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<63> John Dearnell of Rapheston in the parish of Gesh{ell} in the Kings Coun{tie} gent aged fiftye yeares or thereabouts beeinge duely sworne vppon the holye Euangelist & examined beffore vs the tenth daye of Januarye Anno domin i 1641 sayth deposeth & saith
<A> That vppon the first daye of December last there came to his this examinants house Philome Roe dempsye of Glanmelerye gent Barnabye Dempsey of Ballynekill gen{t} <hand> Hugh Dempsey of Ballywegh gent & his wife Edward Russell of the same gent & his wife, donnell Kelly of Ballykene gent., Nicholas Keatinge of Rahen yeoma{n} Tumbledon dempsey of the same yeoman, & diuers oth{er} Rebel { ls } in their Companye to this examinant vnknowne to the number of two hundred or thereabouts & about eleven of the clocke the same daye they beeinge al{l} of them armed in a Rebellyous manner some with gunnes some with pikes swords skeines & other weapons & broke downe the glasse windowes & Iron barres of his house & so entred in with their swords drawne & tooke from thence a{ll} his Beddinge plate ringes Juells, brasse pewter linn{en} & what soever they found in the house & they brought Carts & Carres & carryed it all awaye to the vallue of two hundred pounds & turned this examinant & his wife beeinge then great with childe & fiue small childr{en} out of dores allmost naked & tooke from him this examinate his shooes from his feete & there was taken from him beetweene six & seven hundred English sheepe worth two hundred & fifye pounds or neere thereabouts about threescore heads of English cattle worth two hundred pounds as many horses mares & Coultes {as} were worth twenty pounds Corne & haye in the haggard worth fiftye pou{nds} eight acres of wheate & beare in the ground worth thirtye pounds ster.
And this examinate sayth that hee had then a lease of Rapheston beeinge beeinge a plough {land} for thirtye six yeares & a halfe to come worth fort{y}
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pounds a yeare more then the lords rent this examinate haueinge disbursed with in buildinge incloseinge & fenceinge with quicksetts two hundred pounds & sayth that the same lease was worth three hunded pounds And further sayth that hee had a lease of the halfe ploughland of Ballinchristall for as longe tyme worth tenn pounds a yeare ouer & abou{e} the lords rent which this examinate vallued at a hundred pounds all which was & is taken from him this examinate by the rebells togither with his leases & acquittances for the payment of his rents & all other his writings the particulars whereof hee cannot remember & allso three pounds ster in reddye monney in the house. Att which tyme Mr Robert ffloyd of Geshell <B Mr> Joseph Peasly of the Iland Ralphe Wilkinson The Lord Digby and sundry others wer Robbed by the said Rebells and one Captain Dun was killed by one of the Rebells [as] Called Ross mc ffaly as it is reported, & The Rebells avouched the kings Commission for their accompt
Jo: Dearnelle
Jur xo Jan 1641 Coram nobis
Joh Watson
John Sterne
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The examinacion of John Dearnell of Rapheston gent
King’s County
Jur xo Jan: 1641
Cert f 1 dec
Intr