Deposition of William Bailie

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William Bailie of Hacketstowne in the Countie of Catherlagh merchante sworne and examined saith That when the Rebellion was begun in those partes That is to say about the 17th daie of November 1641 & since he this deponent att Hackettstowne aforesaid & elsewhe & at the place here after mencioned was forceibly depriued robbed and dispoiled of his ready money horses wares merchandize debtes & other goodes and chattells of the value and to his losse of three hundred threescore & nyne Poundes fowre shillinges ster, And sayth that this deponent within a weeke after he was robbed of some of his goodes at Hackettstowne for safety of the residue & of himself fled towardes towardes Dublin: But [ ] in his way: vizt at Castledermott in the County of Kildare he leaving some part of such remaine of his goodes Consisting of principall wares most of silk & returning back privately with intencon to fetch the rest that he had left behinde him [he there from] at Ha kettstowne mett with one Mr Samuell East Esquire a Justice of the pe: he came back to Hackettstowne accordingly & attempted to take the rest away but <A> was prevented and hindered by one Edmund Birne alias mc doolin of in the County of Wickloe a Captain of Rebells & Patrick Keogh Birne of hacketstowne a notorious robber Morris Bawne whoe lived about Bourghall moore nere Hacketstowne aforesaid formerly a Cowhird, but then <B> turned by his Robberys & pillageing to be a famous & rich Rebell & a Comander of Rebells Garrett Birne of Hacketstowne, servant to Mr Tho: Watson & Robert Walsh of Hackettstowne bogg Chapman: & Garrett Walsh his father of the same yeoman one Cahir a sneezing man and divers others whose names he cannott yett now expresse: which said Rebells att Hacketstowne aforesaid vpon or about the xviijth or xixth of the said moneth
<Jur 16o July 1645 Dr J H:B>
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month of November robbe forceiby & with an ax prepar{ed} for that purpose cutt downe the doore this deponentes dor{e} where some of this deponentes goodes were left Consisting of dying {stuffe} grocery kerseys yarne woll iron tallow & other thinges of good {value}
And then and there those Rebells forceibly tooke from & robbed him thereof And as he returned back his hatt and abou{ve} 16 s. in money was forceibly taken from him by some Rebells that he knew not, And then coming back to Castledermot <C> he then and there mett with one Mr Samuell East a Justice of the peace of the County of Wickloe, whoe was one that owed him some money, and was (as he conceived) his speciall frend: Howbeit the said Mr East (being then a{s} it seemeth) revolted to papistry & turned rebell, cuning{ly} enquired of this deponent what goodes he had left which were {at} Castledermott: the deponent answered that he had silk fine threed silk lace buttons sinamon Cloves Mace Nutmeggs ribbands fine Incles hempe & Cotten tapes & other things att Castledermott, Whereunto the said East in a Jeereing ma{nner} (contrary to the deponentes expectacion) said: Well yow have to{uld} me now what you have here you shall know how I will dispose of them: your silk and buttons silk lace & cotten tapes are good for provant suits for our Irish souldjers your Ribbandes are goo{d} to be favours for them: your fine threed and Incles and black naples silk is very good for my Cozen the wife of Mr ffitzgarrald lord of Ballishannon, the hemp is good to make matches on And your Sinamon Cloves Ma{ce} & Nutmetts will serve mee & the rest for mornings drau{ghts}
And accordingly he by strong hand without [ ] this deponentes con{sent} disposed of those goodes: And not soe contented this deponent & one Martin Bealing Bealing his honest guide, wer{e} then and there kept as prisoners all that night, threatene{d} to be hanged by the said ffitzgarraldes souldjers & had much a doe to escape from them with his liffe & be deprived of and there loose the Remainder and last of his goods
William Bay{lie}
<Jur 16o July 1645 coram
Hen: Clogher Will Aldrich>
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