Examination of Margarett Staples

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
[http://1641.tcd.ie/deposition.php?depID?=813120v094] accessed Monday 25th of September 2017 02:19 PM

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Date: 1653-01-12
Identifier: 813120v094

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Kildare
Deposition Type: Commonwealth
Nature of Deposition: Killing, Words
Commissioners: Edward Pyers, Ra Hunt, Robert Meredith
Deposition Transcription:


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The examinacion of Margarett Staples of Dublin Spinster aged Eight & twenty yeares or thereabouts servant of James Read of Cornemarkett in Dublin sworne sayeth
<G> That shee was att Carbree present when John Browne was putt to death, beinge about 3 since the last Christmas or thereabouts, and was then servant to mrs Barnwell mother of the said John Browne, and sawe the said Browne shott, & she sayeth that the souldior of Carbree Castle tould her, that he was shott to death by order from their Captain, Captaine Cooly then Governor there, for that he the said Browne (as they tould her) was to betraye the said Castle to Captain Pakenham And further shee sayeth not.
The marke of [mark]
Margrett Staples
Sworne before vs the xijth of January
1652
Rob Meredith
Ra Hunt
Edw Pyers

Deponent Fullname: Margarett Staples
Deponent Gender: Female
Deponent Occupation: Spinster
Deponent County of Residence: Dublin
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: James Read, mrs Barnwell, Captain Pakenham, Captaine Cooly
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Mentioned, Mentioned, Mentioned, Rebel