Deposition of Mary Hill

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Mary Hill the wyfe of George Hill Late of Syons Symons Courte in the Countie of Dublin ffarmer beinge dewly sworne before vs deposeth and sayth That her said husbande & herselfe about the vth of January Laste wer Lawfully possessed off Thirtie Englishe Cowes worth fower score & Tenne pounds seven heifers worth xiiij li. Eight horses & mares worth xxiij li. xij s. Corne in the hagarde & redy thrashed worth fyftie pounds, Corne in the grounde worth xxvj li., howseholde stuff worth x li. Tymbers for buildinge worth xL s. And a Lease of the said ffarme wherin they dwelte for vij yeares yet to Com which was worth to be soulde <315 li.:12s.-00> C li. And that they beinge soe possessed of the same were about the tyme aforesaid dispoiled robbed & depriued of the same by Nicholas <A> O Dowell whoe as the Lord Viscount of Meria n say d left his service but a weeke before ) Shane McWalter, and diuerse others whose names ar vnknowne vnto this deponente who were Tennants vnto the said Lo: Viscounte Merrian. And That they haue byn euer sithence depriued & kept from the same To ther damage & Losse of Three hundred & fyfteene pounds, Twelue shillings And further sayth That by the report of Mr Turloghe Linch now servant to [ ] Co Sir ffrancis Willoughby knighte, and Late Servant to the deponent & her husband, seven of her husbands Cowes which were soe stollen away by the Rebells were by them brought from Pourtscorte to Kilternaghe being the Lord of Merians Landes & that they were there killed & eaten notwithstanding that the lord of Merians Cattle were then & both before & after kept in safftie at Kilternagh aforesaid And
Signum predicte [mark] Mar: Hill
Jurat: Aug: 29o 1642
coram nobis
Hen: Brereton
John Sterne
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Dublin
Mary Hill Jur 29o Augusti 1642
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