Ways to wealth
Subtitle: the Cust family of eighteenth century Armagh
By: L.A. Clarkson and E.M. Crawford.
Contributors: Crawford, E. Margaret.
Series: Explorations in Irish history
Publisher: Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Belfast
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Cust family; Family -- Northern Ireland -- Armagh (County) -- History -- 18th century; Armagh (Northern Ireland : County) -- Social life and customs; Armagh (Northern Ireland : County) -- History
Description: History of the Cust family, chiefly during the eighteenth century. They were a middle-ranking Anglo-Irish family, with some members holding office in two of the major eighteenth-century bureaucracies (the Revenue Board and the Barrack Board). They were landlords, landowners, and middlemen leasing land (principally from the Archbishop of Armagh) and subletting it at economic rents to working farmers. The pedigree chart shows six generations of the family between 1689 and 1829.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-88).