Deposition of Phillipp Chapple

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Phillipp Chapple late of the Towne & parish of Whitt Church barony of Deces & Com of the Waterford Clarke (a brittish protestant) duly sworne & examined before vs by vertue {&c} deposeth & sayth that on or aboute the 12th day of Jan{uary} last past & since the begining of this present rebello{on} he lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goo{ds} & Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt: value of 39 li. 3s.
Of houshould goods prouision books beding & weareing apparell {to} the value of thirteene pounds three shill: A lso the dep{onent} sayth he had a parcell of land being parte of Ballinamelae {in} the said parish & com aforesaid from whi c h he was expeld & driuen away hau{ing} Improued the said land with Inclosiars & buildings which cost him ten pounds sterling and the said deponent had seauenteene years to com{e} of the said farme woorth Coibis annis thirty shill: aboue the landlord{s} rent soe that he sayth he is damnifyed in h i s lease nynteen{e} pounds And the deponent sayth that he had due vnto him from one Mr William Snell vick e r to t h e aforesaid parish for his servic{e} six pounds ster: which said Snell hath been robbed by the rebell{s} of his meanes & therefore cannot gett satisfaction He also say{th} that there is due vnto him from those of the Irish which liued in the {said} parish t hat are now in actuall rebellio n whose names he knowe{th} not by reason that the said rebells stole away his booke wherin he kepte his account the summe of twenty shill; The totall o{f} his losses in goods & Chattles amounts vnto the summe of thirt{y} nyne pounds three shill: besides the losse of his Curatt Shipp of Whit Church vnder the Bishups seale woorth to this deponent Coibis annis twelue pounds per annum which he leaueth to futu{re} Consideration, The deponent further sayth that he was robbed of his goods as he is credibly informed by Margrett Tobine of the same parish with her son Edmund & daughter More & Dauid Morrish his brother in law his name the deponent knoweth no{t} & William Bronagh of the said parish his brother & Margrett Garracom only so called as he is credibly informed of the said parish with diuers of the forces of Waterford & Tipperary whose names the deponent knoweth not He also sayth that he was stripped stark naked by the said rebells; And further he cannot depose
Phillipp Chappell
Jurat coram nob: 24o Juny 1642
Percy Smyth
Phil: Bisse

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Waterford
Phillipp Chappell his
Examination
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Reu
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