Deposition of Richard Cook

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Richard Cook late of Closhine in the parish of shar aughane in the barony of Effa and within the County of Tipperary shoomaker (a brittish protestant) duely sworne and examined before vs by vertue of a Comission vnder the broade seale of this Kingdome beareing date &c. Concerneing the losses robberies and spoiles since this rebellion comitted vpon the brittish and protestants within the Province of Munster &c. deposeth & saith That vpon the 20th of december Anno domini 1641 or therabouts diuers times since the deponent lost was robbed & forceably dispoiled of his to the goods & Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vzt worth 40 li.
Of cowes heiffers yeerlinges & one mare to the val ue of three and Twenty pounds. O f houshould stuffe prouision weareing apparell and tooles to the value of foure nyne pounds. Of hay in stack to the value of forty shillinges. The deponent saith that he was dispossessed by meanes of this rebellion in Ireland of a house & a parcell of land therevnto belonging at Closhine aforesaid to his losse and damadge of six pounds & soe much this deponent was offered for his enterest in the same before this rebellion. The totall of his losses amounts to fiue and fo rty thirty pounds The deponent being further examined deposeth that And aboute the time aboue mencioned <A> Sir Richard Everard of EverardsCastle in the County of Tipperary gentleman knight & baronet without any collor of night pretending onely rent to be payed at our lady day in lenght Lent followeing by this deponent, sent

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his sarvants and seized vpon this deponents Cattle and euer since detained them from this de= <B> ponent. He likewise saith that this deponent was credibly informed by Anthony Hodgskins [ ] Dec late of Ballyfleming in the said County yeoman that the said Sir Richard seuerall times hath had releeued those that are out in rebellion & likewise payedth out of his land three pounds a weeck month towards the releefe of the Irish army, the motiues that induceth this deponent to beleeue the said Hodgskins information to be true [ ] are i s that to this deponents knowledge all the English vpon his land were dissarmed by his directions before this deponent came away, as alsoe vpon the first of January 1641 all n ight aboute two a clock at night Intelligence being brought to Clohine to this deponent, that a company of the rebells were pilladgedg & robbinge the English therabouts, this deponent then & there desireding Pierce Everard steward to the said Sir Richard to send some Company with him to rescue the Cattle then taken by the rebells, & in the rescue six of them that were driueing the said Cattle away were taken prisoners & brought before the said Sir Richard whoe tould this deponent that he did wish to God that the said prisoners were not taken at all notwithstanding they being then in open action of rebellion & in collor sent a mittimus with them to Clonmell he knoweing that the wayes were stopped & of purpose (as this deponent beleeves) that they should make an escape, all which and the defering of diuers English mens

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Cattle that were his tenants, are grounds to convince the said Sir Richard of rebellion as this deponent beleeues & further he deposeth not.
Richard Cooke
Jurat coram nobis
15o Martij 1642
Phil: Bisse
Ric: Williamson

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Rich: Cookes examination
Tipperary

Reu

A