Deposition of William Slymon

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1945

William Slymon late of Clon i kilty in in the parish of Kilgarriffe & barony of East Carbery & within the County of Corke yeoman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by vertue of &c. deposeth and saith. That on or aboute the 8th of ffebruary last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt value of 60 li.
Of two Cowes & one calfe to the value of foure pound s ten shillinges. Of houshouldstuffe houshould=prouision & weareing apparell to the value of six foure pounds eight shillinges Of one house & garden wherin he hath a lease of thirty nine yeeres to come woorth Coibus annis aboue the landlords rent three pounds per annum wherin he is damnified thirty pounds . the totall of his losses amounts to the value of fifty pounds ten shillings: He sayth that Dermod Duffe of Beerelahan nere Eniskeene yeoman, tooke away the deponents coate, & hatt & some necessaryes in his pocket: he sayth that Cornelius O Crowley nere Eniskeene gentleman, tooke away this deponents, sword & belt & a halfe pike; He also sayth & that himselfe, wife & three children, & John Austine of Clonikelty tanner, Edward Miles of the same tanner his wife & two three children, James Chapman of the same sheepeheard, wife & three children & Ellen Duff ill Smyth wife to Edward Duffill of the same husbandman Mabell Holloway of the same widow Mary Ware of the same wife to John Weare cutler, with diuers others to the number of fiue & fourty persons were stript at John Bakers house gentleman of Clonikilty about upon the 10th of ffebr: last: & further he cannot depose.

William Sleman
Jurat coram nobis 8: 8ctob:
1642
Phil: Bisse
Tristram WhetCombe
Ro: Southwell

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1946

Corke
The examination of
William Slymon
C 487