Deposition of William Adams and John Greete ex parte Jacob Blackwell

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William Adams late of Craggane in the County of Corke husbandman & John Greete late of Garvane in the said County husbandman (brittish protestants) duely examined & sworne seuerally vpon the Holy Evangelist before vs by vertue of a comission to vs & others directed beareing date &c touching the losses &c for and in the behalfe of Jacob Blackwell late of the Towne and parish of Mitchelstowne in the said County gentleman nowe absent in the Kingdome of England E first the said John Greete deposeth and saith that vpon the second or third of ffebruary 1641 or therabouts the said Jacob Blackwell by meanes of this rebellion lost & was dispoiled of Cattle vizt & other goods worth 247 li.
Of cowes to the value of seven and forty pounds Cowes He likewise deposeth that the said Jacob is dispossessed of the Garrans aforesaid which land was woorth Twenty pounds per annum aboue the landlords rent the said Jacob his enterest in the same was woorth a hundred pounds before this rebellion & the deponent conceaueth the said Jacob is damnified soe much by looseing the benefitt of the said lease. The said William Adams being alsoe examined deposeth. That he being Tenant to the said Jacob Blackwell of the lands of Carriggan e aboue named he knewe that the said J acob payed three score and Two pounds Incombe before hand some foure yeeres since for a lease of the same, & by Improuement the said land wa s woorth ten pounds per annum ab oue the landlords rent, soe that the said Jacobs lease of the said land was really woorth to be bought or sould before this rebellion one hundred pounds & soe much this deponent [ ] bona fide would haue giuen for the said Jacobs enterest therin . The totall of his losses for soe much amounts

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To Two hundred forty seaven pounds. The said John Greete being further examined deposeth That aboute the time first aboue mencioned the said Blackwells cowes at least eighteene heads were deliuered in trust by this deponent to & for the said Blackwells vse to the hands of Thomas mc Cragh of Kilbeheny in the said County of lymericke gentleman to be kepte for the said Blackwell, but the said Thomas mc Cragh since that time goeing out in open and actuall therefore the said Blackwell is not likely to get any restitution from the said Thomas & further he deposeth not
William [mark] Adams marke
John [mark] Greetes marke
Jurat coram nobis
17o Martij 1642
Phil: Bisse
Ric: Williamson

The examination of William
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