Deposition of Richard Turnor

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Richard Turnor late of the Towne and parish of Newcastle Newcastle barony of Connelloe and within the in the County of lymerick blacksmith (a brittish protestant) duely sworne and examined before vs by vertue of a Comission vnder the broade seale of this kingdome beareing date &c concerneing the losses robberies and spoiles since this rebellion comitted vpon the brittish and protestants within the Province of Munster &c deposeth and saith That vpon the 13th of March 1641 or therabouts he lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vzt worth 40 li. 2 s.
Of cowes heifers one mare one nagg & one sowe to the value of two and Twenty pounds twelue shillinges Of houshould stuffe & tooles belonginge to this deponents trade to the value of seaven pounds The deponent saith that by meanes of this presente rebellion in Ireland he is dispossessed of a house & a parcell of land [ ] at Newmarket aforesaid wherin he had onely a lease from one ye e re to ano t her and is damnified fiue pounds ten shillin g s therin haueing payed soe much before hand (a yeeres rent) & could not enioy the same because of this rebellion & likewise he is damnified fiue pounds bec ause his dwelling house at Newmarket aforesaid was burnt by the rebells Of debts amounting to the The totall of his losses amounts to fiue and thirty forty pounds two shillinges The deponent being further examined deposeth And That aboute the 6th of August last the house of Newcastle in the said County where diuers English & protestants to the number of foure hundred men women & children came to secure themselues for feare of the enemy being closely besiedged by Garrett Barry generall of the Province

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<A> of Munster Patrick Purcell of Croe in the said County Esquire leutenant generall of the same, the lord of Muskry the lord Roch the lord of Castle connell Oliuer Stevenson of Dunmoylin in the said County Esquire Edmond mc Shihy of Ballyellenane in the said County Esquire with diuers others (whose names he canot remember) and their forces then consisting of fiue or six thousand men or thereabouts & the said Castle being deliuered vpon quarter the lord of Muskryes steward whose name (as this deponent then was giuen to vnderstand onely he was tould since that his name was William Reirdane but his certeine name he knoweth not) was first of all sent in to the said Castle to take care and viewe of the armes within the same whoe after he sate downe & diuers of the besiedged English in the same comeing before him to present their armes vnto him he then & there spake the ensueing woords or others like to them in effecte namely yow (quoth he) hitherto calls vs rebells & doe thinke vs soe, but for our partes god confound him that fights against his Maiestie, if the kinge be of your side there was wind and weather Inough that serued to send forces and ayd ouer into yow and what we doe we had have the kinges authority for it, & doe fight for and in his Maiesties behalf & further he deposeth not
Richard [mark] Turnors
marke
Jurat coram nobis
15o Marty 1642
Phil: Bisse
Ric: Williamson

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The examination of
Richard Turnor
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Lo: Muskery
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