Deposition of John Godsell

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1631
John Godsonell late of the Granryry in the parish of Lisgenin & barony of Deces & within the County of Waterford Carpenter (a brittish protestant) duely sworne and examined vpon oath by vertue of his Maiesties Comission beareing date &c deposeth & saith That aboute Candlemas last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost & hath beene robbed & forceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt value of 122 li. sterling
Of Cowes and swine at Granyry aforesaid Piltowne in the said County to the value of eight and fiftie pounds sterling Of houshould stuff to the value of three pounds sterling Of his hay and Corne in the haggard to the value of twenty pounds sterling The deponent further saith that he was expelled & driuen away from his said farme & house where he left in Corne in ground to the value of ten pounds sterling which he conceaues to be lost The deponent saith that by meanes of this rebellion he was dispossessed of his said farme wherin he had a lease of fiue & twenty yeeres to come woorth Coibus annis fiue pounds per annum aboue the land lords rent And He saith that Gilbert Gambadge a brittish protestant vtterly dissenabled by this rebellion is <to this deponent in the sum e of 6 li.> which he valueth to be woorth fiue & twenty pounds sterling The totall of his losses amounts to one hundred & sixteene two & twenty pounds sterling The deponent saith that (as he is credibly informed) Sir Nicholas Welsh his son whose Chrissen name he knoweth not & Cap one ffennell (a supposed Captaine of the rebells) with others in their company carried away this deponents Cattle He lastly saith that Thomas Adams & James formerly an English protestant & James Branagh of the same parish an Irish protestant are both nowe since this rebellion turned papists And further he canot depose
John [mark] Godsenll his marke
Jurat coram nobis 13o
Junij 1642
Percy Smyth
Tho Badnedge
Phil: Bisse

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1632
The examination of John
Godson
Waterford
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Reu
145