Deposition of Francis Dade

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ffrancis Dade of Dollardstowne in the County of Kildare Esquire sworne & examjned deposeth and sajth: That hee hath seene, heard red, and considred of the deposicion now taken of Tho Gowlding this deponents sheppard & servant & sayth that the same deposicion concerning this deponents losses by meanes of the present Rebelljon is very true: He this deponent suffering greatly thereby & being the most most sensible thereof & is verely perswaded that the rest of the said Tho: Gowldings deposicon is alsoe true And further saith that hee this deponent by reason of this present
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Rebellion hath lost or otherwise is dispoyled of debts due & owing vnto him by seuerall persons that are quite gone away to avoid the danger of the Rebellion and from which the deponent is verely perswaded he shall never gett any satisfaccion amounting to the some of one hundreth seventie three pownds ster, above and besides his other Losses All which together cast vpp amount to twoe thowsand fowre hundreth Eighty seven pownds ster
ffranc: Dade
Jur xxjo Aprilis 1642
Hen: Brereton
William Hitchcocke

<A> And this deponent ffrancis dade in addition to his former examinacion saith: That over and besides his losses abouesaid: he left in the beging begining of the presente Rebellion in the hands of Elizabeth Countesse dowager of Kildare whilest she was accounted lojall subt to be kept in trust for him & to be restored vpon demand divers howseholdgoods plate Jewells lynens his wifes wearing apparell & other things worth CC li. and fled to her for saffty which goods the said Countesse after she went into rebellion wrongfully and by force deteined from him though he hath demanded them & after vsed him very wickedly And since the takeing of his former examinacion the deponent by meanes of the Rebellion hath bin alsoe forceibly deprived and dispoyled of corne which he left sowne in the grounds at Grangroshnalvine worth CC li. & above [which] by the servants tenants and souldiers and warders of the said Countesse her howse And whoe alsoe robbed him since the takeing of his former examinacion of horses geldings mares Cowes & other things worth Six hundred pownds: And further saith that on the iiijth <B> of September last 1643 the Erle of Castlehaven with an Irish army of 2000 or 3000 men forceibly & in hostile manner en brought greate ordinance of the
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to the deponents howse of dollerdstonn in the said County of Kildare And after nyne shott therewith made at the same those the deponents wiffe and those other that held it were inforced to surrender it wherevpon 5 of the deponents souldjers were then and there by his lordships direccion hanged to death & 5 or 6 more of the townsmen were slaine, And the deponent for his part was before that time was sent prisoner to Kilkae with twoe of his daughter s & there restrained for tenn dayes or thereabouts: but when the deponent s said howse was surprised sea s ed on this deponent was exchanged & released for an irish Rebell prisoner called fferdorogh Hickie And the deponent saith That by the [ ] surprising of his said howse & losse of his goods therein & his crop of Corne on those grounds hee was <C> dampnified 500 li. at least: And further saith that after the Cessation of armes the said Countesse of Kildare & captain ffitzgarrald forceibly tooke from him this deponent about 150 barrells of corne worth 180 li. although the Comissioners for thenglish and irish vpon the treaty of Cessation ordered and gaue warrant that the deponent should haue the same paying the fowrth sheaf fr to the said Captain ffitzgarreld that held his said howse since dampnified And the deponent hath bin and is expelled & & is still like to be deprived of his said howse & farme worth clerely 100 li. per annum vntill a peace be established: & hath accompteth that he hath now lost 3 yeres proffitt thereof comeing to 300 li.
ffranc: Dade
<Dr J Mr B>
Jur vt supra iterum
14 Jan: 1643
Hen: Jones
Hen: Brereton.

Kildare
Tho: Gowlding &
ffrancis Dade Jur
21 Apr 1642
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Kildare
Mr ffrancis Dade and Tho:
Goulding Jur 21o Apr 1642
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