Deposition of Edmond Hinckley

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Edmond Hinkley of the towne and County of Catherlagh yeoman de sworne and examined deposeth and sayth That since the begininge of this present Rebellion (vizt) about Christmas last past this Deponent with many others his Maiesties loveing subjects being retired into the Castle of Catherlagh abovesaid for safeguard from <A> the rebells of the said County up in Armes against his Maiestie this Deponent saw Ambrose Plunket of Urney in the said County Esquire Brian Birne of Old Towne gent Laurence Goghagan prior of the Convent of Friars at Ballymoone at Catherlagh abovesaid comeing from the Rebells and parlieing with our men on behalf of the Rebells for the delivery of the said Castle, This Deponent further saith that he saw a letter sent to the said Castle signed by Walter Bagnall of Dunleckney Esquire Ambrose Plunket abovesaid Esquire Edmund Walle of Urghlin Esquire Edward Wale of Ballynekill Esquire Maurice Kevanagh of the Parke gent Laurence Geoghagan aforesaid and Brian Birne abovesaid all in the said County tendring certayne condicions for delivery of the said Castle into their hands this for the use of the Rebells This Deponent further saith that Sir Morgan Cavenagh of Clan Mullen knight came with about 80 horse to Catherlagh abovesaid an This deponent further saith that John Hope of Graig neare Catherlogh in the Queens County and his sonnes Adam and Francis are revolted to masse and turned Rebells and the said John Hope indeavoured by a stratagem to have betrayed to the Rebells the white Castle of the Graige, This Deponent further saith that the household servants and others with the horses of Robert Harepoole of Schruhell in the Queens County Esquire did robbe and dispoyle the English about Catherlagh and killed two of the souldjers under the comand of Captain Harman at Catherlagh abovesaid and further this deponent was credibly informed (and it was the generall report and [ ] [ ] <B> at Catherlagh abovesaid) that the Rebells under the comand of James Birne of Ballya{n} Kead in the said County of Catherlagh robbed certayne English under the Castle of the said Harpoole without any interposition of lett of the said Harpoole. This deponent further saith that Thomas Davills of Ballyhide in the Queens County Esquire and David Lea of Lagh late subsheriffe of Com Catherlagh in the Queens County late subsher of Com Catherlagh and Stephen Fitz Williams of Bally Moyler in the said Queens County gent and are Rebells against our soveraigne lord the king the {said} Davills and Fitz Williams being Captaines of Rebells and the said Lea a companion of the said Davills This Deponent further saith that there lay in the Towne of Catherlagh a company of Rebells (beseegeing the said Castle) under the Comand of James Birne of Balli [ankead ] abovesaid Esquire and Murtogh oge Kevanagh of Castle Towne gent and Walter Bagnall of Dunleckny Esquire abovesaid some of which Rebells frequently said that the said Murtoge oge Kevanagh abovenamed [shou{ld}] be king of Leinster and this was a common speech among the said Rebells which words they would often [say] cry to the loyall subjects in the said Castle upon the walls
Edmond Hinkle
Jurat May 9no 1642 coram nobis
Joh Watson
William Aldrich
Hen: Brereton

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