Hi there, I have added an Encumbered Estate to the County Laois (IGP) website. The estate belonged to Peter GALE Esq. and encompassed Ashfield, Gale and Raheen Div. Encumbered estates were those which were sold due to debt. The tenants are listed. It was common to have a lease of "lives" which meant as long as the named people were alive the lease was in effect. It could be difficult to know when people had died so sometimes well known figures were named since their deaths were well known. The eldest children of the Queen were being named in many of these leases. Not of genealogical use but that was why it was done. I have two more estate maps to add but it's late so I will do them tomorrow. If this area is of interest the url is: www.rootsweb.com/~irllex Regards, Christina North Carolina, USA