Deposition of John Abbott

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1543
John Abbott late late of Knock n etyan Bandon in the parish of Bandon & barony of Kineline ky & within the County of Corke yeoman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by vertue of &c. deposeth and saith. That on or aboute the first day of January last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vzt value of 1000 li. part consisting.
Of Cowes & horses at Knocknetyan aforesaid at [ ] aforesaid to the value of twenty forty fiue pounds Of houshouldstuffe to the value of fortie shillings. Of Corne & hay in the haggard & house to the value of twenty pounds Of Corne left in ground vpon the said land which he conceaues to be lost to the value of Hee saith that by meanes of this present rebellion in Ireland he w as dispossessed of thes seueral l farmes followeing vzt. Of the lands of drissan in the said County wherin he had a lease of [ ] 14 yeeres to come woorth to this deponent yeerly before this rebellion the sume of nyne pounds per annum wherin he is damnified the sume of fiue & fortie pound s. Of another parcell of land pa rte of drissane aforesaid wherin he h Of the farme of Cashelmore in the said County wherin he hath a lease of three score & one yeere woorth Communibus annis aboue the landlords rent seaventeene pounds ten shillings per annum he saith he is damnified by looseing the beneffitt of the said lease the summe of two hundred pounds. likewise of another lease of Shanavoyes in the said County woorth to this deponent twelue pounds per annum de claro his lease therin eight yeeres yeett to come which he valueth

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To be woorth fortie eight pounds he saith that he is likewise dispossessed of another lease of certaine Tenements in Castleton in the said County for fifteene yeeres to come woorth to this deponent yeerly fiue pounds aboue the landlords rent wherin he is damnified thirtie pounds. Of another ffarme debts amounting of Knocknetyan in the said County wherin he hath a lease of fiue & twenty yeeres to Come wherevpon this deponent buylt seuerall houses & layed out much chardges in buylding & Improueing the same wherin he conceaues himselfe damnified two hundred & ten pounds. Of debts The deponent saith that he lost the beneffitt of a lease from three yeeres to three yeeres which he held of certaine tiethes from the vicars Choralls of Corke & another lease of the tethes which he held from Barnaby Honychurch clerk for three yeeres to three yeeres dureing his life both which were woorth this deponent de claro yeerly hundred pounds per annum wherin he is damnified soe much. Of debts amounting to the sume of three hundred pounds due from the vndernamed persons vzt Teig downy <A> mc Carty of Dunmanboy in the said County Esquire Teig ô Crowly of Kyneth in the said County gentleman Thomas Haly in the parish of Kyneth dauid Crowly of the same gentleman Dermod Crowly of ffanlobbis in the said County gentleman Cnoghor Carty of Cnockecullen in the said County gentleman ffynen mc dermod Carty of the derry in the said County gentleman & diuers others whose names he doth not nowe remember. likewise parte of th aboue sume is due from the vndernamed persons Impouerished protestants vizt Luke Brady of Tomgeny in the County of Clare Esquire Samuell Burchell of Ballymidan in the County of Corke butcher John Donnell of Kingsale yeoman. But in regard the said protestants are disenabled by this rebellion & the rest of the said parties parties because they are they all being out in actuall rebellion therefore this deponent canot get satisfaction from them The totall of his l o s ses amounts to nyne hundred seaventy fiue pound one thousand pownds & further he deposeth not
John Abbott
Jurat coram nobis 15. 7bris 1642
Tho: Graye
Phil: Bisse
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