Deposition of John Langton

Collection: Bysse Depositions

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-09-23
Identifier: 824125r109

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Cork
Deposition Type: Bysse
Nature of Deposition: Robbery, Lost By Debts
Commissioners: Philip Bisse, Thomas Graye
Deposition Transcription:


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John Langton late of Bandon=bridge in the parish of kilbrogan with in the Barrony of kinalemekey & in the Countie of Corke gentleman A Brittish protestant duly sworne & examined before vs by verue & deposeth & saith, That on or about the Tenth daye of ffebruary last past, & since the begining of this rebellion in Ireland, hee hath lost was Robed and forcibly dispoyled of his goods & & Chattells & debts due vnto him to the seuerall values & somes followeing &c. (vizt) value of 474 li.-5 s.-10 d. part consisting
Of hi s Cowes horses & M ares to the value of ffive pounds sterling Of Corne in haggard & in howse thrashed & vnthrashed to the value of vj li. sterling
Also hee saith That by meanes of this Rebellion hee was dispossessed & forced to forsake his farme of derregarrif & ffarranaeuane wherein hee had a Lease of Two & Twentie yeares to Come worth to this deponent Comunibus Annis Twentie pounds sterling per Annum aboue the landlords Rent, which farme this deponent bought about ffower monethes before the begining of this Rebellion for which
[ ] Six score & Tenn pounds sterling in which hee conceaus himselfe damnified xx li. [ ] 150 li. sterling This deponent further saith That hee & his Tennant named Roger Bennett was by meanes of this rebellion driven from & dispossessed of one other farme Called Lissivrother wherein hee had a lease of seuen yeares to come for which the saide tennant payed to this deponent of cleere yearely Rente ouer & aboue the lords Rente Thirteene pounds per Annum, in which together with his improuement in building & fenceing hee conceaueth himselfe damnyfied in the som of Nintie pounds sterling Moreouer the deponent saith That by meanes of this Rebellion hee & his tennants were dispossessed of three quarters of an acre of lande & three seuerall tennements or dwelling howses therevpon wherein hee this deponent had a lease of Twelue yeares to come, which was worth to this deponent T Three pounds & fifteene shillings sterling b per Annum besids the landlords Rent e in which togeither with his improuements in building & fences hee conceaueth himselfe dampnified xij li. sterling
Of debtes which before this rebellion hee accompted to be good debtes due by specialtie amounting to the some of Three hundred & seuen pounds ffive shillings sterling due from the vnder named persons vizt donnogh O Maghowne dermod O Maghowne & Cnogher O Maghowne of Terreeuen in the <A> Barrony of Muskery gentleman Moylmury mc Swyney and of the parish of Cannowaye gentleman [ ] daniell mc Swyney of Mashannaglasse gentleman dermod mc Teige Cartey late of downbeccon gentleman donnnogh Oge O Murrohoe yeo of kimore yeoman John


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John O Cullenan of Tullelan yeoman & diuers <B> others all out in actuall Rebellion there fore the deponent canot gett satisfaccion Likewise the deponent saith That the vndernamed persons Impouerished protestans are likewise indebted vnto this deponent in parte of the ab o ue s ome by specialitie vizt Edward Bryan Thomas Cho n ock, Christopher Trennaman Christopher Olliver William Recroft William Sanders And di u ers other Protestants vndon by this Rebellion Bu t in Regarde the aboue named Protestants are vtterly disabled by meanes of this rebellion, And the rest before named are out, or supposed to be out in actuall rebellyon, therefore this deponent can gett no satisfaccion from them. The totall of this deponents losses amounteth vnto ffower hundred seuentie ffower pounds ffive shillings and Ten pence sterling.

John Langtons
Jurat coram nobis
23o 7bris 1642
Tho: Graye Dec:
Phil: Bisse


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John Langtons Examination
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Corke
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Deponent Fullname: John Langton
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Gentleman
Deponent County of Residence: Cork
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: donnogh O Maghowne, dermod O Maghowne, Cnogher O Maghowne, Moylmury mc Swyney, daniell mc Swyney, dermod mc Teige Cartey, donnnogh Oge O Murrohoe, John O Cullenan, Edward Bryan, Thomas Chonock, Christopher Trennaman, Christopher Olliver, William Recroft, William Sanders
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor