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In the 16th century Castlewellan was a stronghold and one of the chief seats of the Magennis family. Under James I it was forfeited to the Crown, but later Phelim Magennis was granted 11 townlands in the parishes of Kilmegan and Kilcoo, constituting the Manor of Castlewellan. Magennis could also hold a Court at the Manor and in return for the granting of lands and honours guaranteed allegiance to the King. After the rebellion of 1641 his estate was again forfeited and subsequently again restored.
The lands at Castlewellan passed into the possession of the Annesley family in 1742 when they were purchased from Arthur Magennis though the family had previously resided there for some years on lease. In 1747 he also bought the old castle to build a hotel on it, but he eventually developed another property, Donard Lodge, as a hotel instead.
The history of Castlewellan Estate is inextricably bound up with the history of the Annesley family whose name is derived from the Lordship of Annesleya in the County of Nottingham, granted in 1079 to Radoiphus de Brito (or Richard de Breton) who had accompanied Ralph Fitzherbert, Viscount of Maine, at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Some two hundred years later King Edward I granted lands in Nottingham by Charter, a special favour in those days, to John D'Annesley who became Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby. The Annesley family apparently served their Royal Masters faithfully and many were knighted in consequence.
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