Deposition of Mary Berry

Collection: Bysse Depositions

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-09-23
Identifier: 825151r137

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Cork
Deposition Type: Bysse
Nature of Deposition: Apostacy, Arson, Robbery
Commissioners: Philip Bisse, Thomas Graye
Deposition Transcription:


fol. 151r


838
Mary Berry, widow, & Relict of Richard Berry, of the Gaggen in the parish of BallyMoody in the Barrony of KinalMeka, in the County of Cork, (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined, before vs by vertue of &c: deposeth, & sayth, That vpon whitson Tursday last, her husband, Richard Berry, was Slaine before Killbrytton Castle, by the Rebells from the sayd Castle: Morrouer, That, on or about Candlemas Last, & since the begining of this present Rebellion In Ireland, she lost, was Robbed & forceably despoyled of her goods & Chattles to the seuerall Vallues, Viz:
Of Eight Cowes, fower yong Cattle, of two years old, One Mare and Colt at the Gaggen aforesaide, to the value of twenty fiue pounds, Of Oats, wheat, and Rye, in the Haggard, to the vallue of eight pounds, Of Ready mony fower pounds, The Deponent sayth further, that she is dispossed of her farme at the Gaggen aforesayd, the leas whereof, she values at ten pounds, And lost of her Housholdstuffe to the vallue of thirty shillings, The totall of her losses Amounts to forty Eight pounds ten shillings: she further declareth that she was thus robbed and spoyled by the Rebells, but ther names she knoweth not. <A> And fur Further she declareth, that One Dorothy Foster of the Gaggen aforesaid, with her two Daughters, Margaret & Joan, being all three protestants before the Rebellion, are since turned to the Rebells, And further she deposeth not.
Mary MB Berry’s Mark
Jurat coram nobis
23o 7bris 1642
Tho: Graye Dec:
Phil: Bisse


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fol. 152r


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fol. 152v


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Mary Berrys Examination
Corke

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Deponent Fullname: Mary Berry
Deponent Gender: Female
Deponent Occupation: Widow
Deponent County of Residence: Cork
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Richard Berry, Dorothy Foster, Margaret *, Joan *
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Victim, Apostate, Apostate, Apostate