Deposition of Richard Gethings

Collection: Bysse Depositions

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-11-07
Identifier: 822066r058

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

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


fol. 66r


1583
Richard Gethings late of of Ballianderne in the parish of Downerayle, in the Baroney of ffermoy & in the County of Corke gentleman, a brittish protestant, duly sworne & examined before vs by vertue etc: deposeth & sayth, that about the 10th of ffebr: last and diuers times since the beginning of this present rebellion in Ireland he lost, was robbed & forceably despoyled of his goods & chattells to the seuerall values following vizt, value of 656 li. part consisting of
Of Cowes, horses, mares Oxen steres yearlings, & swine to the value of one hundred & fowrscore pownds. Of houshouldstuffe to the value of fifteene pownds Of plate to the value of tw e nty fiue pownds: Of mault to the value of ten ponds. < Of dell boards to the value of six pownds Of Corne in ground to the value of sixty pownds> Also he sayth that by means of this rebellion he is dispossessed of the benefit of his lease of Balliandrew aforesaid, wherein he had at the begining of the rebellion a tearme of nine years to come, worth Comunibus anis sixty pownds per annum aboue the landLords rent, in which he conceius himselfe damnifyed together with his Improo ments at least two hundred pownds. Of debts to the summe of one hundred & threescore pownds which ere this rebellion were estemed good debts but now beco m e desperate, by reason some of the debtours are Impouerisht Protestants, such as Edward Ingry, John Bartlet, John Cockrin , James Cornish , Edmund Welsh, William B u rnham, Tho: P arson s ffra: Kettleby, Tho: Pilkington, and one of th e rest an Impouerisht Papist so conceiud as Morrice Rogh [ ] late of Downeragh and & the rest Papists Debts due from and rebbells, as Charls Blunt of Castlepooke in said County gentleman Dauid Nagle <A> of Ballyandrew husb: Dermod Mc Donnough of Downerayle, husb: Morrice ffitz Gerald late of Old Castletowne in said county gentleman Dermod Mc Iuoy of Downerayle gentleman Derby Ryon of Sallahood, and one Murragh O Callahane of BallyMcMurragh gentleman so that the deponent knoweth not any way how to gett any satisfaccion from any of them: The totall of his losses amounts to th e value of six hundre d fifty six pownds He sayth he was robbed of his mooueable by the Lord Mountgarretts army but particularly by whome he knoweth not, except John Roch of Ballenemonagh gentleman who tooke away the deponents dellboards and carryed them to his said Castle of Ballenemonagh: He lastly sayth that Dauid Sir William Roore Knight of Kilbulbane in said county he r e tofor e a reputed Protestant & now sin & further he cannot depose:
R: Gething
Jurat coram nob: 7o Nouemb:
1642
Phil: Bisse
Richard ffrench


fol. 66v


1584

Richard Gethings Exam:
429
Cork

Reu

Deponent Fullname: Richard Gethings
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Gentleman
Deponent County of Residence: Cork
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Edward Ingry, John Bartlet, John Cockrin, James Cornish, Edmund Welsh, William Burnham, Tho: Parsons, ffra: Kettleby, Tho: Pilkington, Morrice Rogh, Charls Blunt, Dauid Nagle, Dermod Mc Donnough, Morrice ffitz Gerald, Dermod Mc Iuoy, Derby Ryon, Murragh O Callahane, Lord Mountgarrett, John Roch
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Rebel, Rebel