Deposition of Maudlin Fisher

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-01-21
Identifier: 816161r094

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Meath
Deposition Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Killing, Robbery, Lost By Debts
Commissioners: Randall Adams, William Hitchcock
Deposition Transcription:


fol. 161r


(155)
Maudlin ffisher widdow (relict of Robert ffisher late of Ardbrackan in the Barony of Novan & Com of Meth gent deceased a Brittish protestant sworne & examined deposeth & saith, That on or about the xxth day of November now Last past, shee this examinant was robbed & dispoyled of goods & Cattell & debts to her Losse & the values following vizt Of horses Cowes & other Cattle to the value of Thirty eight pownds sterling & aboue, Of brasse pewter bedding linnens, apparell, brewing vessells & other howshould stuff of seuerall sorts worth Threescore & Tenne pownds sterling at the least And of debts due to the said deceased from seuerall persons whoe are now in Rebellion or impouerisht by meanes thereof the somme of Thirty foure pownds six shillings sterling, Amounting in all to the somme of One hundred forty twoe pownds & six shillings sterling, All which goods Cattell & debts were rebelliously taken from Angestowne in the Barony abouesaid & deteyned by or by the meanes of Michaell <A> Plunkett of Telton in the Com abouesaid gentleman, Christopher Nugent of Haltowne in the said Com gentleman, Robert Rochford of Kilbride in the said County gent, Phillip ô Rely of Angestowne aforesaid & other Rebells whose names shee this deponent knoweth not for that shee was constrayned to leaue the said goods & Cattell & fly vp to Dublin for safeguard of her lyfe. And further saith that the abouenamed Robert ffisher her Late husband was since the losse of the said goods Cattell & debts murdered in most barbarous & cruell manner neere Mulhussy in the County aforesaid by one Nicholas ô Gowen one Daly & other Rebells, as hee was comming to Dublin, as shee this deponent is credibly enformed. And further cannot depose saue that the losses abouemencioned were the whole estate that this deponent had to maintaine her self with
Magdalen fisher
Jurat xxjo Aprilis 1642
Randall: Adams
William Hitchcocke
fol 161v

53 Com Midiae o
Magdalena ffisher vidua
Jurat xxjo Apr 1642
Cert fact
Intr
20 no

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Deponent Fullname: Maudlin ffisher
Deponent Gender: Female
Deponent Occupation: Widow
Deponent County of Residence: Meath
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Robert ffisher, Michaell Plunkett, Christopher Nugent, Robert Rochford, Phillip , Nicholas , * Daly
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Victim, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Denounced, Denounced