Deposition of Walter Croker

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Lieutenant Walter Croker late of Curriglasse in the parish of M o gely in the barony of Cosmore Kilnetallo n & within the County of Corke gentleman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by vertue of his Maiesties Comission beareing date &c deposeth and saith That on or aboute shroue tide last & diuers times &c since he was robbed of goods worth 616 li. 16 s.
Of one Cowe & one horse to the value of fiue pounds Of goodes and houshould stuffe to the value of six pounds thirteene shillings The deponent saith that by meanes of this rebellion he was dispossessed of his farme of Modeligoe woorth Coibus annis aboue the landlords rent three score & seaven teene pounds thirteene shillings & six pence per annum haueing a Tearme therin of three liues to come which lease he valueth to be woorth foure fiue hundred three score & nyne pounds Of another farme of the halfe plow land of Mogeely Castle Curry yglasse woorth nyne pounds per annum aboue the land lords rent haueing a lease therin of twenty seaven yeeres to come which lease the deponent valueth to be woorth three score & fiue pounds The deponent saith that by meanes of this presente rebellion his houses orchards & gardens & fences at C u rriglasse afores a id were & spoiled & ruina ted together with a certayne losse of rent to his losse & damadge of fortie pounds The totall of his losses amounts to fiue six hundred foure score & fiue pounds & thirteene sixteene thirteene shillings & he was robd by the rebells in those parts whose names he knoweth not besides the losse of the yeerly Revenue of three score & sixteene pounds due out of the said land of Curriglasse for

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seuerall yeeres to come which he leaues to consideration The deponent saith that aboute the later end of Aprill the Towne of CapperQuin in the said County County of Waterford was assaulted by the vndernamed persons aboute 1 a clocke in morneing in a warlike & [ ] hostile manner vizt <B> by Edmond ffennell heard by Carrig, in the County of Tipperary (a reputed Capteine among the rebells) John Sherlocke fitz Patricke of Mothill in the County of Tipperary Waterford Esquire another capteine among the rebells Thomas mc donell mc Cragh of Curraghnesledy in the said County of Waterford gentleman Thomas mc Morris fitz Gerrald of the parish of Ringogona Ensigne & diuers others in company with them consisting of the number matter of seaven hundred choise men wherin they Comitted Comittted many trayterous & outragrous actions burneing to the number matter of fifteene houses in the said Towne & killing & murthering many of the Townesmen men women & children vizt Richard Lowde{n} of the same glouer, Nicholas Wale of the same broge maker Agnis Suger of the same spinster Er{}ine Suger of the same spinster Thomasie Saunders of the same spinster Elizabeth Saunders of the same wife to Robert Saunders of the same mercer Margrett Nance wife to Henry N ance Taylour Alsis Browne wife to Zachar i as Browne [ ] Mary Groute spinster { } and Allsis Hill widdowe And ffurther he cannot depose
Walter Croker
Jurat coram nobis 12o Aug:
1642
Phil: Bisse
Jam: Wallis

The examination of Lieutenant
Walter Croker
Corke
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