Deposition of Elizabeth ffleming

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1625
<symbol> Elizabeth ffleming late of Ballybrowse in the parish of Lis g { erne } in the barony of Decies & within the com of Waterford widd (a bri{ttish} protestant) duly sworne & examined by vertue of &c depo{seth} & sayth That on or aboute the last day of ffebr: last & s{ince} the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland she lost wa{s} robbed & forceably dispoiled of her goods & Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt value of 145 li. 12 {s.}
Of Cowes one bull & a stee re foure heiffers one Mare & one sowe at Ba { lly}browse aforesaid to the value of fifty fiue pounds fourteene shillings Of houshou{ld stuffe} & implements of husbandry to the value of seauen pounds one shilling: Of fruite{s} growing in her garden which she valueth to be woorth ten shillings: Of Linen wo{ollen} & wearing apparell to the value of three pounds ten shillings: Of h oushould proui{sion} to the valu e of foure pounds seauen shillings Of ready mony to the sume of fortie shillings The deponent sayth that by meanes of this rebellion she was dispossessed o{f} her said farme of Ballybrowse hauing a lease therin of seauentene yeer{es} yet which cost this deponent twenty pounds fine & ten pounds e{x}pended in Improueing the same with building & incloseing woorth yeerly t{en} pounds per annum aboue the Land Lords rent which lease so improued she value{th } to be woorth threscore & ten pounds And The deponent further sayth tha{t} Walter Mansfield of Ballybrowse aforesaid yeoman & John mc William of t{he} same husbandman are Justly indebted to this deponent in the sume of twen{ty} shillings: & although she accounted the same good debt before this rebell{ion} yeet in regard the said Walter & John whoe are both of them now in actua{ll} rebellion therefore the deponent cannot gett satisfaction from them The {totall} of her losses amounts to one hundred forty fiue pounds twelue s{hillings} & that he was robbed by the meanes & hands of James Welch Sir Nicho: Welch hi{s} son a Capt: amonge the rebbells Capt Edmond ffennell James ffitz Gera{ld} nere BallyJeinckin in the said Com gen & diuers others in their Company w{hose} names shee knoweth not The deponent sayth that shee was stripped {by the} said parties & diuers others English protestants vizt John ffleming of Ball{ylane} in the said com yeoman her three sons Thomas Richards of the same par{ish} George & William ffleming John Cox of the same parish James Lewden & his wi{fe of } Ardmore in the said com yeoman Richard ffleming & William ffleming of {Ballylane} aforesaid yeoman The deponent further sayth And that one Peeter Har{ris} nere Ardmore in the said Com an English protestant was killed at the {gate} of Ardmore aforesaid but by whome shee knoweth not The deponent {lastly} sayth that Robert Merlin of Ardmore in the said Com gen formerly a protes{tant} but since this rebellion turnd papist & further she cannot depos{e}
Elizabeth [mark] fflemings
marke
Jurat coram nob:
25o Junij 1642
Phil: Bisse
Thomas Ellwell

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1626
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Waterford
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