Deposition of John Watson

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John Watson of the Towne and parish of Hacketstowne in the County of Catherlagh Clerke duly sworne and examined deposeth that upon the 10th day November last he was duly possessed of an estate in certaine lands with one Tucke mill & certayne under tenancies and tenements in the said Towne of Hacketstown for many yeares yet to come and unexpired, and had layd out theron in buildings of one fayre dwelling house for himselfe with outhouses thereunto and other Tenements inclosures and improvements great summes of money to the sume with his Fines first payed of at least 400 li. all which are now in the possession of the Rebells inhabiting <300 li.> the said Towne his estate therein before this rebellion being worth 300 li. which by reason of the decays of buildings and improvements the small valew of land for the future and standing rent reserved this deponent conceiveth to be utterly lost. This deponent further saith that he was duly possessed the said tenth of November of an estate in 534 Acres of land in Killelongford within the said County for many yeares yet unexpired <240 li.> which is possessed now by the rebells his estate therein being worth 240 li. before this rebellion. This deponent further sayth that he was the said tenth of November possessed of an estate for 35 yeares yet or thereabout yet to come and unexpired in certayne improprlate Tithes in the Counties of Catherlagh and Wicklow which were worth before this rebellion above the rent reserved about 50 li. per annum, comunibus annis which he verily beleiveth will not of many yeates arise to the rent reserved soe <200li.> that he shall loose the benefitte of the lease worth before this rebellion 200 li. This deponent further sayth that he left at his dwelling house and upon his lands in Hacketstowne abovesaid these followeing moveable goods and stocke viz:
li. s. d.
Corne and Hey in severall places of the
land of Hacketstowne worth ...........................040__00__00
Fewell about his house worth...........................008__00__00
Household goods with household provision, with
swine & sheep and [ ] & wearing apparrel
wel worth.........................................................075__00__00
Forty one English milsh Cowes and one Bull
worth...............................................................110__00__00
Forty eight young beasts heyfars and stears
worth................................................................056__00__00
Horses mares and Colts worth.........................034__00__00
Bookes worth...................................................140__00__00
<He hath with all> 453__0__0
Debts due from severall persons most whereof
are reputed to be now in rebellion and
the rest by the rebells soe dispoyled that
he feareth they canot make him satisfaction....217__00__00
Further this examinate deposeth that he had before this rebellion
the yearly income of 90 li. per annum at the least in Church
meanes from which he is expelled by the rebells and which is not
like of many yeares (were the County quiet) to returne to neare
that valew, which at three yeares rate causeth his losse of........270__00___00
Lost in all with what abovesaid to 1690__00__00
This Examinate further deposeth that he is credibly informed that his sheepe swine Cowes Cattle & horses were about the 20th day of November last taken upon the high way from this deponents servant Will. Relly as he was driveing them towards Dublin by the sonnes of Walter Ashpoole of Rathvilla in the County if Catherlagh gent and {by} the servants and Tenants of Thomas Moore of Walterstown of the same County Fermaer
This
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<B> This deponent further sayth that he is credibly informed that his house was rifled and his goods thence taken about the 23d day of November last 1641 by Piers Grace of Bordkill in the County of Wicklow and many of his neighbours and tenants and by Edmund o Donnell Patricke Birne [Morris] and some others of Hacketstowne formerly protestants but now relapsed to Masse This deponent further saith that he is also credibly informed that his bookes are now at Castle Sallagh in the County of Wicklow in the house and Custody of Sir Robert Talbotte knight, and that much of his household goods are at the house of Edmund Birne of Portrushin in the County of Catherlagh gent
In all which informations this deponent for more certayne knowledge referreth himselfe to the depositions of his neighbours and his [owne] owne future and better in formation for the finding out whoe had an hand in the robbeing and dispoyling this deponent
John Watson
Jurat Marty 7 mo 1641 coram nobis
Hen: Jones
Randall Adams
William Aldrich

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John Wattson Cleark
Jur 7o Marcy 1641
Cert Intw
10 No

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