Deposition of Jiles Massee

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1499
Jiles Massee late of Belgoolly in the parish of Kilmanog barony of Kynalmeaky and within the County of Corke miller yeoman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by vertu e of &c. deposeth and saith. That on or aboute the last of March last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed and forceably dispoyled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values following vzt value of 145 li.
Of Cowes and horses to the value of fiue and Twenty pounds. Of houshould stuffe to the value ofpounds. Of & Corne to the value of twenty pounds. He saith that by meanes of t his presente rebellion he is dispossessed of a mill at Belgooly aforesaid wherin he hath a lease of seaventeene yeeres yeett to come woorth Com m unibus annis nyne pounds per an num wherin he is damn ified fiftie 100 pounds being offered soe much for the same before the begining of this rebellion . The totall of his losses amounts to foure one hundred forty fiue pounds. The deponent saith that aboute the time first aboue mencioned he was robbed of his said goods by William oge Mellifont of Kilmanoge parish in the said County gentleman Cormacke mc Donogh mc Carty of Kilm Knocknehely in the said County gentleman with diuers others to the number of three hundred men [ ] then in campe at Belgooly aforesaid wherof Phillipp Barry alias Barry oge of Kingcurren Esquire & John Long of Mountlong in the said County Esquire High sheriffe of the said County comanded in cheefe, & after robbing this deponent

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1500
Of his said goods they kepte him prisoner two o{r} three dayes, & in the meane time he heard the said Longe say that they would kill & hange all the English that would not goe to masse & further he deposeth not
Giles [mark] Massees marke
Jurat coram nobis
4o 8bris 1642
Phil: Bisse
Tristram WhetCombe

The examination of
Giles Massee
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