(27) Glen Wyllin Mill (Harry's Miln)

The mill, usually referred to as Mullen Harry or Harry's Mill, with 12s Lord's rent and generally placed first under Mill Rent in the section of Lib Assed listing mills paying Lords rent - these high rents are generally water corn mills.

John Kelly of Money Mollagh was owner of two mills both in Glen Wyllin, Moaneemollagh, shown on 1868 plan as "in ruins" is about 1km SE of the Mill. One a corn mill known as Mullen Harry or Harry's mill and the other a flax mill - in 1799 there were two sales each of one third part of this flax mill

NSS May 1801 1

dated 28 Feb 1799;John Kelly,jnr,(Money Mollagh Kk Michael) sells for £16 16s(Brit) to Thomas Radcliffe(Andreas) one third of my flax miln in Glanwillan (+ 1/3 gears sluices etc); witt Thos Cannell, Thos? Allen;setting quest place 1/3 of 1d rent

NSS May 1801 3

dated 28 Feb 1799;John Kelly(Money mollagh) sells for £16 16s(bit) to John Caine(joiner, Kk Michael) one third part of my flax miln in Glanwillan (+ 1/3 gears sluices etc); witt John Corjeag, Phillip Quiggin;setting quest place 1/3 of 1d rent

The Setting quest would appear to have rated the small area of ground with the sluices, races etc as 1d rent split between the now 3 owners of equal one-third shares.

Around 1817 John Kelly raised money from Henry Colvin by a B+S using Harry's mill as security - however he would appear to have fallen behind with repayments which along with other debts resulted in a coroner's sale of the two mills:

NSS Oct 1841 5

dated 20 Oct 1821; recites executions agt John Kelley(Money Mollagh, Kk Michael) so that two mills both in Glen Wyllin one a corn mill known as mhullen Harry [Harry's mill] and the other a flax mill (of which Kelly owned one third part) were put up at public auction and John Caine's(Barnagh, Kk Michael) bid of £45(British) was successful; witt Thomas Cannell, James Skillicorn x

John Caine(Barnagh) almost immediately recovers his outlay by selling a third part of both Harry's mill and the flax mill to John Cain senr(joiner)

NSS Oct 1841 4

dated 18 Nov 1821; John Caine(Barnagh, Kk Michael) + wife Elizabeth als Garrett sell for £45 to John Cain senr(joiner, Kk Michael) the one third share of a corn mill in Glenwillyn known as Harry's Mill together with the one third share of a flax mill in Glenwillyn purchased from Wm Cowley(coroner) by deed dated 20 Oct 1821; Witt Thos Cannell, James Skillicorn x; (John + Elizabeth sign)

NSS Oct 1841 2

dated 8 Dec 1825; John Cain(Kk Michael) sells for £45(Brit) to John Kelly junr(Kk Michael) my 2/3rds share of Hareys Mills (corn mill + flax mill) in Glen Willin; witt John Caine junr, John Caine cooper

NSS Oct 1841 3

dated 20 Aug 1827;John Kelly junr(Kk Michael) sells for £72 10s to John Cain(Kk Michael) 1/3rd pat of a corn mill + flax mill in Glen Willin called Herreys Mill lately purchased from John Cain [NSS Oct 1841 2]+ mill race (not to be stopped by sd John Kelly); witt Henry Moore, William Teare 'x';

A third share fell to Thomas Mylrea, previously described as farmer but later as miller, from John Cain, father-in-law, in 1860.

Registered deed Sep 1873 #17

dated 27 Aug 1873;Thomas Mylrea(miller, Kk Michael) + wife Mary Elizabeth ack indebted to Evan Gell(mariner, Peel) for £100 @5% and gives as security one third part of a corn and flour Mill in Glen Wyllin in parish of Michael; witt William Mylrea, Mary Elizabeth Caine; redeemed 28 May 1880 Evan Gell acks full repayment from John Thomas Mylrea (Castletown) heir-at-law of Thomas Mylrea miller decd.

Registered deed Feb 1876 #9

dated 2 Feb 1876;Thomas Mylrea(miller, Glen Wyllyn) + wife Mary Elizabeth [als Cain] ack indebted for £100 @5% from Jane Quayle and give in security Harrys Mill and premises inc dwelling house currently unoccupied in Glen Wyllyn Kk Michael; witt Edward Cain, John Thomas Mylrea; redeemed 20 Feb 1891 Miss Jane Quayle acks repayment from John Thomas Mylrea(Castletown) - now owner of sd premises (Thomas + wife both decd).

Their third part share of the Mill would appear to remain within the family before being sold by a later Thomas Mylrea in 1908 to John Daniel Llewellyn Kelly (registered deed Jun 1908 #3)

References

[Jones 69] Jones, D H The Water-Powered Cornmills of England, Wales, and the Isle of Man, A Preliminary Account of their Development - Chap 27 (pp302/354 of Transactions of the Second Symposium on Molinology, Denmark 1969

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