Deposition of John Austine

fol. 166r

1784
John Austine late of the Borrough of Clannakelly in the barrony County of East Carbery in the County of Corke Tanner (a brittish protestant) beeing duely Sworne & examined deposeth & saith that aboute Candlemas laste hee was robbed of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall vallues following Vizt worth 417 li.-6 s. part consiting in debts due from
Of Cowes heifers steeres horses and mares to the vallue of threesc ore and seauenteene pounds ster, of Leather in the fats Cowehids bullhids steerehids horsehids Kipps & Calueskins to the vallue of fowerscore six pounds & ten shillings sterlinge, of Corne & hay in haggard & in howse to the vallue of eight & thirtie pounds sterlinge, of apparell two Swords & one fowling peece to the vallue of Seauen pounds ster, of barke to the vallue of twentie pounds ster of howsehould goods bedinge with other apparrell & other neccessaris aboute the howse to the vallue of one & twentie sixteene pounds sterlinge, alsoe this deponent saith that by reason of this present rebellion hee was expelled & driuen fro m his farme of s outh Temple Biren in the said Co unty woorth de claro 13 li. three seuerall howses and farmes in the said County haueinge twentie three seuerall a leases therin of the said howses and farmes of twentie yeares then to come haueing Corne in ground and bee inge well improved which hee vallues woorth Communibij annis wherin he is damnified foure score pounds aboue the LandL ords rent woorth twelue pounds ten shillings per annum hee further saith that by reason of this present rebellion hee was dipossessed of his said howses & farmes of East Tany in the said County haueing a lease therin of twenty yeeres to come worth de claro seaven pounds ten shillings per annum in the said County which hee vallues woorth two hundred & fifty fiue & fortie pounds sterlinge < O f another > lease of twenty yeeres to come worth fiue pounds a yeere aboue the landlords <rent damnified heerby thirtie pounds> of depts which hee accompted good depts amountinge vnto eighteene pounds & six shillings sterlinge before this present re rebellion but nowe beecome disperate by reason they bee due from the vndernamed persons English protestants & Irish recusants Vizt Henry Skoper Robert baylie James sea r chfield Daniell mc Carty & William Deashy But in regard the said Daniell Cartie & William Deashy are out in actuall rebellion & the rest protestants vtterly dissenabled by

fol. 166v

1786
Of this rebellion therefore this deponent canot gett satisfaction from them. The totall of his losses amounts to foure hundred & seaventeene pounds six shillinges The deponent being further examined deposeth & saith that aboute the time aboue
mencioned he was robbed by William Arundell of Arundelscastle in the said County gentleman mr Crumen of Teige o Hea alias o Hea gentleman He like= <B> wise saith that Avish Hickes of Clonekilty aforesaid widdow & her two sons John Hickes & Henry Hickes Avish Hicks her daughter John vincent & his wife Joan vincent & her daughter Dorathy vincent Thomas Austin the elder & this deponent his wife & children were all stripped by the rebells namely Donogh o Dwire of Clanakilty aforesaid husbandman Dermod ne Trae of the same yeoman James o ffyn of the same husbandman & others in company with them Strangers to this deponent & lastly he further he deposeth that the said William Arundell aboute Candlemas last tould this deponent that his best course was to turne papist goe to masse for Quoth he the King himselfe is heere in this Kingdome & goes to mass & further he deposeth not
John Austen
Jurat coram nobis
5o 8bris 1642
Phil: Bisse
Ro: southwell

John Austine his
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John Austines
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