Deposition of Richard Northcrosse

fol. 86r

1250
Richard Northcrosse late of Arklowe in the County of Wickloe yeoman sworne saith
That he this deponent hearing of thes present Rebellion in this Kingdome & that divers Rebells were vpp in the same County of Wickloe whoe had robbed some of his neighbors he this deponent with his wife & family on or about the xxiijth day of November now last past tooke the greatest part of his goodes from his said howse and fledd for saffty to the Castle of Arklow then Comanded by <A> the now lord Esmond & kept by one Anthony Bolton Constable thereof: & this deponent had promisse from the said Bolton that his goodes which he brought thither & which consisted of howshold goodes 25 barrells of hearing 3 hogsheades of beefe 3 barrells of wheate Malt Beare provition and other goodes all worth 150 li. ster: and left at his howse some other goodes worth about vj li. more And saith that on ffryday then next after, whenas this deponentes goodes and the goodes of divers others English protestantes were gotten from into the Castle the said <B> Bolton Constable or keeper thereof vpon some message from the lord Esmond as this deponent he p heard & verely beleeveth p in meere treachery sett open the gates of the said Castle & deliuered the keys to a meere Irish Rebell & suffered him the Rebells to enter whoe expulced this deponent and the rest of thenglish protestantes and robbed him this deponent of all his goodes soe brought thither, as they did to all the rest of the protestantes & too then alsoe tooke from him this deponent iij li. x s. in money and after stript him and his wife of the most of their clothes and tooke from her all the money she had And the Rebells then expelled him from his said howse and all his goodes there, his interest in the said howse being worth 20 li. besides his reparacion thereof his charge whereof cost him vj li. more

fol. 86v

1251
Soe as this deponentes whole losse came to 185 li. & above. And saith that the Rebells which soe robbed deprived & stripped him and his wife were theis persons vizt Walter mc Shane <A> of Arklow aforesaid William Mc Water of the same, K Lawrence Roch of the same William Mc Teige of the same all husbandmen & one Nicholas Doyle of dublin Merchant which Doyle was the very man that tooke this deponentes money from him out of his pockett, And it hath beene confidently reported that the wife of the said Anthony Bolton robbed this deponent of a barrell of pewter part of his said goodes And that the said Anthony now <B> Liveth with the said Lord Esmond his maister And although there were many more Rebells that robbed him yet he remembreth noe more of their names But they were as he is perswaded & hath credibly heard comanded as souldiers by one luke Toole Doyle whoe was called their collonell or commander And some of the said Rebells told this deponent that if he stayd there he would be but a dead man And further saith that one Sir Donnell a Popish preist there parted and shared this deponentes goodes at Arklow amongst the Rebells but whether he had any part thereof himselfe or noe this deponent cannott tell which parting and division was made <C> in the howse of one whoe was father in law to the said Nicholas Doyle which & in the presence of the said Nicholas: whoe had his share of the said goodes
The mark of [mark] Richard Northcrosse
Jur xixo Jan: 1641
Hen: Brereton
Will: Hitchcock

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Rich: Northcrosse Com
Wicklow Jur 19o Jan 1641
Intr
Cert fact
23 Nov

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