The Ormond Deeds are a body of notes, court transcripts, agreements, leases, mortgages, and various assortments of transactions covering the day to day life in the Baronies of Upper and Lower Ormond during the 16th and 17th Centuries. They were compiled and maintained under the instruction of the Earl of Ormond. They throw valuable light on the life and times of that area of Tipperary which was ruled almost independently by the Irish Chiefs and Chieftains. These deeds lay lost for many centuries but were discovered during the renovation of one of the great Ormond Castles, Killkenny Castle. [1]
The Ormond deeds are the largest collection of medieval deeds anywhere in Ireland, published in six volumes.
We have not fully searched these, but one reference has come to our attention, to William O'Bowe as a witness in 1593.
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1. The Tierney Clans Society. [URL http://homepage.eircom.net/~thetierneyclan/tierneys_of_munster.htm#Ormond: Accessed 23 December 2011]