Deposition of Andrew Lacy

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Andrew Lacy of the Towne & parish of Castle Lyons, barony of Barrimore, & county of Corke gentleman, a brittish Protestant du{ly} sworne & examined before vs by vertue &c. deposeth & sayth, that about Candlemas day last past, and said diuers times since the begining of this present rebellion in Ireland, he lost was robbed & forceably despoyled of his goods & chattells to the seuerall values following vizt, value of 50 li.
Of Cowes & horses to the value of fifty pownds which is the totall of his losses. He sayth that he was robd at the thime abouesaid at Templebodan by Con o Keefe of Ballerea{dan} in the parish of Rath Cormack in Baroney of Barrimore & county of Corke gentleman & his seruants, to the number of nine rebel{ls} The deponent also sayth that upon the sixth of Aprill last pa{st} he then with ten more troopers of the Lord of Barrimores troops, with eleu’n musketteers & a seriant were all commaunded by the said Earle to march to the towne of Coole to cause a certayne {} tity of Corne belonging to Richard Peard of Coole aforesaid to be thresht out & to to be brought to Castle Lyons to preuent the Rebbells of the Condons who as was reported meant speedily to seaze on it for themselus; these souldyers then & there accordingly fell to the threshing out of the said corne for the space of two dayes; and on the 3d day at night, about twelue or one a clocke came to Coole aforesaid John Cundon of BallymcPatrick gentleman, a Captain of among the & Morrice Cundon of Kilbarry in parish of Castle Lyons gentleman & John Richard Cundon of Balledurgan gentleman, & Gibbon mc Shanes two only sons {of} Kilmagnee gentleman, and their followers to the number of three hundred rebbells, who fought with the sayd troopers, & foot companye who w{ere} all now in their court of guard for the space of three quarters of an houre, at Length the said Rebbells perceauing that they could do no good vpon our party by forcing of the doors, they instantly fir’d the house where our men werr who still kept on fighting vntill the fire flam’d all about them then the musketteers in the lower roome cryed out for quarter, vpon that Richard Cundon aforesaid promis’d them, (vpon the yeilding vp of their arms arms) quarter for their liues, our men instantly came forth, and resigned their arms, that don the Rebb{ells}fell a stripping of our men, and as soone as they were stripped they were all slayne cruelly murdered one by one, the said Richard Condon allwayes strook vpon them the first blow with his sword, and then the rebbells would fall vpon them with their skeins & piks, till they were murdered, this deponent was the l ast Likewise which was brought out who was like not stript, but seing that they were all murdered after quarter giu’n came forth with his sword, & meant to fight for his life <cutting off three of their pikes, heads with his sword> which accordingly, he did, keeping off six rebells for the space of halfe an houre, vntill at length the deponent was struck downe & hauing receiuing two & fifty wounds whereof thirty he receiued in his head & so <was stript>, & was left for dead, but before day-light the deponent recou’d to Castle{lyons}

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& is by the goodnes of god well recouer’d: the names of the 10 troopers that were then murdered, were Henry Smyth of Towemoore in parish of Castlelyons gentleman, William Payne of Baled Kilbarry in said parish gentleman & Peter Michaell of Ki Clansistin in parish of Kilurd gentleman Charle ffling of Balyhindon in parish of Kilkeuin par gentleman who being an Irish protestant first hang him, but being not therewith killd, they stabd him with skeins, John Higgins of Cargyle Clanonullane yeaman Allin Cole of Ballyvoaran in parish of Castlelyons yeaman Tho: Petly in the parish of Ballyspullane gentleman, Richard Cooper of the parish of Atterne yeaman, & one Smyth & another call’d Pope lately come out of England all cruelly murdered then & there. the names of the foote company were, William Cary of Ardlinbridge carpenter the seriant George Smyth of the parish of Gorthrow yeaman Garret Roch of Ardlin Bridge yeaman, & Tho: Michaell of the same yeaman; John Small of Castle lyons husbandman John Witherrell of Ballyuoran in the parish of Castlelyons yeaman John Cooper of Castlelyons Smyth, with fiue more whose names the deponent cannot remember besids that then & there were killd by the said Condons of men women & children of the parish of Coole to the number of ten person which is the full true relation of that treacherous & bloody murder & further he canot depose

Andrew [mark] Lacy’s marke
Jurat coram nobis 20 Aug:
1642
Phil: Bisse
Jam: Wallis

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Lacy [ ]
Cork
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Nu: 66