Deposition of Joane Staple ex parte John Staple

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Joane Staple wife to John Staple late of Tuorine in the County of Tipperary Tanner (a brittish protestant duely sworne & examined by vertue of &c for & in the behalfe of her said husband nowe sick deposeth & saith That on or aboute the first of November last & diuers times since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland the said John lost was robbed & forceably dispoiled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt worth 54 li. 11 s.
Of Cowes o ne bull heiffers on horse & swin e to the value of three & thirtie pounds fiue shillinges. Of weareing apparell houshouldstuffe & garden fruites to the value of ten pounds. Of hay & barque in the backside to the value of fiue pounds. The deponent saith that her said husband was dispossessed of her farme at Tuorine aforesaid wherin she hath a lease of one thirtie yeeres to come haueing lately taken the said farme soone before this rebellion & layed out with som chardges in fenceing the same the sume of six pounds six shillings. The totall of his losses amounts to foure & fiftie pounds eleven shillings. <A> & that by the hands & meanes of William Bourke of Kilweely in the said County gentleman Edmond Bourke of Tuorin aforesaid gentleman John Bourke of the same gentleman Richard Morres of the same gentleman James Karny of Cappa in the said County yeoman William mc shane of the same husbandman & diuers others in one company together to the number of thirtie persons <B> she further saith that the said William Bourke & the rest strip aboute the first of January last her selfe & her husband

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did stripp this deponents said husband Thomas dauis of Cappa aforesaid yeoman his mother Als [Hu] at the same time this deponent heard the said parties (but which of them certainly thie deponent doth not remember) say that they had the Queenes warrant to take away all our goods, but because we were their neighbours they would not kill vs. & further she deposeth not
the Marke of
Joane [mark] Staple
Jurat coram nobis
22o 8bris 1642
Phil: Bisse
Robertt southwell

The examination of
Joane Staple
Tipperary