Deposition of Joane Crews

Collection: Bysse Depositions

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-08-20
Identifier: 823040r039

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Cork
Deposition Type: Bysse
Nature of Deposition: Killing, Robbery
Commissioners: James Wallis, Philip Bisse
Deposition Transcription:


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Joane Crews late of Mawlane in the parish of Rathcormock Baronry of Barrimore & county of Corke wid: duly sworne & Examined before vs by vertue etc, deposeth & sayth that on the twentyeth third of march of December last past and diuers times since the begining of this present rebellion in Ireland, she lost was robbed & forceably despoyled of her goods & chattells to the seuerall values following, vizt, value of 73 li.
<Of> horses to the value of fowrteene pownds Of houshold stuffe & houshold prouision linnen woollen & wearing apparrell to the value of thirty seaun pownds Of Implements of husbandry to the value of two pownds Of the benefit of a lease in Mowlane hauing a tearme of thirty years yet to come worth in which she conceius h e r selfe damnifyed the summe of twenty pownds the totall of her losses amounts to seaunty three pownds . she sayth that she was robbd by the Lord Roch & his Army March 22d last she also sayth that her husband William Crews was cruelly murdered on Mowlane aforesaid [ ] hauing then a fowling peice in his hand, which Peice John Burk of Rathcormock afforesaid gen on his death bed confessed in the audience of the wid: ffleshman of the same wid: that he knew it was now in the possession of Art mc Donnell of Glanefrehan & parish of Arnege in county of Corke gen & further she cannot depose
Joane [mark] Crews her marke
Jurat coram nobis 20 Aug
1642
Phil: Bisse
Jam: Wallis


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Joane Carews her
examinacon
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Cork
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Nu: 63

Deponent Fullname: Joane Crews
Deponent Gender: Female
Deponent Occupation: Widow
Deponent County of Residence: Cork
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: William Crews, John Burk, wid: ffleshman, Art mc Donnell
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Victim, Witness, Witness, Denounced