Deposition of Thomas Humfrey

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Thomas Humfrey of the Cittie of Dublin gentleman sworne & examined sayth That hee is and for some yeres past hath beene an agent for Tho: Stones of London Merchant and imployed authorized and trusted for receiveing of the debtes sumes of money oweing vnto him the said Tho: Stones in his kingdome of Ireland And saith that at the tyme of the begining of the present Rebellion there was and still are due & owing either vnto him the said Tho: Stones by seuerall persons within this kingdome of Ireland (some whereof are by the Rebells robbed & dispoyled of their estats and meanes soe as they are vnable to make satisfaccion, & the rest (as this deponent hath beene credibly informed are in actuall Rebelljon & therefore the said Tho: Stone must loose all the same <918 li.-16 s.> seuerall somes amounting in all to the sume of Nyne hundreth & eighteen pownds xvj s. And sayth that the names of the parties debtors & whoe (as this deponent is credibly informed & beleeveth are in rebellion are theis that followe vizt John Dowdall of Clonlyon in the Countie of Meath gentleman The Lord Maguire of Eneskillin & Hugh McMahoone ofin the Countie of ffermanagh Esquire Brian McHugh McRosse McMahoon of Capock in the Countie of Monoghan Esquire Hugh McDonnell McPatrick McHugh McDonnell of Clonestin in the said County of Monoghan gentleman Owen Mulkeakan of Ballanekell in the Countie of Dunagall husbandman & Hugh ô Corron of Magharebegg James McOwen of Blessinborne in the Countie of Tirone Peter Velden of Enneskillin & Edmund McMaguire of Kilteninraragh in the Countie of ffermanaghe & Brian Boy of Muckmorring Stribbys in the Countie of Tyrone And further sayth that the said Tho: Stones hath beene by the Rebells att Newtown
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& at & vpon other Landes nere Eneskillin robbed dispoyled & hath lost in a studd of horses & Mares howshold stuff & other goods and chattells, worth the value of threescore pownds or thereabouts Soe as the whole losses which this deponent already knoweth the said Tho: Stones hath already lost susteined in this kingdome by meanes of the Rebellion amount vnto the sume of <978 li.> Nyne hundreth threescore & eighteene powndes Sterling But whoe soe robbed or dispoyled him thereof this deponent knoweth not Becawse he still Lyved & remained in or very nere Dublin ever since the Rebellion began & Long before
Tho: Humfrey
Jur quinnto July 1642
Will: Hitchcocke
Edw Pigott