Deposition of William Halyday

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William Halyday late of the parish of Brukeny in the barony of orrary & within the County of Corke clerk (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined &c deposeth & saith That on or aboute Candlemas last he was robbed & forceably dispoiled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall followeing vizt worth 300 li.
Of his Cowes horses mares & swine to the value of six score pounds sterling Of houshould stuffe & hay to the value of twenty pounds sterling Of Corne in the haggard or house to the value of three sco re pounds sterling He likewise saith that by reason of this rebellion he was dispossessed of a farme of Ballytemple in the said parish & County woorth coibus annis above t he landlords rent thirtie pounds per annum haueing a lease of ten yeeres to come which he valueth to be woorth one hundred pounds sterling The totall of his losses amounts to three hundred pounds & that partly by the meanes of Ellne Barry widdow alias de Lacy & her tenants & followers whose names he knoweth not Besides this he lost by meanes of this rebellion the benefitt of his Church liueings vizt Brukeny Ballyhely & Carrigmenely in the said County woorth coibus anis one hundred & fiftie pounds per annum which he leaues to future Consideration & further he Cannot deposeth on e ly that one George Roberts (a protestant) was murthered aboute the 14th of May of this presente May by John oge & his brother of the said parish of Brukeny as the deponent is credibly informed
By me William Helliday
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Jurat coram nobis
25o May 1642
Phil: Bisse
Ric: Williamson

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The examination of
William Helyday
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