Deposition of Mary Corne

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Mary the wiffe of Raph Corne late of Castlecomer in the County of Kilkenny Buttonmaker sworne and examined saith That since the begining of the present Rebellion: That is to say about the xxiijth of November 1641 This deponentes said husband and shee were deprived robbed, or otherwise dispoyled of their goodes & Chattles consisting of Cattle a mare Cowes 6 heffers tenn Calves one Mare howshold goods provition & other thinges worth xxv li. x s. at the least by theis Rebells vizt Thomas Evers of <A> the parrish of Castlecomer gent Tirlogh Brenan Edmund ô Brenan & Geffrey ô Brenan of Clownend in the said County gent Teige o Brenan & John o Brenan their Cozens of the same: & divers others whose names she knoweth not And saith That after the said Robbery this deponent and her husband with about 180 more fled to the Castle of Comer & there stayed till after Christmas: And then one Mr Butler and Mr Brenan 2 Captains for the Rebells gave leave vnto them to goe away for Athy But they had not gone above half a myle but that a number of other Rebells whoe were souldiers to the said 2 Captains turned this deponent; her husband & the rest all back againe: drive them like a herd of Cattle through a River & then stript them of all their clothes mony victualls & what els they had & then sent the word to Captain John ffarrell that if he would not presently deliuer vpp the Castle of Comer they would presently hang vs all: But the said Captain ffarrell denying to deliuer the Castle the Rebells tooke some the ablest men & of those kept some, others they hanged & others rest they starved to death: But this deponent and her husband whoe was 57 yeres ould & [ ] some oth others were turned away naked & in that state came to Athy where they mett with some releeffe: Howbeit some wicked & bloudy Rebells that came thither one night: [ ] most barbarously murthered her husband in the howse where hee was & gave him fifteene greivous
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wowndes & then dragging him forth of the howse they stript him of all his Clothes & left him naked soe massacred as aforesaid & quickly after the deponentes child died. And the night that her husband was slaine the Rebells alsoe murthered another poore ould man in Athy aforesaid the next doore to the howse where she lived there
Signum predicti Marie Corne [mark]
Jur 26o April 1643
Randall Adams
Hen: Brereton
Joh Watson

[ ] Com Kilkenny
Mary Corne deposed
April 26 1643
Intw Hand w
Exw
23 Nov
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