Deposition of Thomas Warde

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And this deponent Thomas Ward being further examined the last day of August 1644 (In addition to his his former examinacion aboue written) deposeth and sayth That since the takeing of his said former examinacion vizt [ ] on the xxvjth daie of March in th 1644 hee this deponent
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being at Powerscourt in the County of Dublin Wicklow then and there <B> mett with one Nicholas Walker the sonn of Edward Walker whoe before the Rebellion lived at Cooleycagh nere Powerscourt aforesaid Att which tyme and place the said Edward Walker vpon som Nicholas Walker confessed and said to him this deponent in the presence of divers others That he the said Nicholas was one of those parties that on the xxiijth of Aprill 1643 tooke the deponentes Cattle amongst the cattle & goodes of others, at or nere Cullen wood in the County of Dublin and that at the same tyme he the said Nicholas was the very man that tooke and surprised the deponent & held him by the bosome and then and there tooke from him alsoe his this deponentes sword & fyrelock peece which sword the said Nicholas then and there wore & had about him and shewd to this deponent, & said he had the fyrelock peece, at home, And then and there the deponent offered to giue him 3 peecs of eight for his sword againe but he demanded 30 s. for it, which because he gaue it not he kept the sword still, And although the deponent then escaped & was deliuered out of the custody of the said Walker and divers other Rebells then in his company yet they att that tyme tooke and forceibly carried away prisoner one Mr Parnell a Gowldsmith of Dublin
signum predicte [mark] Thome Ward
Jur iterum vltimo die
Augusti 1644
Hen: Jones Hen: Brereton

Dublin
Thomas Wardes Deposicion
Jur 17 Junij 1643
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