs of the Cittie of Lymerick since the 17th day of August in anno Domini 1620." f. 239.

10. Lives of members of the Arthur family. Lat. ff. 248-251.

11. Series splendissimæ (sic) familiæ Geraldinorum Mommoniensium, Comitum Desmoniæ." f. 252.

12. " Annales Magistratuum et Memorabilium aliquot ad Civitatis Lymmerici decus spectantium, seriem candide recensentes, quantum exarchiuis diplomatibus et scriptis vetustissimis hactenus eruere liquit"; 1169-1648. ff. 253-277. Paper; ff. 285. The MS. has been used by Mr. Maurice Lenihan in his History of Limerick, 1866. Quarto.

Scope & Content:

Limerick, Ireland: Transcripts of charter, rents, etc., in Dr. Arthur's entry-book: 17th cent.

Thomas Arthur, MD, of Limerick and Dublin: Entry-book of fees, accounts, and literary pieces: 1619-1666.

Accounts: Fees, etc. of Dr. Arthur, of Limerick: 1619-1666.

Maurice Lenihan, of Limerick: Manuscripts relating to Ireland transcribed by: 19th cent.

includes:

  • f. 8 Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Dr. T. Arthur of Limerick: 1619-1666.
  • f. 174 b Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640: Anagram on, as Viceroy of Ireland, by Dr. Arthur: 17th cent.
  • ff. 174 b, 175 Political and Satirical Poems: Verses on Strafford and Sir G. Radcliffe: 17th cent.: Lat.
  • f. 175 Sir George Radcliffe: Anagrams on, by Dr. Arthur: 17th cent.: Lat.
  • ff. 183 b, 236, 242, 248-251 Arthur family; of Limerick: Genealogy, lives, and wills: 17th cent.
  • ff. 236, 242 Wills: Family of Arthur, of Limerick: 14th-16th centt.
  • f. 252 FitzGerald family; Earls of Desmond: Descent, with biographical notes, by Dr. Arthur: 17th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
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Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1619
End Date:
1666
Date Range:
1619-1666
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Arthur, Family
Arthur, Thomas, MD, of Limerick and Dublin
FitzGerald, Family
Lenihan, Maurice, of Limerick
Radcliffe, George, of Add MS 31885
Wentworth, Thomas, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640
Places:
Limerick, Ireland