Deposition of Edmond Gillingham

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Edmond Gillingham late of the Towne & parish of Rosse barony of Carbry & within the County of Corke yeoman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined vpon oath before vs deposeth & saith That on or aboute Candlemas & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt worth 215 li. part consisting in a debt due from
Of Cowes & swine to the value of nyne & Tw e nty pounds ten shillinges Of hous hould stuffe to the value of ten pounds Of Corne in the haggard to the value of six & thirtie pounds The deponent saith that by meanes of this present rebellion in Ireland he is dispossessed of a mill & other Tenements at Rosse aforesaid wherin he hath a lease of Twenty yeeres yeett to come woorth to this deponent aboue the landlords rent twenty pounds per annum haueing buylt the said mill & other houses in the said Towne & layed out much chardges from time to time in repaireing the same he saith that he is damnified in looseing the beneffitt of the said mill to the value of one hundred & twenty pounds Of debts amounting to the sume of fiue & Twenty po unds due from James Cleland Chant or of Rosse Henry Taverner of Rosse aforesaid clerke Nicholas Eares of the same viccar chorall Andrew Pratt of the same miller But in regard the said Pratt is since turned rebell & papist & the rest vtterly dissenabled by meanes of this rebellion therefore this deponent canot gett satisfaction from them The totall of his losses amounts to two hundred & fifteene pounds The deponent saith that parte of his goods aboute the same time were taken away by the meanes of mac Carty Reagh & another parte by fflorence mc Carty of Benduff in the said County gentleman

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This deponent further saith that aboute the begining of May last one Christopher Crosse of Rosse aforesaid & one Anthony a barber of the same were murthered by the said fflorence his son & heire fflorence oge & his Company likewise aboute the begining <B> of 7ber last Phillipp mc Thomas Barry & Robert mc Thomas Barry of Gallyglasse in the said County gentleman sent woord to Rathbarry Castle (wherof Arthure ffreake of the same gentleman was comander in cheefe to John Seller an English protestant (one of the warders of the said Castle) to come out to them & that they would convey a lettre to his wife (being then at Kinsale) of purpose to draw him out of the Castle (the man being an admirable goode shott) p ut thervpon came out unto them & in a most rebellious way shott at him & killed him & hewed him in peeces This deponent saith that aboute the same time he heard mac Carty Reagh Teige Downy alias mc Carty & diuers others of them say that the kinge was of their side & what they did was by Comission from his Maiestie & further he deposeth not
Edmund [mark] Gillinghams marke
Jurat coram nobis 22o 8bris 1642
Phil: Bisse
Ro: southwell

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The examination
of Edmond Gillingham
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Cork

mc Carty Reogh
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Nu: 69