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Thomas ffuller late of Cronycarty in the parish of Kilmore & barony of vppper Ormond within in the County of Tipperary clerk (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue of &c deposeth & saith That on or about the 20th of december last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed and forceably dispoyled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt value of 129 li. Part consisting of debts owing by theis Rebells Of one yong Heffer & one English sowe to the value of sixteene shillinges . Of houshould stuffe & winter prouision to the value of seaven & thirtie fortie pounds. Of hay & garden fruites to the value of eight pounds. Of weareing apparell & bookes to the value of foureteene pounds. The deponent saith that he i s damnified seaven pounds by loo seing the beneffitt of a lease for foureteene yeeres to come which he had of the said lands of Cronycarty Of debts amounting to the sume of fiftie nyne pounds fiue shillinges due from the vndernamed persons vizt lewis Walsh of AbbyOwny in the County of Limrick Esquire Danel o Glissane of Bawnemony in the said County of Tipperary th en husbandman Mathewe Glishane of Tynnerany in the said County husbandman & Roger Kenedy of lissinecloynty in the said County gentleman & alth ough he accounted the same goode debts before the

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begining of this rebellion yeett in regard the said parties are out (or so reputed) in actuall rebellion, therefore this deponent cannot gett satisfa ction from them. The totall of his losses amounts in goods & Chattles to one hundred & twenty nyne pounds besides the losse of the beneffitt of his churchliueings in the said County three seuerall [ cures? ] woorth Comunibus annis fourescore pounds per annum w hich he leaves to Consideration . The deponent saith that John o Kennedy of Downeally <B> in the said County gentleman into whose custody this deponent intrusted his houshouldstuffe & most parte of his goods kepte them from this deponent & since that time is turned rebell & a capteine among the rebells. The deponent And further saith that Alexander Hamilton brother to Sir George Hamilton of Enash meeting this deponent at Killaloe aboute the 15th of deember last he this deponent then complaineing of the cruelty of this Irish rebellion & their popish religion he then made answere that the scotts (himselfe being a scotchman) were greater rebells then the Irish comeing out of their owne Country into England & quoth he that the Irish haue vsed yow well that they did not take away your lifes as well as your goods. He likewise saith

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that aboute the later end of November before this deponent was presente at Ballycahill in Sir <C> Thomas Meredithes house where he hard the said Hamilton say that this Irish rebellion & the intention of takeing of his Maiesties Castle of Dublin was knowen in Scotland before [ ] Rebellion [ ] as did may appeerd by a letter from the Earle of Abbercorne in Scotland to his brother the said Sir George Hamilton to that effecte wherof this deponent tooke then speciall notice, & further he deposeth not
Thomas Fuller
Jurat coram nobis
20 7bris 1642
Tho: Graye Dec:
Phil: Bisse.

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