Deposition of John ffleming

fol. 248r

1585
John ffleming late of Ballylane in the parish of Lisgenin & barony of Deces within the drum & within the County of Waterford husbandman (a brittish protestant) being duely sworne & examined vpon oath by vertue of his Maiesties Comission beareing date &c deposeth & saith That vpon the last day of december last or therabouts and since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt worth 23 li. 16 s., Part thereof being debts owing by
Of one Cowe & some heeffers one horse & his swine at Ballylane aforesaid to the value of eight pounds foure shillings Of his linnen woollen & weareing apparell & houshould stuffe to the value of foure fiue pounds six pounds sterling Of his Corne in the house to the value of twelue shillings sterling Of his ready mony 15 s. Of debts which the deponent accounted goode debts before this rebellion amounting to the s u mme of eight pounds sterling due vpon Garrett Custover of Armore in the said County labourer James Murphy of Grange in the said County yeoman Richard Coften of Armore aforesaid yeoman all in actuall rebellion & therefore this deponent cannot gett satisfaction from them The totall of his losses amounts to thre three & twenty pounds sixteene eleaven shillings sterling And saith that by & by the meanes of Thomas Butler of Rinogony in the said County gentleman & diuers others whose names he knoweth not He saith And that the said Butler at that time tould this deponent & others that they had authority to turne them out of this Country into England & further he cannot deposeth And That Peeter Harrisson an English protestant was killed at Armore Castle aforesaid by the rebells whose names he knoweth not & further he canot depose
John [mark] ffleming his
marke
Jurat coram nobis 13o
Junij 1642
Phil: Bisse
Thomas Ellwell

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1586
The examination of
John ffleming
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Waterford
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