Deposition of James Bruce

fol. 231r

1246
James Bruce of the parish of Coole within the Countey of Corke Clerke duly sworne and examined before vs by vertue of &c deposeth and sayth That about the fifteenth fiue & Twentieth day of December Last past and at seuerall other tymes since the beginning of this Rebellion in Ireland he Lost was robbed & forceably spoyled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values following
Imp. of his Cowes horses and mares to the value of Tenne pounds of hay in the haggard to the value of Thirty shillings.
This deponent further sayth that by meanes of this Rebellion he was dispossessed of a farme called Cooleagowne wherin he had a lease of Twenty yeares to come and that he is damnified to the value of of Thirty pounds
This deponent further sayth that by meanes of this Rebellion he Lost the benefitt of an other farme called Ballibrowny within the parish of Rathgormok in the Countey of Corke aforesaid wherin the had a lease of fiue yeares to com worth to this deponent Communibus annis ouer and aboue the Landlords rent Thirteene pounds sixteene shillings and tenne pence wherby this deponent supposeth him selfe damnified to the value of Thirty pounds
Of debts which this deponent accompteth to be good, to the summe of Three and Twenty pounds ster: due from the vndernamed persons William Streete <whose state is impouerished by this {rebellion}> of the parish of Coole and Countey aforesaid fifteene pounds being a brittish protestant murthered by the Cundens at Coole aforesaid Dermod mc Donnogh & Morris ô Heaffe of Knockmorne in the sayd County of Corke Irish impouerished but not in actuall Rebellion And noe satisfaction to be gotten of eyght pounds.
The totall summe of his Losses amounteth to Ninety fower pounds and Tenne shillings
This deponent further sayth that he was Robbed in those partes but by whom he knoweth not And farther he cannot Depose
James Bruce
Jurat coram nobis 20 Aug:
1642
Phil: Bisse
Jam: Wallis

fol. 231v

1247

The examination of
James Bruce
Cork