Deposition of George Wirrall

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George Wirrall of Ballagh in the Parish of Newtowne Barony of Clankelly & County of ffarmanagh gent duely sworne and deposed before vs, sayth That on or about the three and twenteth day of October 1641: last past, That he was possessed of, Rightfully intresed of and in the said goods Chatles leases, redy money And debts following vizt.
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That is to say in eight Cowes, & fower Calves, valued _____015__00__00
Corne & other prouizion prouided for the house _____007__00__00
Seuen horses and one mare valued _____015__00__00
Pewter brasse bedding wearing apparill linnings and other howsehold stuff valued _____
100__00__00
In redy mony leases and debts to the value of _____303__06__06
And being thereof soe possessed about the three and twenteth of October &c. Was Robed dispossessed and depriued of all and singular the said goods Chatles leases redy mony and debets Amounting in the whole to the value of fowre hondred and forty pounsd sixteene shillings and six pence by the Rebells And that the Rebells who soe Robbed and touke away the same were to the best of his remembrance.
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Torlaugh mack Thomas boy Magwere of Tullogh gentleman
Patrick oge mack Thomas boy Magwere his brother
Donn carragh magwere gentleman their kinsmen & neighbour
Patrick carragh Magwere gentleman
Perre mack Gilcoskill of Carromore gentleman
And Shane O Mullygann late of Remooran laborer
This examinante further deposeth that Philip mc Hugh mc Shane of the County of Cavan heareing that this deponent had sometime served Mr Harris Saltpeter master in London sent for him to which but this deponent answered that he was only a clerke and paymaster and had noe skill in the faculty himself yet howsoever he was by the said Philip sent to Charlemont to learne the faculty of one Dr Hodges a physitian whoe was reported to [ ]make seaven bar
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rels a week for Sir Phelim o Neal but when this Examinate mette with the said Dr Hodges he found that the said Dr had made only 7 ounces of powder and that very unprofitable stuffe f or which would neyther make the report of powder nor expell with sufficient force, after wards this deponent saw the said Dr Hodges both at Charlemount and Ardmagh assay to extract salt peter which whether he could not or would not effect this deponent knoweth not, but saw once with the said Hodges that which he conceived was good salt peter and afterward the said Dr haveing made made many trialls [ ] made noe salt peter and pretended that the earth would not afford salt peter, whereupon the said Dr Hodges, one Richard Pierson whome they imployed with the said Hodges, and this Examinate wer carried forth to have bin hanged and hardly escaped [ ] .
George Wirrall
Jurat July 18th 1642 coram nobis
Joh Watson:
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ffermanaghe
Geo: Wirrall Jur
18o July 1642
Cert imediate
fact & delivat