Deposition of James Swash

fol. 379r

[A copy of this document is in MS 815,

fol. 57r

]
[1359]
<34 Queens> James Swash & his wife of the parish of Moyana Q County duely sworne the day & year aboue written dwelling in Balle Thomas in the said parish was re <Exr> robbed of 3 cowes to the valew of 6 li. by the Dempsies of Clanmalee <Q C> and was robbed further to the valew of 10 li. in househould goods by William Cosby formerly a protestant and the seruants of <B Intr> Henry Starling formerly a Protestant or his seruants and kindred lived which starling lived in Killone the parish of Killmoy in the Qeenes <symbol> County: and further deposeth that the sayd Brian Dempsie professed & most cruelly protested that they dealt so cruelly with them & the rest in stripping & soe most cruelly using them was because that some of our priests ha{d} killed two of the Queenes Priests and that when they had roasted them & so presented them to the Queene at her table, where upon shee begged such a Boone of the King that they should utterly destroy all the Protestants out of Ein Ireland; & if they were not presently gone out of the Kingdome they migh Kill, drowne, burne; or put to any torment & that for the space of 3 yeares. and further threatened that if eue{r} they heard that wee cald them Rebels: that they would most cruelly murther us: for the were no Rebels but discontented gentlemen. And further deposeth that the
<C> names of the Rebels: Edmond O dooley a neere kinsman of <Q C> Rorry O Moore dwelling at BelleThomas in the Parish of Moyana and that all the Dempsies of Clanmaleere, & the Brittas are all Rebells with all their tenants who were neere nighbours to u{s} & of our familiar acquaintance: but now they haue brough{t} us to extreame miserie for both hunger & could: and further saith it was reported by the Rebells that Rorie O More had the Qeene & her mother in his Coach with him that the coach was most richly hung with iewels & that {this} coach was attended by 500 to wait upon her; & that the Qeene because the business was not more furthered, by & for feare the { } should be any way disapoynted shee & her mother was comon {over} purposely to see it executed to the full
James [mark] Swash his mar{k}
& Mary [mark] his wifes m{ark}
<Jurat John Sterne Randall: Adams>