Deposition of John Hayes

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1771
John Hayes late of Clancogger in the parish of Cary barony of Carbry & within the County of Corke yeoman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by before vs by vertue of &c deposeth & saith. That on or aboute the 23th of January last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods & Chattles to the value of 350 li. seuerall values following vizt value of value of 350 li.-9 s.
Of Cowes ox en yeerlings & horses sheepe & swine to the value of foure score score & seaven nynteene twelue pounds nyne nynteene shillings. Of houshouldstuffe twenty pounds. Of Corne in the haggard to the value of three score pounds. Of hay & fireing to the valu e of six pounds. Of barke tanyard & leather to the value of thirtie pounds. The deponent saith that by meanes of t his presente rebellion in Ireland he is disspossessed of a lease for nyne yeeres to come of three quarters of a plowlands of Crossderry & Cloncogger in the said County worth aboue the landlords rent nyne pounds per annum haueing layed out much chardges in Improueing the same wherin he is damnified threescore pounds. Of debts amounting to the sume of fortie pounds due from the vndernamed persons vizt. but in regard this deponent hath lost all his bills & writeings, therefore this deponent canot gett satisfaction from them. The totall of his losses amounts to three hundred & fifteene pounds nyne shillings. He saith that Donogh o Gerige of Gornteforine in the said County gentleman tooke forceably & in the day time away this deponents cattle & that on or aboute the time aboue mencioned his houshouldstuffe & Corne & horses were

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likewise forceably taken away taken away by Owen mc Donell mc Carty of <B> Ballyowran in the said County gentleman. He saith And that he & his wife were stripped by the rebells their names he knoweth not. & further he deposeth not
John IH Heyes marke
Jurat coram nobis
7o 8bris 1642
Phil: Bisse
Ro: southwell

The examination
of John Hayes
Corke C 435

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