Deposition of Tristram Whetcombe

Collection: Bysse Depositions

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-10-28
Identifier: 822026r025

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Cork
Deposition Type: Bysse
Nature of Deposition: Robbery, Lost By Debts
Commissioners: Philip Bisse, Robert Southwell
Deposition Transcription:


fol. 26r


1501
Tristram Whetcombe of the Towne and parish of Kinsale B a roney of Kinallegh and County of Corke Merchant duly sworne & examined before vs etc. deposeth & sayth, that on or about the 1t day of March <last> and diuers times since the beginning of this present rebellion in Ireland he lost, was robbed and forceably despoyled of his goods & chattells to the seuerall values following Vizt value of 5565 li.-7 s.-10 d. part consisting
Of Cowes, Oxen, horses, to the value of one hundred fifty one pownds. of houshold-stuffe, and cloths, to the value of ten pownds. Of Corne in house & haggard to the value of two one hundred and twenty pownds. Of Implements of husbandry to the value of ten pownds. Of many tun of timber, diuers cord of wood a{nd} pipe-staues and oth r staues and dell boards to the value of one hundred fif ty two twenty six pownds ten shill: Of extraordinary expenses immediately and solely occasioned by this rebellion, to the value of one hundred and ten pownds. Of a fishing Pallace at Ballimaccos now demolished to the value of one hundred and fourty pownds. Of debts to the valu{e} of by bill and account to the value summe of three thousand nine hundred eight six pownds seaunteene shillings and ten pence, which ere this rebellion were esteemed good debts, but now become desperate by reason, some of the debtours are Impouerisht pro{tes} tants, as Robert Smyth & Rickard R otestone, Clement Brickford, John Jewell, & Henry Salfield, James Borrell, Henry Beecher, John Ellis, Tho: Hayford, Richard dodsworth John Vosbrowe , Charls James, Robert Rudd & James Walker, Richard Webb & Josuah Jacob, Giles Groue, Robert Higginson Bennet Roberts, Stephen Smyth, Chrystian yeomans, William Hainds, Nath: Cleare, William Minterne, Edmund ffeild, Sydrac h Williams, Nich: Leigh all these are debtours by specialty, besids, William Long, John Bealy, Barthol: Nash Joane Atkins, Mrs Bennet wid: william Huett, Tho: Turner, John Parwick Ambrose Jackson, William Purser, & one Honny-Church, James Dant, Joan Scotwed debtours vpon account , with diuers othr poore people which are debtours for certayne goods. and others all impouerisht papists and Irish, as Robert Meagh ffitz Stephen of Kinsale and Teig o Corrane of the same Dho, debtours per bill and Patrick Goold of Kinsale and Dauid Galwey of Dho the same and Philip Rourke ffitz James all debtours per account: and the rest of the debtours are debts due from debts due from rebbells, as Patrick Meagh ffitz Patrick <of Kins:> gentleman Patrick Roch ffitz Richard of Palylong gentleman Philip Roch ffitz Patrick of Dho same gentleman John Bayes of Kinsale merchant, James Marragh the citty of Corke merch: William White <A> and William Kearnye of Corke merchant Dauid Rochford of Limrick merch: James Ronan of Dho the same merch: Nicholas Ronan of Dho the same merch: James Mellonie of Dho the same merch: Patrick Saule and Paul Boyten of the same merch: James Creagh of Limrick merch: George Rochford of Dho the same merch: John & George Goold merch: Robert Creagh and Patrick Harrald of Dho Limrick merch: Robert Creagh of Dho the same, Marcus Bonfield of Dho the same merch: Michael Stretch of Dho the same merch: ffraunces Long of the same merch: Dauid Cammine of Limrick merch: Brien Histen of the same merch: William Meronie of the same merch: Geo: Rochford of Limrick merch:, & Stephen Woolfe of Limrick merch: Tho: Peacock of Dho the same merch: John ffagan of Corke towne clerke Morris O Shea of Enishorny husb: Patrick Trant of DingleCouch merch: Paul Carew of the citty of Waterford merch: Charls Carty of Kinsale mason, O suilleuan More of nere Glanarogh esquire, James Mallefant & Ellick Roch nere Kinsale [ ] ; Patrick, and Phillick Roch of Dolylong gentleman Edmund Hacket of the citty of Waterford merch: Charls Collenane of Kinsale mason John Vergane of Kinsale broagmaker, Rich: Roche merch: of Kinsale Bartholomew Lincolne of the citty of Waterford merch: William Candles of Balleedehas merch: so that the deponent cannot gett any satisfaccion from any of them
Also the deponent sayth that by means of this rebellion he is dispossessed of seuerall leases, as of his farme of Enishaning worth to this deponent fifty two pownds per annum aboue the Landlords rent, hauing a lease of thirty seau’n years to come, wherein he conceius hims e lfe damnifyed <togither with his improouments in building and otherwise> in the summe of fiue six hundred & six ty eight y pownds. Also of another lease of Lackinacommon lands improoueable worth aboue the landLords rent sixteene pownds per annum, wherein he had a tearme of sixty years to come, damnifyed herein two hundred pownds. also he sayth that he is damnifyed in an lease of a house in Kinsale which by means of this rebellion lay wast for nine months to the value of seau’n pownds he also conceaus h e is


fol. 26v


1502
<b> damnifyed in his lease of the land called Commoge to the value of seaun eight pownds The totall of his losses amounts to the value of fiue thousand fiue hundred sixty fiue pownds seau’n shill: and ten pence He sayth that part his corne was tak’n away by Capt James Long of Oyster Hauen gentleman, a reputed Capt: among the rebbells. He also sayth that And part of his Cowes were fraudulently detayned by Patrick Roch of PolyLong gentleman the rebell rest were tak’n away by rebbells he knoweth not. and further he cannot depose:
Tristram WhetCombe
Jurat coram nob: 28o Octob:
1642
Phil: Bisse
Ro: southwell

Tristram Whetcombe
Exam:
C 490
Corke


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1503


fol. 27v


1504

Tristram Whetcombe
Cork

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Deponent Fullname: Tristram Whetcombe
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Merchant
Deponent County of Residence: Cork
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Robert Smyth, Rickard Rotestone, Clement Brickford, John Jewell, Henry Salfield, James Borrell, Henry Beecher, John Ellis, Tho: Hayford, Richard dodsworth, John Vosbrowe, Charls James, Robert Rudd, James Walker, Richard Webb, Josuah Jacob, Giles Groue, Robert Higginson, Bennet Roberts, Stephen Smyth, William Hainds, Nath: Cleare, William Minterne, Edmund ffeild, Sydrach Williams, Nich: Leigh, William Long, John Bealy, Barthol: Nash, Joane Atkins, Mrs Bennet, william Huett, Tho: Turner, John Parwick, Ambrose Jackson, William Purser, * Honny-Church, James Dant, Joan Scotwed, Robert Meagh ffitz Stephen, Teig o Corrane, Patrick Goold, Dauid Galwey, Philip Rourke ffitz James, Patrick Meagh ffitz Patrick, Patrick Roch ffitz Richard, Philip Roch ffitz Patrick, John Bayes, James Marragh, William White, William Kearnye, Dauid Rochford, James Ronan, Nicholas Ronan, James Mellonie, Patrick Saule, Paul Boyten, James Creagh, George Rochford, John Goold, George Goold, Robert Creagh, Patrick Harrald, Robert Creagh, Marcus Bonfield, Michael Stretch, ffraunces Long, Dauid Cammine, Brien Histen, William Meronie, Geo: Rochford, Stephen Woolfe, Tho: Peacock, John ffagan, Morris O Shea, Patrick Trant, Paul Carew, Charls Carty, * O suilleuan More, James Mallefant, Ellick Roch, Patrick Roch, Phillick Roch, Edmund Hacket, Charls Collenane, John Vergane, Rich: Roche, Bartholomew Lincolne, William Candles, James Long, Patrick Roch
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Rebel, Rebel