Deposition of John Crews

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John Crews of Birr als Parsonstowne in the Kinges County Inhoulder sworne and examined sajth That hee this deponent since the begining of the present Rebellion, and by meanes thereof was deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his meanes, goods & chattells consisting of Beasts Cattle horses Mares geldings corne Malt, his howses & buildings which were burnd & consumed, howshold goodes Provision debts bookes hay & other things of the value, and to his damage of seven hundreth nyntie powndes & above: By John McGarrott Coghlan of Horncastle in the kings County Esquire Art Molloy of Raleene in the same County Esquire & John McTeige ô Carroll of the Leape in the same County Esquire Rob Captain John Grace ofin the County of Tipperarie gent John Tue fitz Williams sonn vnto Robert Tue Late of the Birr aforesaid gent Teige oge ô Carroll of Rahmore in the kinges County gent Phillip o Rely this deponents Late servant and Hugh ô Rely his brother and James Roe another of his servants All which persons together with a multitude of other Rebells whome this deponent cannott certenly name burned this deponents howses together with the towne of Birr aforesaid (as the said Phillip o Rely afterwards confessed to this deponent And by Colonell Preston the great Comander of Rebells & his Army whoe forceibly robbed him & his this deponents neighbours of all their howsehold goodes. When he subdewed & tooke in the Castle of Birr: And further saith that the Rebells that did partake with & assist the said Colonell Preston in the beseegeing and takeing in of the Birr & robbing of the English & Comitting divers Cruelties and outrages are theis that follow vizt vizt John ô Carroll of Clonlisk in the kinges County Esquire & John his sonn John McTeige ô Carroll of the Leape Esquire Charles Carroll ofnere Roscree gent Luke Delahyde of Castletowne Esquire (a notorious Rebell) John McGarrott Coghlan of Horn Castle Esquire Art Molloy of Raleene aforesaid Esquire John Molloy of Kelleine gent: Nicholas Harbert the yonger of killeine Esquire John Grace of T all of the Kinges County John Grace of in the County of Tipperary gent Robert Tue & John Tue his sonn abovenamed Richard Butler ofin the said County of Tipperary gent Michaell Laxton
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<C> Laxton of Camgord in the Kings County gent James Coghlan ofin the Kings County gent Donnell mcArt ô Molloy of in the Kings County gentleman John Leicester of Kilcormack in the kings County Esquire Teige oge ô Carroll of Rahmore in the Kings County gent Teige Michaell Magillafoile of Shanrone in the kinges County Esquire Oliver Harbert of sonn vnto Nicholas Harbert of killeine in the kinges County aforesaid Gentleman and divers others a great multitude of others whose names hee cannott now call to mynd: And further saith that the Erle of Castlehaven did likew and Sir Robert Talbott knighte did Likewise assist & partake with the other Rebells in the subdewing & beseegeing of the said Castle of Birr. And the said Erle (in this deponents hearing) confessed to the Lady Phillips, that he himself had discharged against the said Castle, divers peeces which he then thought might haue hitt the Ladies but Howbeit it mist them: The said Erle then further saying To the said Ladie Phillips That she and the rest did well to yeeld vpp the Castle for otherwise they would have beene shott or to that effect And the said erle afterwards convoyed that Lady and this deponent & the rest from the Castle of Birr as farr as Mountmellick towards Dublin
John Crewes
Jur 10o Aprilis 1643
Joh Watson
Hen: Brereton

Kings County
Mr John Crews Jur xo Aprilis 1643
Cert fact
Intw

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