Deposition of Russell ffinger

Collection: Bysse Depositions

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-08-15
Identifier: 820120r096

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Waterford
Deposition Type: Bysse
Nature of Deposition: Robbery
Commissioners: James Wallis, Philip Bisse
Deposition Transcription:


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Russell ffinger of Cappoquin in the parish of Lismore and Barrony of Cosemore & Cosebridie in in the Countie Waterford yeoman (a Brittish protestant) beinge duely sworen and examyned by vertue of &c deposeth and saith That about Candlemas last and since the begynynge of this present Rebellion in Ireland he lost & was Robbed & forceablye dispoiled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values as followeth vizt value of 177 li.
Of Cowes oxen horses & mares att Cullismattane within the libertie of Cappoquin aforesaid to the value of Thre Thirtie pownds, Of hey and Corne in the haggard & house att Cullismattane and Cappoquin aforesaid to the value of Three score & ten pownds Of houshold goods to the value of three pownds Of plough tacklinge & necessaries belonginge to husbandrie to the value of ffower pownds And the said deponent further saith that he hath a lease in the Tenement of Cullismattane [ ] aforesaid & other lands therevnto adioynynge for sixteene or seventeene yeres yett to come, worth per annum ten pounds more then he payed, and valued to be worth fourtie pownds And he alsoe saith That his said hey & Corne & most of his other goods was taken awaye & dispoyled for the most parte by one Richard Quirke of Ballyquirke in the Countie of Tipperarie gen a Captayne amongst the Rebells and his companye of souldiers whose names he knoweth not, And alsoe that by meanes of the said Quirke & other Rebells he was expelled from the said farme where he left vnplowed soe much land as the cleere benyfitt thereof might have by worth at harvest Thirtie pownds & vpwards The totall sume of the deponents losses amounts to one hundred seventie & seven pownds & further he canot depose
Rushell [mark] ffingers marke
Jurat coram nobis 15o
Augusti 1642
Phil: Bisse
Jam: Wallis


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The examination ffinger
Rushell ffinger
Watterford
Re
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Deponent Fullname: Russell ffinger
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Yeoman
Deponent County of Residence: Waterford
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Richard Quirke
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Rebel