Deposition of James Lodge

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James Lodge Late of Logh in the parish of Turles in the barony of Killeenanah Ellegerts within in the Countie of Tipperary a Joiner & a Brittish protestant beinge duely sworne & examined vpon oath before vs by vertue of his Maiesties Comission to vs & others directed (beareinge date the 5th day of March in the 17th yeere of his Maiesties raigne that nowe is) touching the losses & sufferings of his loyall subiects protestants within the province of Munster deposeth & saith. That on or aboute the twelfth of december last he was robbed & forceably dispoiled of his goods Chattles and debts to the seuerall values followeing vizt value 249 li. str
Of his cowes heeffers mares and horses to the value of one hundred & twenty pounds. Of his Improuement in the said farme to the value of thirtie pounds sterling wherof he expects to reape noe benefitt till peace be settled in Irland. Of his linnen woollen & weareing apparell to the value of fiue pounds. Of his corne & hay in the haggard & house to the value of fiftie pounds sterling. Of his houshouldstuff & prouision in the house to the value of twenty pounds or therabouts Of his In And the deponent further saith that he was driuen & expelled away from his said house & farme where he left in corne in ground to the value of foure & twenty pounds sterling whic h he accounts to be likewise los t because of this rebellion He further deposeth And that James Purcell of Clonekinny in the said County gentleman with others in company <A> (whose names he knoweth not) came by night aboute the said time to the deponents house & tooke away the deponents Cattle the number of sixteene Cattle, & vpon twesday after the said twelth of december or therabouts Richard Tibbott Purcell esquire the baron of Loghmer sent Walter Butler of Notstowne in the said County gentleman & Thomas Purcell of Cleire in the said County gentleman & Phillip fogerty of the Ve in the said County gentleman & diuers whose names the deponents knoweth not to the deponents house & robbed him of all he had within & without doores Cattle & Corne & all he had goods else And the deponent likewise <B> saith that the very same day the deponent was robbed the said Walter

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Beinge in this deponents house drinkeing, he desired this deponent to begin the Queenes health, to which the deponent answered he would drink to the Kings health, noe said the said Walter Butler drinke to wee will pledge the Queene for we are her souldiers or woords to that effecte; & the deponent further saith that when the said Walter was parteing he prayed this deponent not to be offended for what they don to him they would doe it to all the English in the Kingdome & leaue them as bare as they left the deponent or woords to that effecte. And further he canot depose. The totall of his losses amounts to two hundred fortie fiftie of forty nyne pounds sterling he saith that Jo hn [Cape?] of Tu r l es in the said County Thomas Walters of Birr in the said County he further deposeth that he was presente when his wife was stripped by the said rebells
James lodg:
Jurat 2o die May 1642
Phil: Bisse
Richard ffrench

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