Deposition of Katherine Franke

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Katherin the wiffe of Thomas ffranck of Tombay in the Countie of Catherlagh yeoman: sworne and Katherin his wiffe sworne and examined deposeth and sayth That since the begining of the present Rebellion and by meanes thereof They theis She this deponentes & her husband were deprived robbed or otherwise dispojled of their goodes & chattells worth above fforty powndes ster By Cahir <A> Birne of or nere Portrushin in the said County gent Tirlogh Bawne of Cashaw in the County of Wicklow gent & divers other Rebells of the name and sept of the Birnes & other merciles souldjers whose names they cannott expresse And further sayth That one George Hagges of Saint Thomas Streete Dublin, nere the signe of the platter standeth duly indebted vnto theis deponentes in the some of iij li. [ ] xiij s.: ffor payment of which & ij s. more they hadd a bill or specialtie of vnder the hand and seale of him the said Hagges signed sealed and deliuered vnto them whereby the said debt was to be paid at a day now long since past: But sayth that the said Bill or specialtie was (amongst other thinges forceibly taken from them by some of the souldjers in the English Army as theis deponentes wereas comeing towardes Dublin But although the deponentes & her husband complained of that owtrage: yet they could not bee redressed becawse they neither knew nor could afterwardes fynd out the soldjers that did it
Katherine {mark] Franke
Jurat May 26 1643
Joh Watson
Hen: Brereton
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Katherin ffranck Jur 26o
May 1643
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