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The examjnacion of Thomas Connicke of the Templetowne in the barrony of shelbyrne & County of Wexford Taylor aged about fortie yeares taken vpon oath on the behalfe of the Comonwealth Concerning Allexander Redmond of the Hall in the said barrony & County gent deceased vpon the Interr
<To the 1st Interr> The examinant deposeth and saith that he knew the said Allexander & that the said Allexander did liue at Redmonds hall in the said barrony & County in the Irish quarters the first yeare & the whole time of the rebellyon till he dyed And that the said Allexander did not remooue into Duncannon or other partes of the english quarters <w> as he might haue done, as well as Nicholas Loftus esquire Mr Myers, the Lady Colclough & other protestants being nigh neighbours to the said Redmond did the deponents cause of Knowledge is for that the deponent was frequently at work at his trade at the said Mr Redmonds howse
<To the 2d inter> Hee Cannot depose
<To the 3d inter> Hee cannot depose
<To the 4th interr> The examinant saith that one Captain Aston and a partie of english bellonging to the forte of Duncannon vpon St Margarets day in July after the rebellyon brake forth came by water & sumoned the <x> said Mr Redmond to yeild the said howse to them which the said Mr Redmond denyed to doe or to let them the english party into the said howse And that thereuppon the deponent one Thomas Roach will Michaell Laffan william Britt one Spurron (whose Christen name the deponent doth not remember) none of which were of the said Mr Redmonds houshould seruants were then in the said howse
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And saith that the said william Britt, Spurron & Thomas Roach had musquets giuen them by some of the howse wherewith they were wished by Mr Redmond to shoot & defend the howse against the english party which they accordingly did & made seauerall shotts from the howse And saith that shortly after in the selfe same day a party of the Irish came to Redmonds hall and <y> fought with and killed about one hundred of the english party parte whereof the examinant did help to bury and further saith that after the english were killed as aforesaid the said Redmond did did open his gates and receiue into his said howse and releiue with meat and drinke some of the officers & souldyers of the Irish party that had killed the english party as aforesaid The deponents cause of knowledge is for that the deponent was in the said howse and was an eye witnes of the foresaid actions: & that the deponent had at that time a sword giuen him by some of the howse by whom he doth not remember at present
<To the rest of> the Interrogatoryes hee cannot depose onely that Michaell Redmond seacond sonne to the said Allexander <z> was the time aforesaid in his fathers howse, but whether the said Michaell were in armes or not the examinant Cannot prefectly remember and further saith not &c
Thomas Connicke his [mark] marke
Sworne before vs the
20th of January 1653
William Woodwarde
John Walker

And further the deponent saith that a little while after the english were killed as as aforesaid the deponent did see <a> & know the said Allexander did mayntayne & keep in Armes in his said howse three men in Armes
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whose Names this deponent remembers to be vizt Shane mc Morish, one Keating the other name he cannot call to minde & further cannot depose
Thomas Connicke his [mark] marke
Sworne before vs the
20th of January 1653
William Woodwarde
John Walker

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1: Allexander Redmond Hooke

Allexander Redmond
of Hooke