Deposition of Richard Christmas

Date: 1642-09-20

Identifier: 823074r071

County: Cork

Deposition Type: Bysse

Nature of Deposition: Multiple Killing, Robbery, Stripping, Lost By Debt

Commissioners: Philip Bisse, Thomas Graye

Deposition Transcription:

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1392
Richard Christmas late of Cappanabagha in the parish of KilmcGibby in the barony of Carbry & within the County of Corke clothwoorker (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by vertue of &c deposeth and saith That on or aboute the 15th of January last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt value of 146 li. 5 s. part consisting of debts owing by the Irish Rebells hereafter named vizt
Of Cowes horses & one hogg to the value of ten pounds Of houshould stuffe & prouision in this deponents house to the value of twenty pounds Of Implements belonging to his trade to the value of ffiue pounds Of English wooll & Stockcards to the value of ffiue pounds The deponent saith that he was dispossessed of a lease on one tucking mill eight accres of land & a dwelling house wherin he hath a Tearme of eight yeeres to come woorth to this deponent de Claro seaven pounds per annum wherin he is damnified fforty pounds Of debts amounting to the sume of three score & six pounds fiue shillings due from the vndernamed persons vizt ffynnen mc Cormc Carty of Bantry in the said County gentleman Donogh mc ffynnen Carty of KilmcGibby parish mass priest Mortagh mc Donnell o Donovan of londore in the said County gentleman Morogh o Donovan of Carhugarriff in the said County gentleman Donnell mac Mortagh o Donnovane of Cappanabagha in the said County gentleman Rickard o Donnovane of Kilglany in the said County gentleman Donell mc ffynnen Carty of Banduffe

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1393
<B> In the said County gentleman Morogh mc Donell o Donnovane of Ballylogh in the said County gentleman Thomas Condon of the Lepp in the said County weauer ffynnen mc Cormacke mc Teige Carty of Shroure Abby in the said County gentleman Richard oge Coppinger of the Ard in the said County gentleman Teige Leah of the same weauer Teige o Driscoll of the same gentleman Shane more of Shroury Abby in the said County gentleman He saith the vndernamed protestants are indebted to this deponent in the parte of thaboue sume vizt Phillipp Salmon deceased Thomas Dodgen William Vincent Rich: Cambridge John Browne Mathew Mildrin deceased James Cleland clerke John Beheny deceased & diuers others But in regard the said protestants are vtterly dissenabled by meanes of this rebellion & the rest out in actuall rebellion therefore this deponent canot gett satisfaction from them The totall of his losses amounts to one hundred ffortie six pounds fiue shillings He saith that < [symbol] C> Dermod mc Cnoghor of Kilmckiby in the said County gentleman tooke away the Implements of this deponents trade & one of his horses Thomas Condon aboue menconed tooke away this deponents said wooll & parte of his houshould goods Hee likewise saith that aboute the nyntenth of May last the vndernamed persons English protestants were cruelly murthered by the rebells vizt Pierce Butler Steph of Castlehaven in the said County yeoman Stephen Wallis of the same Cooper George Griffin of the same ffisherman John Ratcliffe of the same Carpenter Beniamen Heard & John Herd both

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1394
Of the same yeomen Thomas Osburne of of the same Cooper He saith that Peeter Waren of the Lepp in the said County ffisherman John Beheny of the same glouer & Rosse Elizabeth Norman of Glandoore in the said County spinster were likewise murthered by which of the rebells he knoweth not Alsoe
We his maiesties Comissioners appointed for t h e Inquiry and examination of the losses and sufferinges of his loyall subiects protestants within the province of Munster, by vertue of his Maiesties Comission to vs or any two or more of vs directed (beareing date the 5th day of March in the 17th yeere of his Maiesties raigne that now is) doe hereby
Gabriel Perkins of Castlehauen aforesiad ffisherman aboute the 15th of Aprill last was murthered together witth Nathaniel Blight of the same ffisherman but by whome this deponent knoweth not lastly this deponent saith that he and Abraham Britton & John Clayton both his servants were stripped of their clothes aboute the 14th of Jan last by the rebells their names he knoweth not & further he deposeth not
Richard Christmas
Jurat coram nobis
20 7bris 1642
Tho: Graye Dec
Phil: Bisse

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1395
A
The examination
of Richard Christmas
Cork
534
Re

Deponent Fullname: Richard Christmas

Deponent Gender: Male

Deponent Occupation: Cloth worker

Deponent County of Residence: Cork

Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: ffynnen mc Cormc Carty, Donogh mc ffynnen Carty, Mortagh mc Donnell o Donovan, Morogh o Donovan, Donnell mac Mortagh o Donnovane, Rickard o Donnovane, Donell mc ffynnen Carty, Morogh mc Donell o Donnovane, Thomas Condon, ffynnen mc Cormacke mc Teige Carty, Richard oge Coppinger, Teige Leah, Teige o Driscoll, Shane more, Phillipp Salmon, Thomas Dodgen, William Vincent, Rich: Cambridge, John Browne, Mathew Mildrin, James Cleland, John Beheny, Dermod mc Cnoghor, Pierce Butler, Stephen Wallis, George Griffin, John Ratcliffe, Beniamen Heard, John Herd, Thomas Osburne, Peeter Waren, John Beheny, Elizabeth Norman, Gabriel Perkins, Nathaniel Blight, Abraham Britton, John Clayton

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, Rebel, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim