Deposition of Walter Currey

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Walter Currey of Ballinekill in the Queens Countie Taylor sworne and examjned deposeth and sayth That since the begining of the present Rebellion and by meanes thereof he hath beene deprived and dispoyled of his places or Clarkshipps of 2 Churches [ ] both within the County of Kilkenny or diocs of Ossery worth 5 li. per annum whereof 2 yeres proffitts he accompteth lost amounting to 10 li. which <xiij li per annum> And of his place of An Attorney in the Erle of Londonderrys Corte, and suffreins Court of Ballinekill worth 25 li. viij li. per annum <31 li losse> whereof he accompteth 2 yeres proffitt lost And he must Loose the future proffits of his said place worth in all xiij li. per annum vntill a peace be established And the deponent vpon or about the time that the Castle of Ballinekill was surrendred vpon quarter, was deprived of and lost his howsholdgoods provition and debts att a mo worth five pownds more: His whole present Losses (besides the future) amounting to xxxj li. ster: And saith that the parties Rebells that robbed sackt & dispoyled the towne of Ballinekill were theis that follow, vizt Colonell Barnaby Dempsie & his souldjers wherein (as this deponent hath heard) he was assisted by Edmond ffitzpatrick of the parrish of Ballinekill farmer And those Rebells that beseeged the Castle of Ballinekill were Colonell Preston, the Lord Mountgarrett Turlogh ffitzgarret t ffitzpatrick of the parrish of Rosconnell a trooper among the rebells & others whome he cannot name <I> And saith That he is assured that many thowsands of the irish about Ballinekill that the English hadd spared & pittied and that seemed formerly to partake with the English Did after the Castle of Ballinekill was beseeged, assist the other beseegers of the said Castle & they made themselues absolute enemyes both in show and deed to the English
Per me Walter Curry
Jur 21o Junij 1643
John Sterne
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