Deposition of William Jephson

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Thomas Bettswoorth of Moalloe in the the towne & parish of Moalloe & within the County of Corke Esquire duely swor n e & examined (for & in the behalf of Captaine William Jephson of Mallo aforesaid Esquire) being his agent for all his affaires in Ireland deposeth & saith That vpon the 8th 9th & 10th of ffebruary last or therabouts the said William Jephson hath lost & beene robbed forceably dispoiled of his goods & Chattles rents & debts to the seuerall values followeing vizt value of 1611 li. Part consisting of
The deponent saith that the said William Jephson lost in Cattle horses mares to the value of foure hundred pounds sterling In spoyleing burneing & destroying his Towne of Moyalloe aforesaid to his losse of three hundred pounds Of destroyeing his parke killing & chaseing away his deere to the value of two hundred pounds sterling The deponent likewise saith that the said William Jephson was dispossessed of certaine lands called Carrigillane in the parish of Kilshany in the County of Corke woorth coibus annis aboue the landlords rent three score & ten pounds haueing a lease therin of seaventeene yeeres to come which he valueth to be woorth three hundred pounds sterling He further saith that the said William Jephson lost in burneing his barne & other houses neere the Castle of Moalloe aforesaid & ruinating of his gardens occationed by this rebellion to the value of two hundred pounds sterling Of debts which he accounted goode debts before this rebellion due vpon E m anell Phayer clerke William Burneham Dauid Dawkins Tho: Haynes Pat: [ ] Impouersuhed protestants & debts due from Patricke Nugent Richard Nugent both in rebellion together with other smale debts & arreares due vpon seuerall impouerished protestants amounting in the whole to two hundred & eleaven pounds soe that he doth expecte to gett noe satisfaction from them The totall of his losses amounts to one thousand eight six hundred & eleaven pounds sterling Besides the losse of his yeerly rent out of his freeland woorth coibus annis one thousand foure hundred pounds per annum which he leaueth to considera ci on He lastly saith that the losses & damadges aboue specified

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were occasioned by the meanes of the lord Montgarretts army consisting of foure or fiue thousand men or therabouts the <B> Comanders in cheefe were the lord Mountgarrett the lord of Ikerin the lord of Dunboyne the lord Roch the lord Boorke of Castle Connell Theobald Purcell alias baron of loghma in the County of Tipperary Esquire Edmond Butler Esquire son & heire to Montgarrett Sarieant Major Purcell, Colonell Wall Sarieant Major Walsh Dermod Carty alias Donogh Donogh o Callaghan of Clonmoyne in the said County gentleman o dwyer & diuers others who stayed & continued at Moalloe aforesaid in a rebellious maner Comitting all maner of spoyle and destruction & hostility vpon the goods & houses of all his tenants Brittish protestants in & neere Moalloe & by murthering & killing many of them vizt Jonathan Smith Edward Proctor Michell Hudson & diuers others from friday the 11th of ffebruary 1641 vntill wednesday followeing & further he canot depose
Tho: Bettesworth
Jurat coram nobis
25o May 1642
Phil: Bisse
Ric: Williamson

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The examination of Tho: Betsworth of William
Jephson Esquire
Corke
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