Deposition of Erasmus Borrowes

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Erasmus Borrowes late of Grangmellan Esquire highe Sherriff of the Countie of Kildare sworne & examined deposeth and sayth That on or about the first day of November now last past whenas the present Rebellion was begun and the Rebells daily increased in number & were growne to a great head & multitude in that Countie Hee this deponent wanting power & strength to resist them, and Insoemuch as he was neither able to defend the said County whereof he was high Sherriff as aforesaid, nor himself his howses and familyes He this deponent, was inforced to remove from Grangmellan his place of habitacion & came away & left his wife & at least 12 of his owne & mr Blunts children behinde him And then did leave at his seuerall howses of Grange Mellan Corbally Gilltowne Balleduffe, the Abbey nere Cork & other places within the seuerall Counties of Kildare the queenes County the Countyes of Cork and Waterford theis his goodes and chattells & of the values following, vizt, at Giltowne in the County of Kildare Milch Cowes worth one hundreth eighty fowre Powndes Plow horses worth three score and fowre Powndes: Plowharnesses worth iiij li. oxen fiftie Six Pownds Bulls and Calves xxv li. Mares and Colts worth 150 li. a gelding & horse worth xliij li. corne in the reeke worth xx li. one gelding howsholdgoods & plate of his mothers worth Clx li. And further saith that William Aston and twoe other English tenants were then alsoe in arrere and indebted vnto him this deponent for half a yeres rent due at November last for the Milch of fforty English Cowes xxx li. & at Ester next are to pay vnto him the like some of
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xxx li. In all threescore Pownds, which somes, they being robbed & stript of their goods by the rebells) are not able to satisfy & they are alsoe indebted to him lx li. more for hay and grasse, which they are not able to pay being robbed as aforesaid And this deponent alsoe left at Grang Mellann in the County of Kildare Corne in the howse and hagards worth one thowsand twoe hundreth Pownds & Milch Cowes worth 100 li., And he alsoe left at Grangmellan, aforesaid and Corbally in the said County of Kildare oxen worth twoe hundreth and tenn Pownds yong steares & other yong Cattle worth Lxxv li. And this deponent about the time aforesaid alsoe left at Corbally & Grang Mellan aforesaid and at Levetstowne in the Countie of Kildare soe many sheepe as were worth One thowsand Pownds ster And this deponent alsoe left at Grang Mellan aforesaid about the tyme aforesaid horses worth one hundreth Powndes: Plowe horses worth Nynety six Pownds, Carts waines and implements of husbandry worth Lx li., hoggs worth xx li., and howsholdstuff worth five hundreth Powndes, And this deponent about the same tyme hadd sowed att Giltowne and Grangmellan aforesaid three hundreth barrells of wheat and Beare or therabouts on three hundreth acres of Land or thereabouts which he verely beleeveth would be worth one thowsand twoe hundreth Pownds if he might reape the corne but is like to loose the same by meanes of the present Rebellion: And this deponent by meanes of the same Rebellion is deprived and must loose in the proffits of the lands of grang Mellan Giltowne and Corbally vntill Ester next to his losses of the some of 400 li. And this deponent further sayth that at or about the tyme aforesaid vizt the first of November last he <bell> left at Balleduff aforesaid sheepe worth six hundreth Pownds Cowes worth one hundreth ffifty fowre Pownds and yong cattle worth Nynetie Pownds ster and then left asmuch hay at grange Mellan Corbally and
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Ballyduffe as was one hundreth Pownds as he verely beleeveth Powndes & yong Cattle worth fowrscore & tenn pounds And this deponent, the had rents at Balleduffe & att the Abbey nere Corke due & owing h vnto him by his English tennants, which he is like to loose for they are robbed and vndone by the Rebells & inforced to fly away the some of ffifty one Pownds vj s. viij d., And had alsoe owing vnto him for rents by his tenants for his lands in Munster fforty eight Pownds xiij s. iiij d. and for his Lands at Castletowne in the queens County arreres of Rent due at Michelmas Last Cxxx li., & for Ester rent next there wilbe due fowrscore and tenn pownds more Both which rents he must loose for that his tennants are robbed and disabled by the tenants Rebells to make payment thereof And this deponent had alsoe owing vnto him further saith that by this said present Rebellion hee is deprived of and hath lost the rents and proffitts of his farme of Kilcruse in the queens County amounting to [ ] Nynety Pownds ster, And this deponent further sayth that in or about the ixth yere of his Maiesties raigne that now is this deponent disbursed for a leas in revercion of the lands of Graunney in the County of Kildare the some of five hundreth and twenty Pownds: ffor which since he hath received noe proffitt at all: But before the Rebellion, he was offered for his interest 1200 li., which some said summ by this presente rebellion hee is very like to loose, And this deponent before the Rebellion began disbursed for seuerall leases of Levetstowne in the County of Kildare 370 li. ster from which he is now expelled by the Rebells soe as he is like to loose that money one Collonell Peirce ffitzgarald a gran rebell seazing & still possessing the howse and keeping ward theres And this deponent at the tyme when he was inforced to come away from his habitacion as aforesaid left at Giltowne aforesaid in Carts harrowes & other his goods worth five Pownds ster And this deponent further sayth that all his the said goodes and Chattles soe as aforesaid by him left att
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the seuerall places aforesaid were and are taken Seised and taken away by the Rebells, and this deponent is quite deprived robbed and dispoiled thereof And this deponent further sayth that he is credibly informed that Morrice Ewstace of Castle Martin in the County of Kildare Esquire, and Pearce ffitzgarrald of Ballesonnan in the same County Esquire Both of them Collonells in this Rebellion: Were the principall robbers and Actors in the takeing away of this deponents said Corne Cattle & goodes And that the said Morrice Ewstace keepethng eight Rebells as a ward to guard to and keepe to himself this Examinates said howse & Castle of Giltowne And the said Peirce ffitz Garrald for himself doth alsoe keepe a ward or guard in this deponents Castle of Levetstowne And this deponent further saith that hee is <B> fully dampnifyed and hath lost by the present Rebellion and action of the Lord Moungarrett the some of Six hundreth Pownds & above by means that he and his the rebels vnder his Comaund pillage <oneCooper of Kilkenny, whom this examinant trusted with the said 600 li. ad pownds and is altogether dissabled to make payment as he is Credibly enformed [by] the said Lord of montegarrett>And this deponent is credibly informed, That the Countesse Dowager of Kildare and her tennants of Graney [ ] in the Countie aforesaid within the tyme of this presente Rebellion did forceibly seise vpon take and carry away a parte of the Cattle and goods of him this Deponent from his Lands of Corbally aforesaid
And this deponent by the same Rebellion is like to be deprived & loose the proffitts of his lands & leases from henceforth vntill a peace be setled, they being worth by the yere twelve hundreth pownds or thereabouts
Totalis of my goods Corne
Cattle amounteth vnto
as I belleue verily ------------------------------------------------ 9396 li.-0-0
totalis of my debtes ----------------------------------------------11932-2-0
21328-2-0
I And the deponent doth verrily belleue that I owe
vnto severrall people the some
of 2500 li. at least which I ame altogether
dissabled to pay by meanes of
this r ebellion my estate beinge
all taken from me ------------------------------------------------- 2500 li.-0-0
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And this deponent further saith That there are divers persons within the Kingdome of Ireland, That before the begining of this rebellion were and yet are indebted to him this deponent seuerally & respectively indebted to him this deponent, in severall & respective somes of money amounting in all to the Summe <[Incert] the principall & interest> of 11923 li.-2 s. ster at the least Of all which seuerall somes this deponent is deprived dispoyled & must loose the same by meanes of this present rebellion as he is verely perswaded ffor that some moste of the said persons his debtors are gone into open rebellion: & the rest being most of them English protestants are soe robbed & spoyled by the Rebells that they are altogether Disabled to give him satisfaction, And this deponent further saith And this deponent further sayth That hee is at this tyme duly and iustly indebted vnto seuerall persomes divers great somes of mony amounting in all to the Sume of S[ ] thowsand fowre hundreth eighty twoe Powndes Two thowsand five hundreth Pownds or thereabouts, which by Reason of this presente rebelljon & of the robberyes and his losses aforesaid he is notable to satisfy And further this deponent sayth
Era: Borrowes
Jur 3o Marcij 1641
John Sterne
Will: Hitchcocke
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And the said examination of Erasmus Borrowes esquire high sherrife of the County of Kildare and being executor vnto Edward Blounte esquire Late of Boulton in the said County of kildare taken by us
The said Erasmus Borrowes being
sworne vpon the holly evangelist
<further> deposeth that aboute the firs
of Nove: laste as he belleveth that
there was of debtes owinge to
George Blounte and his brothers
and sisters which is Loste by meanes
of this rebellion; (Pearse fitz
gerrald of Ballesonnan in the
County of Kildare havinge posessed
himselfe of his howse of boulton
in the said County of Kildare and
of all his Corne and Cattle) the sume of li. s. d.
I verrily belleue of debtes owinge ----------------2597-3-9
There was of goods Cattle and
severrall other Losses as he this
deponente belleveth to the some of ---------------4081-0-0
More this deponente belleveth
that the said George Blounte
will Loose in the Countys of
Kildare, queens County and
County of Carloe duringe
this rebellion the some of 700 li.
per annum which he might haue
made of his Lands before this
rebellion & for the present hath lost --------------700 li.-0-0
In toto -------------------------------------------------7378-3-9
Era: Borrowes
Jur 3o Marcij 1641
John Sterne.
William Hitchcocke
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Kildare
Erasmus Burrowes
Jur 3o Martij 1641
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