Examination of Dorothy Reynolds

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The examinacion of Dorothie Reiynalls of ffetherd in the County Waxford widdow aged 50ty years of therabouts taken before vs the 19th of August 1652
This examinant duly sworne & examined saith that she is of english parents, that att & before the breaking forth of the Rebellion she lived att Coolle [ ] coan nere the Graige in the County of Kilken{ny} vpon the land which she had taken mortgage from MrB Bryan Kevanogh: And saith that she did then know John Stone his wife & ffamily & others whose names she remembreth not <A> And further saith that as shee remembreth the said John Stone was pilladged about all halon tide in the beginning of the Rebellion, & his goods taken away, so that he was forced to liue with this examinant about a week till the turmoyle was setled, & afterwards he retou{rned} to his owne howse, and that in the beginning of May followeing she heard that ther came Gerratt fforestall , Gibbon fforestall Dermott o Doghurden, & John Baron eldest sonne to Richard Baron alias ffittzgarrott of Clonekin, with others with others the cruelest part thereof being the servants & followers of James Butler late of Tinihinch, to the towne of Graig afore said and then & ther seised vpon the bodies of the said John Stone his wife & ffamily with other English inhabiting in the said towne & took them forceably out of ther howses & carried them ouer the bridge att the graige & hanged 2 of them vpon the lands of Tinihinch whose corps was afterwards brought to Graig to be interred, the rest (as she likewise) heard) was carried to Palmountoe & ther murthered, And saith that James Butler was then att home att his howse & that shee certaynly knoweth not whither the wife of Walter Bagnall was ther then or not, but that shee frequented much the said howse & would stay there some tymes two moneths together
Being demanded if she did know or hear by whose orders the aboue mencioned persons did act & perpetrate the murther as aforsaid she saith she knoweth not, but that hearing of the same she went to Collonell Edmond Butler who disclaymed & disavowed to haue any hand therin by advice, order or otherwise, & <B> that the next day shee went to James Butler to Tinihench & speaking to him concearning the same he seemed to be much troubled & displeased therwith & threatened to turn his servants that had a hand therin out of his howse but still continued ther vpon his land, though moved out of his howse vizt Gibbon & <Garrett fforestall> & further saith that afterwards shee wen went to the said Gibbon & Gerratt fforestall & charged them with blood, vpbradying with vnkindnes & vngratitude to murther John Stone of whom they had formerly received courtesies whervpon the said Gibbon replied & wished this examinant to look to her self for that she had a hurdle wheronder she { } to hide & shelter some English for which she deserved {to} be hanged herself, in somuch that shee was enforced to gett a proteccion from Collonell Edmond Butler & Collonell Bagnall to secure those English that she was formerly threatned about /

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Being demanded what she knoweth or hath heard concerning the death of William Stone sonne to the said John Stone, she saith, that she <C> heard, that the said William was working att a shipp which Sir Charles Coot was building nere the Rower and ther the said fforestalls with others did seise abo vpon the said William & brought him nere to Tinihinch & ther hanged him: and saith that she further heard that Henry Bennett foster brother to the said William Stone came from Ross purposely to saue his life & offered xx li. to saue him, but it would not be accepted, & the reason therof she heard to be an opposition of Ellen Butler then houskeeper to the said James Butler <& since married to> one Edmond Butler & greatt malice which shee the said Ellen did bear to the said William: [ ] and further saith that she this deponent speaking afterward with the said Ellen concerning the death of the said William Stone, the said Ellen said he deserved to be hanged & that this deponent heard a woman now living in the Graig who was present att the said execucuion say, that the said Ellen Butler was present & would not depart of the ground till the said Stone was hanged; the woman that spoke those words, liues in Graige & bore a child to the said William Stone
Being demanded what personall estate John Stone died possessed of saith, that he had 2 ffether bedds & one flock bedd the night before he died, 1 great yron pott 1 skellet brass 1 yron skellett & one brewing pan, 1 diaper table cloth & one payr of sheets & Corne valewed to 13 li. 10 s., all which goods came to the hands of Richard Cody servaunt to Sir Edward Butler.
She further saith, that being in her howse aforsaid, she did perceiue 14 or 15 persons coming from toward Laughlyn garded by diuers soldeirs, amongst whom was one William Coles wife, which said Cole was in this deponents howse & who looking out att a window, discovered his wife to be ther & cried out that she was going to be hanged, & that he would goe & suffer with her, but this deponent persuaded him to be quiett & content, & that she would send to some frends & acquaintance of hers to see if she could gett her off, & therevpon sent to the howse of Griffin Kevanogh to intreat them to vse the best endeavors of him & of his wife to gett of the said Coles wife, which afterwards was effected
And further saith that about that tyme she went to Laughlyn to visitt the Lady Butler wife to Sir Thomas Butler where she was a prisoner & in distress & likewise did visitt her in Kilkenny she being demanded what discourse passed betwixt her & the said Lady Butler concerning the murther & execucion of English she saith she remembreth not, but remembreth that ther was some accidentall discourse cocerning eating salman which was

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that she would eat none, because there was a man that told her her he see a dead mans body taken [ ] vpp att a wear about La in the river nere Laughlyn & that his skull was full of Eyales, since which tyme this deponent would eat nor eales & further saith not
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Dorothie [mark] Reynalds
Taken before vs the day
& year which is written
D: Axtell
Hen: Jones
Jo ffarrer

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The Examination of
Dorothy Reynalls
taken the 19th of Augus
1652
John Stone etc

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