Deposition of William Bulkeley

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William Bulkeley Clerke Archdeacon of Dublin being duely Sworne & examined deposeth
That he hath owing him in the County of Kilkenny for tiethe there. 29 li. which he can neuer recouer, by reason his tenant since the rebelli on beg an writeth vnto him, that the Said tieth was to bee paid to the popish priest, And further deposeth that his whole tieths there weare leased for 58 li. per annum, which he was to enioyed during his life or [ ] vntill his remoueall out of that liueing: And further that his wiues father Mr Henry Maynwaring deceased left a greate estate vnto Mrs Elizabeth Maynwaring his Relict during her life, who had only liuing, this deponents said wife & a daughter of another daughters, which the Said Relict entirely loued, to whome she would haue left all, her meanes as this deponent verily belieueth, But she hauing continued a widow for many yeares & now being aboue 70 yeares of adge, was Since this Rebellion, by force of armes, as this deponent vnderstandeth by her letters, compelled to marry one Mr <A> Phillip Pursell of Ballyfoyle, a Papist & a Rebell, she hauing bin a protestant all the days of her life, by meanes whereof he this deponent, as he verily belieueth in his conscience, lost aboue a thousand pownds, All which, (besides what is before deposed concerning his Losses, & his greate hopes of a good estate from his deare parents, the rest of theire children being provided for) he hath lost by reason of this Rebellion.
William Bulkeley
deposed before vs febr. 22. 1641
Hen: Jones
Roger Puttocke

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William Buckley Cleark &
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