Deposition of John Mitchell

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John Mitchell of the Cittie of Dublin Vintner sworne & examined deposeth and saith: That in the begining of the present Rebellion hee was expelled & deprived of his new Built howse and farme at Mynowth in the County of Kildare whereon he had bestowed great charges and improvement, soe as And afterwards hadd the same burned by the Rebells, Whereby and by losse of the proffits thereof ever since & of goods there lost he is dampnified 400 li. & above, And by meanes of the present Rebellion this deponent is like to loose & be dampnified in due debts owing vnto him some by persons said to be in Rebellion & the rest by such as are robbed men & disabled by the Rebellion and hard tymes to give satisfaccon Amounting to One thowsand twoe hundred Powndes sterling And this deponent is further impaired and dampnified in his estate by payment and bearing of Cesse presse imposition and loane money the summ of Cxxx li.: And further saith that his this deponents Comerce and trading was such when the Rebellion began that hee paid for very custome of Merchandize to the vse house of his Maiesty the summ of 200 li. per per annum, & the benefite & proffitt of his trading merchandize and profession was then noe lesse worth vnto him then 200 li. per Annum: Howbeit although for 2 of the first yeres of the rebellion he complaineth not of the decay of his trading & merchandize: yet for twoe of the later yeares, he hath lost the benefite thereof worth 200 li. per annum as aforesaid, Amounting in those 2 yeres to his damage of 400 li. as he is verely perswaded; Soe as his whole losse already susteined by meanes of the rebellion doth as he is verely perswaded amount vnto the summ of twoe thowsand One hundred and thirty Powndes ster, And this deponent is like to loose the proffitts & benefits of his trading & of his said farme at Minowth, amounting to Cl li. per CCl li. per annum, vntill a peace bring them to their former value
John Michell
<Jur viijo October November 1645
Hen: Jones Will: Aldrich>
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Dublin

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