Examination of Margarett Cooper

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The Examinacion of Margarett the wife of Thomas Cooper of Oxmonton vintner taken before us Sir Richard Bolton knight Lord Chancellor of Ireland & Sir Gerrard Lowther knight Lord Chief Justice of his Maiesties Court of Common Pleas, this 8th day of 9ber 1641.
<K> Who beeing duly sworne & examined upon her oath saith that yesternight about six of the clocke there came to her howse Mr Nicholas Darcy of Platten Esquire & his sonne & one Oliver Darcy Richard Birt and his brother and they stayed supper there & beeing at supper they desired this Examinant to sitt with them which shee did & after a while Richard Birt spake spake to Mr Nicholas Darcy calling him Marshall & said Marshall spare this woman & her husband & doe not cutt their throats nor hang them for they are speciall friends of mine <L> and this he urged diuerse times whereupon this Examinant asked Mr Birt why he called Mr Darcy Marshall thereupon Mr Marshall Darcy said that hee was Marshall in the place where he liued This Examinat further saith that supper beeing ended shee went downe into a lower roome where sitting by the fire with Mr Darcy his sonne he demanded of her what strength the Citty had whereto shee answered that shee thought it was very strong then he asked how strong the suburbs were shee said shee thought they were <M> reasonable strong but not so strong as the Citty by reason the ammunition [ ] was there then he demanded of her what company was gone out of the Citty shee said shee knew not whereto he replyed there were but twelue hundred and that was nothing to fiue and twenty thousand to which shee
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<N> said that the she e hoped the fiue and twenty thousand were not in one company hee replyed that when they should heard that the twelue hundred were gone downe they could soone be brought into one company shee replyed that shee throught that twelue hundred were able to deale with all those those thousands the twelue hundred beeing in a good cause & the other beeing in a wrong cause hee answered it may be not you may be deceiued then he asked where my Lord <O> Dillon lay shee answered in the Citty in Cookstreet he asked what was the reason of his removall thither shee said that shee thought it was for his better safety hee said hee thought not then sh said shee hee did thinke thinks himself safer within the walls & the gates then wee are who haue noe such defence to which hee replyed that the furze-reekes would keep the suburbs as safe as the walls would keep the Citty shee demanding the reason how <P> the furz Reekes would keep us so safe shee hee said he thought they would never come so neere soone after which discourse Richard Birts brother hauing beene below came up againe to the Company in great hast to be gone & was very angry they stayed so long saying to his brother I haue gotten the word and can passe through all the watches in this side the water & you regard not our occasions nor your owne. So they departed about ten of the clock that night.
Margreat Cooper
Ri Bolton Canc
Gerrard Lowther

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8o Novembris 1641
The Examinacion of
Margarett Cooper