Deposition of John Clement

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1377
John Clement late of Ardmore in the barony of Decyes & within the Com of Waterford husb: a brittish protestant duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue &c deposeth & saith,
That about Candlemas last was twelue month he was taken prisoner at Ballylane by certayne rebbells who robbed the Country thereabout whose names he knoweth not except Walter O Harneyfee fowler & his two sons whereof one called Sharomme O Harneyfee & the other called William O Harneyfee & one John Parnell of Ballyweelagh yeoman who tooke away from the deponent the sume of twenty fower shillings: & from thence he was carryed to Dungarvan which said William O Harney was slaine at the fight at the hazelly nere whitechurch but being conceiued by the rebells to be for the vse of a servant he was permitted to liue with the said Parnell who is one of Sir Nicholas Welch his company & souldyers the said Parnell being one of those that tooke the Castle of Ardmore from the English after this the deponent he askt his master Parnell, why the Irish did do such things to the Spoile of the English as they did his master answeared we doe nothing but fight for our religion, for our religion says he was from the begininge of the world & the first religion that euer was & that they went to masse before euer they went to Church also his Master saide that the English haue neither Kinge nor Quene for them for if they weare for the English they would haue sent them helpe a greate while before that, after wards aboute the last Harvest he was commanded to abide with Sir Nicholas Welch at Ballykeroge where the said Harneyfes were often attending as Sir Nicholas his souldiers together with Sir Nicholas his three sons whereof two are calld James a repute{d} Capt: & Dado the youngest. at last vpon the second of May last past the deponent was sent to keepe cowes & horses vnder the Comand of Carigikilly Castle which said Castle was taken in the Eueninge following wh by the English army by whome this deponent was taken who gaue intelligence to the Commanders where the breach should be made but before it was wrought through, the Castle was taken vpon quarter haueing shott at our forces for the space of an hower, those that were in the Castle were Tho: ffitz Gerald alias Tho: of woodhous{e} of Carigikilly gen: Morish mc Richard of Crishee nere Ardmore his son called James mc Morish & diuers others whose names he cannot now remember; and further he cannott depose
John [mark] Clements
marke
Jurat coram nob: 22o May
1643
Phil: Bisse
Jam: Wallis

fol. 309v

1378
John Clements Exam:
Wateford
C:V:
Reu
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