Deposition of George Fawcett

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George ffawcett late of the Dorris in the Com Kings County Taylor being duely sworne sayth That at or about the Tenth of December last past he was robbed of his Cattell being 4 Cowes and twoe heyferes worth ten Pounds ster of Corne worth fforty shillings of howsehold goods apparell and provision for his howse worth Eight pounds {and} of a howse & 4 acres of ground to it which he had a Lease of 45 yeares to come, worth to be sold Sixteene pounds ster, in regard of the buylding he had bestowed on it and the gardens and fences he had made about it and he verily beleeues & feares he shall neuer enioy & haue againe: The summ of all his sayd losses amounting to Thirty Six pounds ster. All which were taken away and done by the meanes of <A> Art O Mulloyh Mulloy of Raleene in the said County and his followers, whoe alleadged and sayd they had the Kings Maiesties Commission in print with his seale vppon u nto it to rob & strip the English and to drive them into their owne Countrey again. This deponent further saith that [ ] upon St Johns Day in Christmas Last Captain Robert Smith of the Eglisshe in the Barony of Eglise in the Kings County [of] going out of the Castle of Daren Lough alias the Inse [ loghfore ] in the same County and Barony to fetch in hey and <B> oates (for the releefe of those [ ] his horses in the said Castle for his Maiesties service) with about twenty eight sixe English Protestants in his company was upon his returne besett and assaulted by Art o Moloy of the Raleen in the County aforesaid gent Esquire Colonnell of a Regiment of the [ ] Rebells and forces & Captaines & [ ]
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George ffawsetts losses
May 23d 1642
Ex [ ] 36 li.
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