Deposition of Frances Hilgrove

fol. 350r

ffrancis Hilgroue Liueing of Miltowne in the parish of ffeicullen in the county of Kildare [ ] sowrne & examined deposseth that about [ ] the ffirst of December 1641 that John Lee of Rawbride & his {brother} Andrew Lee, Edward fitz Garrald of Plucretowne in Allen all in the County of Kildare {with} <A> there rebelious companie forceibly tooke ffrom him by Night tweenty & one English cowes which I he valueth to sixty & three pounds
two Mares & a horse which I he valueth to eight pounds
ffifty & three sheepe English sheepe which I he valueth to sixteene pounds
In houshold goods & provision which hay turff which I he valueth to tweety pounds
He further deposeth that M oreover the said Edward ffitz Garrald violently dispossesed him of his Mill at Miltowne aforesayd which he I had a lease of for tweenty & one yeares worth de claro 10 li. per annum which I he valueth at the losse of the profitt of [ ] fifty pounds ster losse when the Rebellion beg { an } one hundred pounds <There was> due vnto him in debts ten pounds the which he giveth for lost being [ ]{ } in the hands of rebels or of such who are beggerd by the rebels. He further deposeth {that} parts of the foresaid goods James fflasbury of Parmanston {in} [ ] the County of Kildare dispoyled and robed him { }
The hole some is of his losse is two hundred & seaventeene pounds
Jurat 29th April 1642
John Sterne
Hen: Brereton
And this deponent further sajth That he very well knoweth That {Rory} <B> More a principall Rebell hath divers tymes since the Rebelljon beg{an} frequented the house of Peter Sarsfeild at of Tullaghe in the Count{ie of} Kildare & there was freely Lodge d intertained [ ] and harbored there by the {said} Peter Sarsfeild, and the said Rory Mores souldjers billetted & enterta{ined} at seuerall places amongst the tenants of the said Sarsfeild. And {further} saith that the said Sarsfeild on the xvth day of this instant Ap{ril} sent victualls after the Army of the irish Rebells to releeve them But the ca{ } following the way after the english, & missing the passage {of the} irish forces: & comeing nigh & perceiveing the irish english colours, re{ } & fledde back with their provition [ ] to Tullaghe aforesaid,
ffrances { }
Jurat 23th of Apr: 1642
Hen: Brereton
J{ohn} Sterne
897

fol. 350v