Deposition of Margaret Huiberts

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the way about 20 perch from the house there mett this deponent: & the said Dirrick & his said sister 10: or 12 men (that l ay purposely waiting for them) one of whom this deponent verily beleiueth to be Nicholas Russell of Collenstowne gent who presently sett vpon them & stripped them to the skinnes, it then being both ffrost & snow, and tooke from them in gould and siluer Coyne aboue 140 140 li. ster. And Compelled them to ffollow them as they said towards their Collonell, And as they followed them one of the said Rebells, with a skeine Cutt the said Dirrick in his head & stabbed him seuerall tymes in his body till he fell dead downe, & when he departed he looked back to see if the said Dirrick did stirre. And afterwards this deponent & her sister in law departed & left the Corps which from Thursday Morning till Saturday night following was not interred, for they denied him to be buried either in the Church or Churchyard. And afterwards this deponent & her said sister in law were exposed the following night to extreame Cold of ffrost & snow in the long & tedious darke night naked as they were till they had trauelled six miles & then they entreatedd for a Carre to carry them to Dublin where within a short tyme after by reason of the said extreamity of weather this deponents said sister in law dyed.
The Cause of this deponents knowledge is for that she was present at all the aforesaid passages & heard & saw what she hath deposed.
She saith further that the said Dirrik at the tyme of the said Murther was aged 63 yeares, & his said sister 65 & this deponent about 54 yeares of age.
Jurat 14 Martij 1643
Hen: Jones
Hen: Brereton
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The Examinacion of Margaret Huiberts widow the Relict of Dirrick Huiberts late of Holmpatrick Com Dublin Gentleman Esquire taken before vs by vertue of a Comission vnder the great Seale to vs directed ; the 14th of March 1643 being sworne and examined deposeth and saith
<A> Who deposeth & saith that the first of December one thousand six hundred fforty and one one Capten Cusack, Lieftenant fflemming Richard Murphey & divers of the neighbors of ffingall namely Mr Russell of Seytowne, Mr Bealing of Ardlagh a servant of Robert Arthur of Dublin Alderman, a servant of Mr Thomas fitzWilliams of Baldongan (since executed) with many others to the number of 40 persons came about dinner tyme to Holmpatrick aforesaid & with drawne swords, the said Capten Cusack said to the said Dirrick Confesse your money I must have your life, & afterward he Called for the Keies of the house & of the Truncks & broke open seuerall truncks & tooke what pleased them, And the said Capten would at that tyme haue murthered the said Dirrick Hubberts had not the aforesaid Murphy mediated earnestly for his life, The which said Company stayed there till towards euening, & then departed whereupon one Katherine Scandlon alias Tilly came to the said Dirrick & called him aside telling him that she was sent to wish him, & the rest to departe the house saying that the priest must come there to say Masse (it being an old Abby) wherupon a foster brother of the said Alderman Arthurs named <B> Edward Walsh, tooke the said Dirrick this deponent & the rest to Hacketstowne saying nobody would serch that house, where they remained that night they being but 3 in number namely the said Dirrick this deponent his wife, & his sister, And the next morning being 2o: December 1641 the said Edward Walsh came to this deponent & the rest saying yow must leaue this house els there wilbee 500 men about it presently wherupon they were Constreyned to departe with one of the said Aldermans servants sent to guide u s them the way back againe towards Holmpatrick And in the
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