Deposition of William Robinson

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William Robinson late of Temple Micheldagh in the parish of & barony of Kynellea & within in the County of Corke a clerke (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by vertue of &c deposeth and saith That on or aboute the 20th day of Jan 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 followeing vizt worth 84 li. part consisting in debts fur from theis rebells following
Of Cowes horses mares sheepe & swine at Templemi celdae aforesaid to the value of twenty pounds of houshould stuffe linnen woollen & wearing apparell to the value of ten pounds Of hay & corne in the haggard & house to the value of foure pounds Of Corne left in ground vpon the said land which he conceaues to be lost to the value of pounds The deponent further saith that by meanes of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed & dispossessed of his said farme wherin he hath a lease of yeres yeett to come worth Coibus annis aboue the landlords rent pounds per annum which lease he valueth to be woorth to be sould pounds Of debts amounting to the s u me of fiftie pounds due from the vndernamed persons vizt Dermond mc Shane o Regane of Kilminoge in the said County yeoman Dermond o Shighane of Padlestowne in the said County husbandman Dauid o Spollane of Kilcullett in the said County husbandman Morgane o Madden of Richfordstowne in the said County gentleman Daniell mc Dauid of Knockbrage in the said County yeoman & theise protestants followeing are likewise in debted vnto him in parte of thaboue summe vizt ffrances O sler Thomas Burford & William Bull But in regard the said pro

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testants are dissenabled by meanes of this rebellion & the rest out in actuall rebellion therefore this deponent canot gett satisfaction from them. The totall of his losses in goods and Chattles amounts to foure score & foure pounds besides the losse of his Church liueinges woorth Coibus annis three score pounds per annum which he leaues to consideration. The deponent saith that he is credibly informed that John Long of Mountlong high sheriffe <B> of the said County tooke away this deponents said Cattle He further saith that aboute Aprill last Thomas Poole an English protestant was cruelly murthered by the rebells first cutt of his eares slitt downe his head & stabbed him with a skyne likewise William Smith of the same parish was hanged by the rebells John Sampson of the same miller were was likewise killed by them but the names of the parties he knoweth not & further he deposeth not
William Robinson
Jurat coram nobis
14 7bris 1642
Tho: Graye Dec:
Phil: Bisse

Corke
The examination of
William Robinson
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