Deposition of Edward Chayny

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Edward Chayny late of Ballinemony in the parish of St Patricks Cashell and within the County of Tipperary miller (a brittish protestant) duely examined and sworne before vs by vertue of a Comission vnder the broade seale of this kingdome (beareing date &c.) concerning the losses robberies and spoiles since this rebellion comitted vpon the brittish and protestants [ ] within the Province of Munster &c. de= deposeth and saith. That vpon about the 25th day of december 1641 or therabouts the deponent lost was robbed & forceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt worth 32 li.
Of cowes horses and swine to the value of foureteene pounds Of houshouldstuffe to the value of three pounds. Of mault and wheate to the value of foure pounds. The deponent alsoe saith, that by meanes of this present rebellion in Ireland he was dispossessed of Two grist=mills one of Ballinemony aforesaid and thother at Ballyharsny in the said County to his losse and damadge of eleven pounds, he saith that soe much he was offered for the said lease before this rebellion. The totall of his losses amounts to Two and thirty pounds The deponent being further examined, deposeth saith And That <A> aboute the first of January 1641 Phillipp o Dwyre of Dondrum in the said County gentleman then goeing to Cashell to take the same & to robb & stripp the English therabouts (this deponents house layeing in the way) he was then and there robbed & his said house pilladged by the said Phillipps forces.
Aboute the 14th of January 1641 the vndernamed persons English and protestants, namely James Hooker of Gouldenbridge in the said County Tanner his wife and children, George Crafford of Cashell in the said County gentleman his wife and children, Richard Walker of the same merchant & his family John Carver late of Doone=ognonagh in the said County Joiner his wife and children, ffortune Ellyot late of Kilefeakill in the said County shepheard his wife and children, John Blak of the same shepheard

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his wife and children, John Thomby of Gouldenbridge aforesaid Inkeeper his wife and children, ffrances Brookes of the same his wife and children, Robert the miller of the same his wife and children, William Barry late of Dunesketh in the said County shepheard his wife and children, Dauid the shoomaker of Gouldenbridge aforesaid his wife & Two children William Williamson of the same Carpenter his wife & children Anthony the Miller late of Ballygriffin in the said County his wif and children, John Bray neere Holy=crosse in the said County yeoman his wife and children, this deponent & his wife and children, besides diuers other families men women & children at least a hundred soules, whoe aboute the time aboue mencioned for the safeguard of their liues betook themselues to the Castle of gouldenbridge aforesaid, and presently after were <B> closely besiedged by Pierce Butler of Shanbally=duffe in the said County gentleman John Butler of Clogh=bridy in the said County gentleman & Pierce Butler of Bansagh in the said County gentleman and their forces whoe kept siedge to the said Castle for ten weeckes together, dureing which siedge & after, this deponent obserued the particulars ensueing vizt.
ffirst he sawe and obserued a letter sent by the said Pierce Butler being [ But ] of Banshagh aforesaid in the said County gentleman aboute the first of march last to the said James Hooker (then Constable of the said Castle) Intimating thereby to him & the rest of the said besiedged that neither man woman or child in the said Castle should haue any quarter at all & thereafter & therefore bade them shift for themselues the best they could, & therevpon the English within the same haueing but 4 dayes provision left concluded to relinquish the said Castle, which they accordingly did and all of them younge & ould and marched away late at night being the fourth day of day of March last or therabouts, leaueing there behind them the wife of on Robert the miller of the same layeing very sick & could not comeing away, whoe was afterwards taken by some of the said parties forces & dragged

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downe staires by the legg vntill her braynes were knockd out & then threwe her corps into the Riuer of Shure neere the said Castle, besides, that thirty persons men women and children whoe dyed dureing that siedge and were buryed vnder the Castle walls (seaven wherof were warders in the same & shott & killed at seuerall times in the defence <C> of themselues & the said Castle) were then in a most inhuman maner digged out of their graues by the said parties and their forces and their corps throwen into the said Riuer. Likewise this deponent saith, that the said besiedged that night goeing away (thinking to recouer some of the English quarters in the County of Cork) were descryed [ ] by the enemyes scouts whoe haue gaue notice therof to the contry roundaboute and then the hue and cry being raised, all the said parties were assaulted and sett vpon nexte morneing by the said Butlers forces and others ha r d by Cloghine in the said Co unty & in a pittifull maner were all of them yong and ould murthered and stripped (excepte seven of them that were taken and afterwards two one of them was hanged by the directions from of the lord of Cahir), soe that of all the people & familis abouesaid that went in to the said Castle, there escaped to come to the English garrissons in the said County of Cork but two men (this deponent and another) & the matter of foure or fiue women or therabouts, He alsoe saith that then and there the wife of George Crafford aforesaid being heauy with child & not able to goe fast Inogh alonge with the rest, was taken at Bansagh aforesaid & then & there cruelly [mur=] & stripped besides her belly was ripped & the child dropped out of her wombe, & further he deposeth not
Edward [mark] Chaynes marke
Jurat coram nobis 17o
martij 1642
Phil: Bisse Ric: williamson

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The deposition of
Edward Chayny
Tipperary

Horrible murders hand
& cruelties

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