Deposition of Edward Catterall

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Edward Catterall late of Ballonecarrigg in the County of Catherlagh gent servante to the Right honorable Sir George Sherley knight Lord Cheefe Justice of his Maiesties Corte of cheefe place in Ireland & now of Dublin gent sworne & examined sayth That since the begining of the present rebellion & by meanes thereof the said Sir George Sherley hath beene and is expelled from deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his goodes & chattells here after mencioned vizt of beastes and Cattle worth five hundreth seventie Nyne powndes Hay worth xxx li. Corne in the Hagard and Corne sowen worth CC li.: sheepe worth CCCCxxv li. Horses worth Cxl li., Hogges, hyves of bees, and wolle worth Cxvj li. xiij s. viij d. And that the said Sir George Sherley was alsoe expelled forceibly from his howses landes and farmes of Ballone Carrige Kynyoghe Newtowne and Knockduffe all in the County of Catherlagh <Hand> & hadd many of his howses burned & wasted by the rebells
By which & the losse of his buildinges reparacions, improvementes & fynes paid & the losse of his interest in the same, the said <Hand> Sir George Sherley was & is dampnified & hath clerely Lost Eight hundreth Powndes more: Soe that the losse knowne to this deponent that his lordship hath susteined by meanes of the present rebellion amounteth in all to the some of two thowsand three ffowre hundreth & Nyntie poundes < 2490 li. 13 s. 4 d.> thirteene shillinges viij d. But whoe the Rebells were that soe deprived robbed or dispoyled the said George Sherley <A> he cannott tell: saveing that one Mr Cavenagh of Knockduff in the said County of Catherlagh: received & held & deteined part of the said goodes And this deponent further saith That since the begining of the same presente rebellion and by meanes thereof he this deponent hath beene by the Rebells robbe deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his Rentes and other goodes & Chattells within the seuerall Counties of Dublin Queens
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Countie and Catherlaghe of the value and to his losse of one hundreth and twentie thirtie powndes And sayth that the said Mr Cavenagh receved and tooke & <B> witheld from him this deponent (as this deponent is credibly informed) part of his this deponentes cattle in the Countie of Catherlaghe & out divers of the demsyes tooke whose names he knowes not tooke divers of his this Deponentes Cowes within the queens Countie & then forcibly deteined from him this Deponent
Edw: Caterall
Jur 7o Jun ij 1642
<I> And further sayth that one John Hope of Catherlaghe aforesaid Miller being robbed of fowrscore head of Cattle by the Rebells turned to Masse, & the rebells not makeing restitucion, he came to the Castle vpon the bridge of Catherlagh for releef from the protestantes out of the provision which himself had putt there But becawse he was soe turned papist they denyed to give him any
Edw: Caterall
Jur 7o Juny 1642
John Watson
<Hand> John Sterne

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