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Christmas Spurgent of the Cittie of Waterford carrier (a brittish protestant ) duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue of a Comission to vs & others directed (beareing date at Dublin the 5th day of March 1641) concerneing the robberies and spoiles since this rebellion comitted by the rebells in the Province of Munster &c deposeth & saith That on or about the 14th day of ffebruary 1641 he lost was robbed and foreceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vzt worth 49 li., Part consisting of debts owing by
Of heiffers and lambes to the value of eight pounds Of houshould stuffe & Implements belonging to his trade to the value of three pounds . Of debts amounting to thirtie eight pounds due from the vndernamed persons amonge others namely Henry C liffe Jeffrey Grant of Waterford aforesaid shoomaker John Collins of the same sadler Teig Somers of the same shoomaker Michel Duffe of the same shoomaker Morrish Power of the same shoomaker Thomas Power of the same shoomaker And although this deponent accounted the same goode debts before the begining of this rebellion, yeett in regard the said Henry Cliffe is and was a protestant vtterly dissenabled by meanes of this rebellion & the rest of the said parties vtterly dissenabled All which are out in open and actuall rebellion therefore this deponent canot gett satisfaction from them The totall of his losses amounts to nyne and fortie pounds He lastly saith that aboute Candlemas 1641 the vndernamed persons formerly protestants are since this rebellion turned papists

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namely Lawrence Ward of the same yeoman <B> Thomas Rogers of Woodstowne in the County of Waterford aforesaid yeoman ffrances Powell of Waterford smith Edward Abbot of the same Tobacco pipemaker John Hudson of the same Joyner, his cawse of knowledge is that the same parties confessed to this deponent before he came from thence that they turned papists & further he deposeth not
Christmas [mark] Spurgents marke
Jurat coram nobis
1o ffebruary 1642
Phil: Bisse
Thomas Ellwell

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Waterford
Christmas Spurgents
examination
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