Deposition of Michaell Cusacke

fol. 370r

Michaell Cusacke servant to Robert Lord Bishope of Kilfeno{ra} deposseth that about the 20th of December there cam to the number of fourtie Rebles or there abouts souldiers to Edward Hussie of Malhussie in the County of Meath to the howse of his said Lord <A> & Maister in the towne of Larraghbrine & Countie of Kildare and from thence tooke from the said Lord Bishops servants in howsehold=goods to the value of ten pounds Afterward one Christopher ffitzgarrett with others Rebells of his Company cam & seized the howse & Lands of the said Lord Bishopp & there contin{ued} dwelling and hath lost & spent to wasted and taken from the said Lord Bishopp in Corne & hay the value of thirtie pounds ster: And that he the said lord Bishop hath lost in Corne for which was oweinge him from Nicholas Donough Richard Donou{gh} and Patrick Donough to the number of fiftie & seaven barrels stood indebted vnto him valued at twenty seaven pounds And by this Rebellion the said lo: Bishop Lost in Rents due at Michalmas out of the towne of Larraghbrine Twenty pounds, and more [ ] there wil{ } due at our Lady day next fourty pounds, And the said lord Bishop was thereby deprived {of} The towne & lands of Larrag{ } <120 li. per annum> worth yearly one hundred & twenty pounds & is like to be deprived o f the future proffits thereof v [ ] ntill a peace be setle{d} Lo st & of fiue horses wor{th} <B> seaventeene pounds which were taken by John welsh of Moretown in the Countie of Kildare and Garrett ffitzgarrett of the said County about the 19th & 23th of December last, lost in And of debts due by specialties one hundred threescoore & three pounds three shillings & three shillings & three pence, som whereof are of the debt is being in actual{l} Rebellion and the rest soe Robd & despoyld (if not murthe{rd)} that there is no likelyhood of recoveringe any part thereof Lost in And of Rents due out of his Bishoppricke of Kilfenora & other Comendams at our Lady day last one hundred threescoore & nyne pounds, The Bishoppricke & Comendams worth yearly three hundred thirty & eight pounds
<338 li. per annum
934 li: 3: 3&
600 li.-00-00
1534: 3 s. 3 d.
In toto 458 li. per annum>
And further this deponent deposseth that about the 26th of december he this deponent was by the Rebells dispoiled & robbed of lost two mares & a Colt worth ten pounds by whom as yett he knoweth not
Mich: Cusack
Jurat xvijth Martij 1641
John Sterne
William Hitchcocke
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