Deposition of Robert Bramble

fol. 165r

1781
<symbol> Robert Bramble of Desert in the parish of Desert & Barrony of Drohally & within the County of Corke Marryner a brittish protestant duly sworne & examyned before vs by vertue of his Maiesties Comission etc. deposeth saieth,
that on or aboute, the second of ffebruary last and since the begining of this present Rebellion in Ireland, hee lost was Robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goodes & chattells to the severall vallues following vizt. worth 288 li. 14 s. 6 d. part consisting in debts due from
Of Cowes, horses, Mares, Oxen, yearlings, sheepe and hog ges to the value of one hundred twenty fower poundes fourteene shillings & six pence [ ] of hay e & Corne in the hagyard to the vallue of sixteene poundes, of househould goodes to the vallue of twenty poundes, hee likewise sayeth that hee was expelled & driven away from his farme of Desert aforesaid where hee left in Corne in grounde, since lost by this Rebellyon to the vallue of five pounds Of debts the some of three poundes due from James Stapleton neere <A> Ballyroe in the County of Corke gent a papist & now late in Actuall Rebellion, and therefore this deponent canot gett any satisfacion from him, Also hee sayeth that by meanes of this rebellion hee ha th lost the benifitt of his lease of the desert wherin hee had fifteene yeares to come, worth to this deponent eare the begining of this rebellion c omunibus annis over & aboue the Land lords rent twenty poundes per annum wherin hee conceives himselfe dampnified to the vallue of one hundred and twenty poundes. The totall of his said losses in goodes & chattells Amounts to the vallue of two hundred eighty eight pounds. 14 s. 6 d. the deponent Also saieth that hee was robbed of his Cattell

fol. 165v

1782
<B> And Corne by Danyell O Kive of Drowm tarriff in the barrony of Dowhally aforesaid gent. and a freehoulder And by his servants, And further this deponent cannot say.
Robert Bramble
Jur. coram nobis
Ro: southwell.
Tristram WhetCombe