Deposition of Margrett Bycroft

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Dublin Core

Date: 1642-03-02
Identifier: 811133r098

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Wicklow
Deposition Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Captivity, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Stripping
Commissioners: Edward Piggott, Henry Brereton
Deposition Transcription:


fol. 133r


1081
Margrett Bycroft late of in Carnewe in the County of wickloe widow sworne & examined sayth That since the begining of the presente Rebellion and by meanes thereof shee was deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of her meanes goodes & chattlells of the value of fforty Powndes sterlinge And that her husband Thomas Bycroft with fowre more english protestantes were by the Rebells most cruelly & barbarously murthered by the Rebells in the County of wickloe by the Rebellious <A> souldjers of Colonell luke Birne: & that she & her 2 children were then stripped naked and after kept prisoners by the Rebells six months
signum predictae Margarete
[mark]
Jur 2o Martij 1642
Edw Pigott
Hen: Brereton


fol. 133v


1082

Wickloe
Margrett Bicraft Jur 2o Marcij 1642
Cert fact
Intw

Deponent Fullname: Margrett Bycroft
Deponent Gender: Female
Deponent Occupation: Widow
Deponent County of Residence: Wicklow
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Thomas Bycroft, luke Birne
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Victim, Rebel