Examination of Richard Comerford

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
[http://1641.tcd.ie/deposition.php?depID?=812289r234] accessed Monday 25th of September 2017 12:10 PM

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Date: 1652-08-29
Identifier: 812289r234

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Carlow & Killkenny
Deposition Type: Commonwealth
Commissioners: Daniel Axtel, Edm: [ ], John Farrer
Deposition Transcription:


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The Examinacion of Richard Comerford of Newtowne in the County of Tipperary aged 50ty years or therabouts taken the 29th day of August 1652
The said Richard being duly examined saith, that he lived att new Graige in the Barony of Iverke in the County of Kilkeny att & <B> befor the tyme of the irruption of the Rebellion & ther continued till may last was twelmonth: and saith that he was Leiftenant to John Comerford of Balliburr, who was made a Captain, among about ffebruary 1641: being examined what ther first service or designe, he saith that they marched into Peirs the Lord Peirces Country in the County of Waterford, & he believeth that it was to banish the English & seise vpon ther goods, he saith that his Captain Company was belonging to Collonell Richard Butler of Kilcash his Regiment who was with them all the March, being asked which way they then marched, he saith that ther Rendivouz was att Carrack, from they marched in the Lord Peirces Countrey, from thence towards Dongarvan, & from the{nce}


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towards Caperquine, and ther they beseidged the towne and Castle of Caperquyne, & when they had stayd 2 dayes they raysed ther seidge & marched back, And further saith not
Richard Comerford
Taken befor the day &
year within written
D: Axtell
Edm: [ ]
Jo: ffarrer


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The Examinattions of Anseleme Grace &
Richard Comerford: touching
Mr Moores beeing Plundred
taken: 29th August: 1652
(67.)
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[This endorsement also covers the examination of Anselme Grace on


fol. 289r

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Deponent Fullname: Richard Comerford
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Lieutenant
Deponent County of Residence: Tipperary
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: John Comerford, Richard Butler, Lord Peirces
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Confederate, Confederate, Mentioned