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House, 17th century

What is recorded here

A house is marked on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Forth at Grahormack (1), and a thatched house is listed at Graycormacke on the terrier or commentary of the parish map of Rosslare in NLI (ms, 725; microfilm, P 7384; N 6380) where Rowland Scurlocke owned 76 acres in 1640 (Simington 1953, 307). An ancestor of Rowland’s, also called Rowland Scurlocke, had been a physician to Queen Mary Tudor (1553-8) and had been awarded the manors of Rosslare and Ballymore for his service (Hore 1920, 91-3).) See the attached section of the Down Survey barony map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 January, 2014

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