Deposition of Robert Hancock

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Robert Hancock of Newtowne alias Castlecoole in the parish of Drummully halfe Barrony of Coole & County of ffermanagh Grocer Aged twenty five yeares or thereabouts being duely sworne deposeth that he was Robed and lost the five & twentieth day of October last 1641 at Tenn of the Clocke in the forenoone all his goods of the severall vallues followeing: In cattle worth five pounds tenn shilings, in hay worth tenn shilings, in household goods, provition for the house & wares in the shopp & other goods worth Nyneteene pounds tenn shilings, in Monyes tenn pounds, in all amounting to the some of thirty five pounds tenn shilings By & by the meanes of Captaine Ro Rory Magwire of hassett <a> towne in the Barrony of Lurge & County of ffermanagh Leiftenant William Greaham of Lisnemallet in the Barrony of Clankelly & County aforesaid, Ambrose Carleton kinsman to the said Leiftenant Greaham & diverse other persons in there company assembled to the Number of six hundreth or thereabouts, And further this deponent deposeth that he this deponent & his wife weare stript out of there weareing apparrell whenas his said wife having but laine in child bed not about one fortnight And att the same tyme some of them said (in this deponents hearinge) that they had the kings broad seale for what they did, And that the next morneing the English shold be put out of the said towne a Myle and then be shott to death, which they shold haue for a breakfast And further deposeth that he heard by one Walter Newborne of the said parish that some of the said Rebells the next morneing Murthered Thomas Hancock this deponents father vpon the tate of land caled Lurganboy neare vnto the said towne And that he hath likewise heard that they have murthered of the English protestants within the said parish to the Number of fforty or thereabouts, And that there is aboue one hundreth of the said parishioners dead since they were put out of there habitacions by the said Rebells through hunger & col cold they susteyned with their bad & undutifull doeinge

Robert Hancocke his marke [mark]

Deposed this 8th of Ja. 1641
William Aldrich
Will: Hitchcock

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Robert Hancock Com ffermanagh
Jur viij° Jan: 1641
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