Municipal and Public Records

Gloved left-hand, flower on stem extending from middle finger; ‘PD/?’ below
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Gloved left-hand, flower on stem extending from middle finger; ‘PD/?’ below

Watermark gloved left-hand, flower on stem extending from middle finger; ‘PD/?’ below
Date 1649
Location of use Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland
Dimensions 52 x 15 mm
Chain-lines full sheet size: 300 x 400 mm; 20 lines spaced 15-17 mm
Position between lines 4 and 5 [left side of mould]
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source Kinsale Manor Papers
Repository University College Cork, Special Collections, UC/KM/PP/U20/1
Sword
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Sword

 

Watermark sword
Date 1649
Location of use Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland
Dimensions 7 x 2.3 mm
Chain-lines half-sheet size: 300 x 200 mm; 12 lines spaced 15-17 mm
Position between lines 6 and 7
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source Kinsale Manor Papers
Repository University College Cork, Special Collections, UC/KM/PP/U20/1
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Unicorn

Watermark unicorn
Date 17 September 1649
Location of use Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland
Dimensions 60 x 20 mm
Chain-lines full sheet size: 270 x 330 mm; 14 lines spaced 19-21 mm
Position between lines 10 and 11
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source Kinsale Manor Papers
Repository University College Cork, Special Collections, UC/KM/PP/U20/1
Crown on pole flanked by two lions rampant, on ornate base
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Crown on pole flanked by two lions rampant, on ornate base

Watermarkcrown on pole flanked by two lions rampant, on ornate base
DateApril 1737
Location of useIrishtown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Dimensions 85 mm x 105 mm
Chain-lines7 lines spaced 25–6 mm
Positionbetween lines 5 and gutter,
ProcessCanon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
SourceRecords of the Borough of Irishtown (Kilkenny): Document relating to John Whittle, April 1737
RepositoryRepresentative Church Body Library, Dublin: D11.1.1/10/2
Crown over post-horn on shield over ‘WR / PD[?]’ [with countermark ‘F L’]
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Crown over post-horn on shield over ‘WR / PD[?]’ [with countermark ‘F L’]
Watermark crown over post-horn on shield over ‘WR / PD[?]’ [with countermark ‘F L’]
Date 1737
Location of use Kilkenny, Ireland
Dimensions 130 mm x  57 mm
Chain-lines sheet size 350 x 450 mm; 18 lines spaced 23–5 mm
Position between lines 13 and 16 [countermark between lines 3 and 4]
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Records of the Borough of Irishtown (Kilkenny): affidavit of John Whittle re arrest of Hugh Lalor
Repository Representative Church Body Library, Dublin: D11.1.1/10/1
Crown over cross on IHS with name MARTINAUD
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Crown over cross on IHS with name MARTINAUD
Watermark crown over cross on IHS with name MARTINAUD
Date 1667–83
Location of use Irishtown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Dimensions 65 mm x  65 mm (crown: 25 x 30 IHS: 30 x 35)
Chain-lines sheet size: 295 x 380; 16 lines spaced 22–4 mm
Position between lines 7 and 10
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Records of the Borough of Irishtown [Kilkenny]: The court of our sovereign Lord the King held for the Borough of Irishtown held before ye Portreve of ye same ye13th of July 1667 [with additions to 1683]
Repository Representative Church Body Library, Dublin: D11.1.1
Crown over shield with post-horn over ‘4 / WR’ [countermark: ‘IV’]
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Crown over shield with post-horn over ‘4 / WR’ [countermark: ‘IV’]

Watermarkcrown over shield with post-horn over ‘4 / WR’ [countermark: ‘IV’]
Date18th cent., otherwise undated but similar to affidavit of John Whittle 1737
Location of useIrishtown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Dimensions 115 mm x  50 mm [countermark 10 x 25 mm]
Chain-linessheet size: 370 x 460 mm; 20 lines spaced 23-25 mm, except lines 1 and 20 spaced 10 mm from nearest line
Positioncentred on lines 15 and 16 [countermark between 5 and 6]
ProcessCanon EOS, backlighting
SourceRecords of the Borough of Irishtown (Kilkenny): copy of part of oath of Portreve of Irishtown.
RepositoryRepresentative Church Body Library, Dublin: D11.1.1
Shield with unicorn (?) and lion rampant; countermark ‘M CAROY’
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Shield with unicorn (?) and lion rampant; countermark ‘M CAROY’

   
Watermark shield with unicorn (?) and lion rampant; countermark ‘M CAROY’
Date 1731
Location of use Irishtown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Dimensions  90 mm x  75 mm [countermark 12 x 77 mm]
Chain-lines sheet size: 310 x 400 mm; 16 lines spaced 25 mm
Position between lines 11 and 14 [countermark between 2 and 5]
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source Burgesses (1701–1730) of St Canice’s Borough, Kilkenny
Repository Representative Church Body Library, Dublin: D11.1.1
Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown
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Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown
Watermark Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown
Date 1540
Location of use Dublin, Ireland.
Dimensions 56 mm x 20 mm
Chain-lines 25]-30-27-27-27-27-30-30-30-27
Position Centered on line 5
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Dublin City Treasury Records, 1540-1613: MR/35, f. 80. Contains a single watermark all the way through, though hand progresses from secretary to modern cursive
Repository Dublin City Archives

 

Bunch of grapes on stem, with letters ‘BV’
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Bunch of grapes on stem, with letters ‘BV’

Bunch if grapes on stem, with letters ‘BV’
Watermark Bunch of grapes on stem, with letters ‘BV’
Date 1651
Location of use Dublin, Ireland.
Dimensions 54 mm x 30 mm
Chain-lines 31]-33-35-35-34-34-35-[30
Position Between lines 4 and 5
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Dublin City Treasury Records, 1651-1717: MR/36, f. 618. Contains a single watermark all the way through
Repository Dublin City Archives