Introduction to the Armagh Diocesan Registry Archive
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The Armagh Diocesan Registry archive comprises 409 volumes and around 17,655 documents on the primacy, the province and the archdiocese of Armagh, 1240, 1291 and 1360 to 1977.
They include:
Archbishops' registers, 1360 to 1543, 1678 to 1719, and 1878 to 1943
Historical compilations, 1360 to 1774, which include rent rolls on church lands, inquisitions
Correspondence 1615 to 1957, on schools and education, mainly in the archdiocese of Armagh, including Armagh Royal School and the Erasmus Smith endowment
Correspondence, legal papers, accounts 1713 to 1934, on various charities such as Hugh Boyd's Charity, the Vaughan Charity and Jackson's Charity
Visitation returns and papers, 1617-1973
Title deeds, leases, rentals, maps, and surveys on church lands, 1606 to 1910.