Deposition of John Smith

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1451
John Smith late of the Cittie of Waterford hatter (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue of a Comission (beareing date at Dublin the 5th day of March 1641) concerneing the robberies and spoiles comitted by the rebells on the Brittish and protestants in the Province of Munster &c deposeth and saith That on or aboute the 16th day of ffebruary 16 he lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods and debts to the seuerall values followeing vzt worth x li. x s.: Part there if being debts owing by
Of houshould stuffe and wo o rkeing tooles to the value of seaven pounds Of debts amounting to the sume of three pounds ten shillinges due from Thomas Hore Patrick Gliffin of the same Hatmaker John Stevens of Wexford seaman but in regard the said parties are partely partly in rebellion and partely dissenabled by meanes of this rebellion therefore this deponent canot gett satisfaction from them The totall of his losses amounts to ten pounds ten shillings The deponent further saith And that aboute Candlemas 1641 the vndernamed persons (formerly protestants are since this rebellion turned papists namely Lawrence Ward of the same yeoman Thomas Rogers of Woodstowne in the County of Waterford aforesaid yeoman ffrances Powell of Waterford aforesaid smith Edward Abbott of the same Tobaccoe pipe maker John Hudson of the same Joyner Mr Williams organist of Christchurch in the said Citte Robert Claffe of the same Tanner Ralph Mulleneux of the same smith his cause of knowledge is that he sawe

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some of the said parties goe in to the masse house & the rest did bouldly affirme their said revoult & openly confess their goeing to masse & further de deposeth not
John Smyth
Jurat coram nobis
1o ffebruary 1642
Phil: Bisse
Thomas Ellwell

Waterford
The examinacion of
John Smith