Deposition of Richard Duff

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The Examinacion of Richard Duff Esquire eldest sonne vnto Sir Thady Duff of Dublin Knight taken by vs the persons vndernamed the second of Aprill 1642
<T> Being asked when hee was at Dublin last, & when hee ca{me} from thence; what was the reason of his comeing away: b{y} whose leave or license, & where hee hath bein, & in whose howses by spetiall name, & with what Company hee hath consorted since his departure from Dublin./
Hee saith That hee came from Dublin some Three daies before Christmass last, & that the reason of his comeing was to goe along with his mother the Lady Duf{f} onto Mr Nicholas Barnwells howse att Turvy, where h{e} remayned some Two daies, hee saith hee had noe other <V> leave or licence to come from Dublin, then the Maiors Ticquett to goe out of Dublin Gates; From Turvey he saith, hee came in Company with his brother in Lawe Mr Richard FitzWilliams vnto my Lord of Gormanston’s howse att Gormanston, where hee & his said Brother in Lawe {remayned} but one Night, & there they mett with yong George King {of} Clantarfe & his wife, & denyeth that there was any other strangers, then att Gormanston./Hee saith, that <W> from Gormanston hee & his said Brother in lawe went to the Carrick the Lord of Lowths’ howse, who was then att home & there they staid Two nights, & afterwards they went to the Lady Taraffs, (haveing visited the Lord of Slane by the way) & haveing staid one Night at the Lady Taaffs ; one night they departed, & went to his Brother in Lawes howse called Roch, where hee hath continued ever since
<X> Hee confesseth, That hee hath bein twice in dundalke since his comeing from to Dublin, & that Sir Phelym O Neale & the Lord of Lowth were both in Towne the last tyme hee was ther{e} which was about a fortnight past; hee further saith & confes{seth} That hee then was in Company with the Lord of Lowth, & did talke with him; Hee confesseth further that there wer{e} some

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Some Forces of the Rebells in the Towne, but that he he knew <Y> nothing thereof vntill hee was in the Towne; & denyeth, that hee had any other discourse with the Lord of Lowth, but that his lordship asked how his vncle (meaneing the aforenamed) Richard FitzWilliam did. Being asked, whether hee knewe before his goeing to dundalke, that the Towne was kept & maintained by the Rebells against his Maiestie Forces, hee denyeth that saith that he knewe that the Towne was vnder the Commaund of the Rebells.
<Z> Being demanded the Question, whether any of the Rebells or the officers or Commanders of the Rebells had frequented his said Brother in Lawes howse since his comeing to the Cuntrey, hee saith, That Coronell Plunckett was there & that Roger Moore (now [ ] & then a Rebell) was in Company with Plunckett, but came not in, but hee saith, that Roger Moore was there att another tyme, & that hee this Examinant was then in the howse, & that hee this Examinant did eate & drinke in Company with him. Hee saith further, That there came to his said Brother in Lawes howse one Capten Quin, who was then & now is a Rebell, & confesseth likewise that hee & his Brother in Lawe did consorte, & eate & drinke with the said Quin att one Table.
<A> Hee saith & confesseth further that one Tirlogh og ô Neale a Coronell of the Rebells, came to his said Brother in Lawes howse about Two Monethes since, & that hee this Examinant with his said Brother in Lawe did likewise eate & drinke with the said Tirlogh./

Richard Duffe
Taken by vs
Rob. Byron
Ric: Thorland
Wm Cadogan

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2 April 1642
Mr. Richard Duffs
Examinacion taken 2o April 1642

Rec 5 April 1642