Deposition of John Davys

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John Davys late of Castlecomer in the Countie of Kilkenny late steward and Agent to and for the heire & executors of Christopher Wandesford Esquire late Lord Deputie of Ireland sworne & examined deposath that since the begining of this present rebellion in Ireland and by meanes thereof the said heire & the Executors aforesaid or some of them truste d to the vse of the said Lord Deputies w last will & testament have lost and beene dispoiled robbed or otherwise deprived of a personall estate to the values following vizt of ffree rents and arrerages of rents within the Counties of Kildare Kilkenny and other places within the said kingdome of Ireland amounting to ffower thousand pounds, and also of leases goods chattles and debts comeing to three thousand pounds In all amounting to seaven thousand pounds ster And hee further saith that the said heire and executors or those who are [ ] [ ] intrusted therein are expel or are like to be expelled from and deprived of the whole future proffitts of the lands in the said Countyes of Kilkenny & Kildare & elswhere in the said kingdome vntill a peace bee established settled there, And this deponent also saith that the said robberyes spoiles & damage was were done & comitted as he hath credibly heard by or by the by the meanes of Thomas Evers of Adone in the said County of Kilkenny Richard Butler and Thomas Butler of the same place and County, Teige ô Brennan, Donnell ô Brennan Owen o Brennan & many other rebellious rogues in the said County of Kilkenny and elswhere whose names the deponent hath not as yett learned
John Davis
Jurat April 2do 1642 coram nobis
joh Watson
Hen: Brereton
William Hitchcocke
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