Information of Henry Cartaine

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The Examination of Henry Cartaine taken before Sir Gerrald Lowther Knight Lord C. J. of his Majesties Court of Common Pleas & Sir Robert Meredith Knight Chancellour of the Exchequer Feb: 12: 1641
Who being sworn & examined saith, that about nine years since, he, this Examinant left the kingdom of Ireland & went into Flanders under the command of James Fitzgerald of the County of Kildare and at his said Captain’s landing in Flanders he & his company were put into the Regiments of Owen Roe O Neal Colonel under the Cardinal where this Examinant served for about two years of the said time under the said Capt. Fitzgerald & then was transferred by the said Col. Owen under the command of Capt. Conn O Neal in the same Regiment & afterwards was preferred by the said Col. Owen O neal to be his Major Domo & after was by the said Owen made Quarter Master of his Regiment in which imployement he this Examinant remained until

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until he was now sent into the kingdom by the said Col. Owen O Neale & this Examinant also saith that Sir Phelim Roe O’Neale sent a Table with a Character from the kingdom of Ireland unto Col. Owen O neale into Flanders the which table was lost at the siege of Ayre & for the loss of which Character he this Examinant heard the said Col. lament much saying that all the great Towns Ports Provinces & remarkable places & persons in this kingdom of Ireland had their particular names deciphered in that Table after which time the said Col. received from Capt.