Deposition of William Rogers

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William Rogers of Workington in the County of Cumberland Mariner sworne & examined deposeth and sayth That since the begining of the present Rebellion vizt in the moneth of August in the yere of our Lord 1643 this deponent made a voyage from Workington aforesaid with a barque & goodes of his owne <400 li.> worth 400 li. and above besides goodes of others in the same barque worth about eighty powndes more: & saith that as he was sayleing along & comen vpon the Irish shore with an intencion to come for the Citty of Dublin whither they were bound, They were chased and at length the said barque goodes aforesaid & of 2 of the men vizt one Tho: Browne and John ffisher were surprized by twoe shipps belonging to the Rebells of wexford. Butt this deponent first seeing how he was chased first run his barque past lambay nere vpon the shoare & himself & 16 more gott a land in their Cockboate & then those Rebells seized on the said barque & goods & the 2 men before named & forceibly carried them all to Wexford and never restored barque nor goodes againe: Howbeit those 2 men were sent away afterwards to Dublin but the deponent by that meanes was deprived of robbed & dispojled of the said barque & goodes to the utter vndoeing of himself his wiffe & seven children & he himself being then indebted & thereby disabled to make satisfaccion
Howbeit since that time vizt in June last 1644 the deponents fren{des} haveing creditted him with another barque fraight with corne of <200 li.> his owne both worth 200 li. besides the goodes of Merchants therein worth about 100 li. more 200 li. And the deponent in June aforesaid being <in toto 600 li.> bound and resolved to bring his barque & goods to Dublin aforesaid were in the bay of Dublin surprized by those shipps that lay there for the parliament, which barque & goodes those shipps staid with them about a weeke, & then in a storme that barque broake loose & was driven a shoare nere the howse of the Lord <A> ffitzwilliam called Merriyong or Merria n about seven a clock in the evening when and where the said lord ffitzwilliams sonns vizt William ffitzwilliams Esquire Ch ar
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Charles ffitzwilliams Patrick Coachman Daniell Dillon <B> Henry Jorden Jorden and others the meniall servantes of the said Lord ffitzwilliams suddenly seased on the said same barque < [ ] > & goods & tooke & carried away the best part of the goodes vnto the said lord of Meriyongs howse: And then afterwardes those men & a great number of other Irish the tennantes and neighbours of the said lord of Meriyong tooke a way the Mastes tacklings A and the cockboate of the said barque and then broake and cutt in peecs the same bark & carried the same quite a way within a few howres after; the most part to the howse of Meriyong aforesaid
William Rogers
Jurat xo Augusti 1644
Hen: Jones
Hen: Brereton

Dublin
William Rogers Jur
10o Augusti 1644
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Concerning the Lo of Meriyong

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