Deposition of John Dewsbury

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Dublin Core

Date: 1642-04-02
Identifier: 833144r103

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Cavan
Deposition Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Robbery, Words
Commissioners: Henry Brereton, William Hitchcock
Deposition Transcription:


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John Dewsbury late of Castell Tarra in the Countie of Cavan Carryer an English Protestant being duly sworne deposeth That on or about the three & twentieth day of October last past hee was robbed and dispoled of his goods to the values following vizt of sixe Carrs & sixe horses loaden with butter which he was bringing towards Dublin worth and of one horse loaden with Tallow well worth three score and fower pounds, And the same day at night his house was robbed of houshould goods and apparell worth five pounds, and the rebells alsoe tooke from of the deponents land there, Cattle worth thirtie seaven pounds Corn and hay worth tenn poundes and also hee was robbed in ready money fiftie shillings in all amounting to an hundred seaven teene pounds and ten shillings ster And hee also saith that the said rebells who soe robbed the deponent as aforesaid as aforesaid were Phillip mc Hugh boy mc Shane o Rely of the <a> County of Cavan a Captaine of the rebells James Rely of the Mullagh in the said County who robbed the deponent on the way and Cormock Brady of Coshereagh in the said County, Donnogh o Quin of the same, Phillip Mackancow of the same Teige o Corr, Thomas Bradley of the same Shane o Ruddan Tirlogh mc Call & Daniell Brady of the same place and many other rebells in that County who robbed the deponent of his goods at his house All which rebells or most part of them pretended they had a warrant f the kings broad seale for what they did
signum predicti Johis Dewsbury
[mark]
Jur 2o Aprilis 1642
Hen: Brereton
William Hitchcocke
Ex


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Cavan
John Dewsberry Jur
2o Apr 1642
Cert fact
Intw

[Copy at MS 832,


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Deponent Fullname: John Dewsbury
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Carrier
Deponent County of Residence: Cavan
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Hugh boy mc Shane o Rely, James Rely, Cormock Brady, Donnogh o Quin, Phillip Mackancow, Teige o Corr, Thomas Bradley, Shane o Ruddan, Tirlogh mc Call, Daniell Brady, the king
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Mentioned