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Robert Mead of Brohill in the par i {sh} of Barynay in the Baronry of ffermoy & county of Corke Esquire
<Robert Meade of Broghill Esquire his losses>
A list and true Coppy of such goods Chattles and other losses and dammeges which I haue deliuered with his Maiesties Co mission and which I haue sustayned by the present Rebellion : togeather the value of the sayd losses
John oge Shean servant to Robert Mead of Broghill in the county of Cork Esquire deposeth that his said Master Robert Mead in the begining of the Rebellion cawsed to be
<A> Imprimis deliuered to Mr Garrat Gould seruant to the Lord Roch & by the Lord Roch his directions vnto mee for saftey by his letter which now are is lost) thirty oxen worth which my seruant John oge left at his Lordships mann e r of Castletowne in the Barrony of ffermoy & County of Corke value d 120 li.__00__00
More deliuered in Cowes & young Chattles vnto the sayd Garrat Gould servant vnto the sayd Lord Roch & by his appointment & directions receaued: valued at the sume of worth 190li__00
In h o rsses which Garrat Gould his Lordships servant had & left in his Lordships Custody valued 120 li.__00
In horses deliuered to his Lordship worth 120 li.
all hose Chattle and horsses deliuered to Garrat Gould servant to the Lord Roch and by his Lordship appointment & directions
In Chattle deliuered to Richard Walle a Rebell of Wales towne lost worth50 li.__00
< [ ] > In Chattle deliuered to Mr Richard Cushing of ffarrhoy lost in Rebellion worth 40 li.__00__00
In Chattle deliuered to Eddey Lacey < {O}f Browell in Baronry of {C}ashmagh Esqeer>
Esquir a rebell in the County of Limerick now lost valued in Rebellion worth 100 li.__00 00
<More> In Chattle which the said Eddey Lacey robbed him off mee off at Candelemas last past: valued worth 78 li. __00
In horsses: which the sayd Eddey Lacey robbed mee him off in the Rebellion value at 40 li.__00__00
In sheepe which the sayd Eddey Lacey robbed mee him off about the same time valued at 42 li.__00
In Swine which the sayd Eddey Lacey & his servants tenaunts robbed mee off about the same time 10 li.__00__
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In Corne in stackes which the sayd Eddey Lacey & his father in law Morrice Gould of Bally Teig in the parish of Browell aforesaid took away from hime at Broghill valued190 li.__10__00
more in horsses which the said Eddey Lacey took & robbed mee him off: about St Patricks day valued4 li.__00__00
more in Corne in stacks at the Rath which he the said Eddey Lacey John Supple of the Craggern gentleman Morrice Lacey of
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of Ballinpurbin in the County of Limmerick gentleman & Morrice Supple of Ballin Colloy in the sayd County gentleman thressed & violently robbed hime off when they beseiged the Castle of the Rath valued 60 li.__00
more the losse and ruinating of my his stoure howsse in Rathgongan: by burning & my his tennants howses belonging to the manner of the Rath at that time when they beseiged the sayd <C> Castle being in the month of Aprill past they the sayd Lacey & Supple & being the principall men only [ ] the losses of those howses & the rest of the tennanets: which I he sustayned by the sayd Eddey Laceys trerters: & the rest fornamed: valued 320 li.:
more the losses of howshold stuffe which the sayd Lacey & the rest carried away out of the New howsse by them taken valued at 20 li.__0
In plow tackling which the sayd Lacey carried away from Broghill valued 4 li.__00
more the losses which I he sustayned at Broghill by the sayd Laceys & Supples rebellion in burning my his howses valued at60 li._00
m more a lease of the lands of Rathgongan which I hold from the right Honourabl the Earle of Corke which I bought of Sir Percy Smyth knight and gaue 600 li fine for it besids the lords rent the improuement which I made yeerely of: was 80 li. hauing 25 yeers yet vnexpired lost to mee lost to mee by the meanes: of the sayd Lacey & Supples rebellion600 li.
more lost in Corne in stacke at Balihay & in howse threshed when the Lord mount Garrat & his brother the then Lords came down to Ballihay valued40 li.
In howsses & buildings the lost I sustayned the same time valued 60li.__00
The ma ner of Ballihay which my Grand Child Mary Smyth hath in morgage of 500 li.: and a lease taken by mee befoer the sayd morgage for which lease I gaue 600 li. ffine the improvement that I made
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yeerely out of those lands: was 360 li. the yeers vnexpired yet to come are 19 yeers or more my losses valued are 40 mee & mine 4000 li.
In hay lost at Ballihay by the Rebellion 8 li.__00__00
In Hay in stackes at Broghill: which Eddey Lacey & the Supples carried away & robbed mee him off valued 10 li.__00
In Corne in Ground at Broghill now sowon which I expect not to make any ben i fitt off valued 100 li.__00
In Corne in Ground at the Rath 100 li.__00
In Chattle which John Supple of the Craggan <D> tooke & robbed mee him off: about Candellmas & now in his Possession 50 li.__00
In horsses which the sayd John Supple robbed hime of about the same time valued 20 li.__00
In Chattle which Morrice Supple of BallinColey had of mine his lost valued32li.__00
In horsses which the sayd Morrice tooke away 6 li.__00
In Chattle horsses which Richard Gibbon m ore sonne to William Gibbon of K oelteege tooke away & robbed mee
In Horsses which Edmond mc Gibbon: & Richard mc William Gibbon sonne to William Gibbon of Keilt [enge] wy ge in the County of Corke tooke away & robbed mee him off valued 14 li.
In horsses at Thomestowne lost valued 4 li.__00__00
Besids divers others goods & chattells whereof the said Robert Mead the deponents said Mr was robbed & dispoiled
sum 6591 li.__00__00
Depts owing mee & due to mee him before and since the time of Rebellion & now lost which I expect to bee lost
<disen: protest:> Imprimis from William Dampior of Bragoge due to mee for Chattle which hee had of mee: 88 li.__00
<Rebell> more due to mee by bill from Edward & James ffourd of Ballihay the sume 10 li.__00__00
<Reb:> more due to mee by bill from William Gibbon of Koilteigewige the sume of 9 li.__10 s.
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<Reb:> more due to mee by bill from the Rebell Dauid Gibbon <f> of Ballikeat in the County of Limmericke the sume 13 li.__00
more due to mee by bill from the Rebells James Donworth & Nicholas o Moeny & John Powell & others the two seuerall rebells [ ] 17 li.__00
more due to mee of one Richard Cushings of farrey in the County of Corke by bill 20 li.__00
more due to mee him from the Rebell James Wall of <Reb:> Killmallock Alderman in Rebellion the sume of 114 114 li. 10
Robert Mead of Broghill esquier
all those losses I hee receaued Cheefely by the Lord mount Garret the lord Roch: Eddey Lacey Morrice Lacey John Supple & Morrice Supple there means: & by there acts & rebellion as wittness my hand: the 24th of May 1642164
Robert Meade
And further the deponent saith that
the names of those English & other persons which were executed & murthered at the stoure howsse of Rathgongan when the Castle was beseiged are as followeth vizt John Hall: Hugh Dare John<G> Mantino: Ranedole Stonne: John Atkings: all those were cruelly murthered by Commad from Eddy Lacy John Supple: Morrice Lacy & Morrice Supple besids Jone Persy the daughter of Tristran Percy carried home as a servant to Morrice Lacey housse of Ballipurkine & there murthered & Morrice Cornelius o Conker seruant to Mr John Suthwell & Robert Percy Kileadly Robert Donworth & many women & Children the sur uiu ing widows & children of those aforenam’d persons were [ ] murdered & hang’d or otherwise striped & turned away stark naked which cost them there liues afterward by extreame cold: all this trechery & murthers wasere Committed by the aboue sayd persons there act: in about the midle 30 day of march this I testify vnder my hand this 24th of may 1642
Robert Meade
This note of Robert Meads losses was deposed vpon oath to be true in euery particular by John Oge Shean his only seruant the rest are fled to the rebells & the said Robert Mead being absent & disenabled in body
John Oge [mark] Shean
Jurat coram nobis 27th of
May 1642
Phil: Bisse
Tho: Bettesworth
li.s. d.
0934__0__0
164__0__0
4481__10__0
0164__00__0
6743__10__0
John oge Shean
Cork
R
Nu: 62