Deposition of John Bellewe ex parte Nicholas Bellewe

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1699
John Bellewe son to Nicholas Bellewe of Enah in the parish of Ringroan barony of Courcy & within the County of Corke gentleman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue of &c. (for & in the behalfe of his said ffather nowe absent & laying very sick) deposeth & saith. That on or aboute the 23th of ffebruary last last & diuers times since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland the said Nicholas lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vzt value of 734 li.-16 s. part consistin{g}
Of Cowes horses and sheepe to the value of three hundred two & fortie pounds ten shillings. Of corne & malt to the value of three score & fiue pounds six shillinges & eight pence. Of houses Timber & houses ruinated by meanes of this rebellion to the value of twenty pounds The deponent further saith that by meanes of this presente rebel l ion in Ireland he is dispossessed lost the beneffitt of his farme wherin he hath a lease of six yeeres yeett to come or therabouts woorth yeerly aboue the landlords rent fforty[ ] pounds per annum wherin he is damnified three hundred pounds the said Nicholas being offered for soe much [ ] for the same last Michelma{s} . Of debts amounting to tenn seave n pounds of debts due from fflorence mc Carty of Benduffe in the said County gentleman Richard Bellewe of in the County of gentleman Teig mac Carty of Rochestowne in the said County gentleman. But in regard the said parties are out in actuall rebellion therefore this deponents said ffather canot gett satisfaction from them. The totall of his losses amounts to seaven hundred hundred thirty foure pounds & sixteene shillings. He saith that the said Nicholas was robbed by the rebells their names he knoweth not & further he deposeth not He saith that it is comonly reported that Donell mc Dauid was formerly protestant but since this rebellion turned papist.

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& further he deposeth not
John Bellew
Jurat coram nobis
10 Octobris 1642
Phil: Bisse
Tristram WhetCombe

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John Bellew’s Examination
C. 481
Corke

Re

A