Deposition of Grace Venner

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1646-05-29
Identifier: 810343r355

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Dublin
Deposition Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Assault, Robbery
Commissioners: Henry Jones, William Aldrich
Deposition Transcription:


fol. 343r


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Grace Venner of the Cittie of Dublin widowe sworne & examined deposeth & sayth That [ ] in the begining of the present Rebellion she this deponent liveing in her howse in the lane nere the Colledge of Dublin & nere Saint Patricks well, had her howse there forceibly pulled downe, & the timber and materialls thereof by the like force taken away by a number of rebellious & vnruly souldjers whose names she knoweth not, Some one of which (being an Irish man) lamed her right Arme, (her left Arme being lame before) Soe as shee is disabled to gett her liveing, but being very aged is in danger to perish by want, And the same souldjers then & there in rebellious manner & forcible manner robbed her of about 4 li. 15 s. in money & the very clothes of her back, with her lynnen and howshold stuffe, By all which losse of howse & moneys & goodes she hath lost is already dampnified the summe of fifteene Powndes - - - ster, Besides the future proffitts of her howse which would have bin worth at least xx s. yerely, & the lameing & disableing her to gett her liveing as aforesaid
Signum predictæ [mark] Graciæ
Jur xxixo Maij 1646
Hen: Clogher
Will: Aldrich

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Dublin
Grace Venner Jur
29o Maij 1646
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Deponent Fullname: Grace Venner
Deponent Gender: Female
Deponent Occupation: Widow
Deponent County of Residence: Dublin