Deposition of Charles Hooker

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Charles Hooker late of Coole[ ]vdagh in the parish of Lismore & barony of Cosmore & Cosbridy & with in the County of Waterford gentleman b[ ] (a brittish protestant) duly sworne & examined by vertue of &c deposeth and saith That on or aboute the 16th of ffebruary last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt value of 440 li.
Of Cowes and steeres horses & mares at Coole vdagh aforesaid to the value of one hundred foure & twenty pounds Of houshould goods to the value of one hundred pounds Of Corne in the haggard to the value of sixteene pounds The deponent saith that he hath a lease of fiue & t wenty yeeres yeet to come of the said land of Coolevdagh woorth Coibus annis to be lett three score pounds per annum aboue the landlords rent wherin he conceaues himself damnified by meanes of this presente rebellion the sume of two hundred pounds The totall of his losses amounts to foure hundred fortie pounds The deponent saith that he was robbed by the rebells namely the Butlers & Comerfords of the Countyes of Kilkeny & Tipperary as he is informed but their precise names he knoweth not, he lastly saith that Judith Lambard of Coolevdagh aforesaid wife to John Lambard was then & there [ ] striped by the said rebells their names he knoweth not & further he deposeth not
Cha: Hooker
Jurat coram nobis 16o
Augusti 1642
Phil: Bisse Jam: Wallis

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Charls Hooker’s Exam:
Waterford
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