Examination of Oliver Walsh

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The Examinacion of Oliver Walshe gent Exigentur of his Maiesties Court of Common pleas in the kingdome of Ireland taken before vs the firste daie of Marche 1641, By vertue of his Maiestie s Co mission vnder the great Seale &c.
The said Examy nant being e sworne & examined deposeth and saith That his Rents issueing out of his Lands & possessions in the Queenes Countie at the tyme of the breakinge out of this Rebellion Amounted vnto aboute Twoe hundred & ffourscore pounds by the yeare And further saith that he before, and at the tyme of this rebellion did keepe to himselfe for the maintenance of his stocke of Cowes oxen sheepe garrans horses and other Cattle and vnder his plowinge as much land as would yeald him to be sett for rent (accordinge as he had sett his other lands) the rent of ffourscore pounds by the yeare. And the Examinante ffurther deposeth That he hath a Mortgadge of Twoe Thowsand Nyne hundred pounds vppon the rent & reuersion of his Lands in the Queenes Countie which is in greate danger to be Lost by reason of this Rebellion Soe that he accounteth to be deprived dureinge the Contynuance of this Rebellion of Three hundred & Threescore pounds by the yeare besides his said monyes vppon the Mortgage aforesaid. By reason that some of his Tenants beinge Englishmen were robbed & stript of all their goods and driuen to forsake their holdings, and most of his Tenants that were Irishmen (as he conceiveth and heard from others) are gone into Rebellion. And besides his said Lands lyeing remote from Dublin, are not likely a Longe tyme after peace to be brought to that habitation & improvement againe, as they were at the breakinge out of this wicked rebellion ____ 360 li. per annum 2900 li. mortgadge
And he ffurther deposeth That he hath bene at the Chardge of aboue one hundred pounds (as he conceiveth) vppon parte of his said Lands in the Queenes County, where he dwelled by buildinge, ditchinge, & other improvements, and nowe receaueth noe benefitte thereby by occasion of this Rebellion ____ 100 li.
And the Examinant further deposeth That he hath seuerall Leases in the Queenes Countie which he acquired vppon valuable consideracion in payeinge good ffynes & incumbs for them and buyeing other mens interest for yeares in lands for mony, some of which Leases are for the space of neare fforty yeares to come, and other Leases for a shorter tyme in all which if the Examinante would sell his interest before these troublesome tymes he would not haue taken the summ of ffive hundred pounds for them: which he is deprived of dureing this Rebellion ______ 500 li.
And he ffurther deposeth That by occasion of this Rebellion he is deprived of all the profitts of his office and other imployments which he had in this kingdome wherein he conceiveth to loose one hundred pounds per annum dureing the contynuance of this Rebellion ___ 100 li. per annum
And the Examinante ffurther deposeth That there are seuerall Arreares of rents and other debts due vnto him by specialities and otherwaies in this kingdome Amountinge to aboue one Thowsand six hundred pounds some of which debtors beinge Englishe & Scottish protestants (as this examinante heard by some of themselues & otherwaies are Robbed & vndone by the Rebells and others of them beinge Papists are reported to be gone into Rebellion soe that the most parte of these debts by occasion of this Rebellion are (as he conceiveth) become desperate and this examinante likely to bee deprived thereof or of the most parte thereof by reason of this
Rebellion ____ 1600 li.

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<A> And the Examinante ffurther deposeth That in december last, and since that tyme some of the Rebells vizt the Brangans, Conrans and one Thomas Kelly & diuers others of the Rebells vnder the comaunde of Mr Henry Dempsie William Cossby alias Captaine Kelly & others of the Rebells tooke awaie from the Examinante aboute the Number of Threescore Cowes & oxen small & great which he conceiveth to be then worth one hundred pounds of all which the examinante is deprived by occasion of this Rebellion ______ 10{0 li.}
The Examinante ffurther deposeth That the said Rebells haue at the same tyme, and some of them with other Rebells at other tymes since, as the examinante heard & beleeueth to be true forcibly taken away about the number of Twenty plowe garrans, Mares & horses which he conceauedth to bee then worth ffiftie pounds, which the Examinante Accompteth to loose and to be deprived of by reason of this present Rebellion ______ 5{0 li.}
The Examinante ffurther deposeth That he hath heard and beleeueth it to be true that the Rebells in the Queenes Countie haue taken awaie with them the Examinants Corne out of his haggard in Carts and Carrs, and disposed thereof as they pleased for the maintenance of their Army & otherwise which he conceiveth to be worth at the least one hundred pounds of which he accounteth himself deprived, by occasion of this Rebellion ______ 10{0 li.}
The Examinant ffurther saith That (as he conceiveth), at the beginning of this Rebellion he had aboute three hundred sheepe and saith that some of them were taken away by the Rebells. But the certaine Number of them that were taken, or whether they are all taken away this examinante cannot certainely sett downe vntill he receaue further informacion from his servants in the Country which he can hardly doe by reason that all the waies are soe besett with rebells But yet this Examinante is verily perswaded & beleeueth that they are all taken away by the Rebells Longe before this tyme which he conceiveth were well worth aboue Threescore pounds which he accounteth to be deprived of by this Rebellion ______ {60 li.}
And the Examinant ffurther deposeth That vppon his goeinge to his house in the Queens Countie after the end of the last Michealmas terme He left Locked vpp in his Truncke at his chamber in the Kings Innes of Court in Dublin in Ready siluer & gold about the summ of Threescore and Thirteene pounds and left the key of his Chamber with one Richard Wale (then servant to the Examinante) for to lodge there at nights after which vizt in December last the examinante beinge in the Country the said Richard Wale, William Dearinge & William Smith (as this deponent hath <B> bene creddibly informed) combyned together to breake the Locke of the examinants said Truncke, and soe which done they tooke out & carryed awaie with them the said Threescore and Thirteene pounds of the examinants moneyes, and shortly after went into Rebellion, as this examinante heard by diuers reported that had seene them in Rebellion. And he ffurther deposeth That after the Examinants coming to Dublin, and findinge the Locke of his Truncke broke vppon and his said moony taken awaie he had Conferrence with one Bridgett Wale sister vnto the said Richard Wale, whoe tolde this examinante that shee sawe with her said Brother twoe Baggs of siluer, and some golde in his hand, wherevppon shee desireing some mony of him to buy her shoes, he said to her that the said money was this Examinants and that he durst not give her any of it. Soe that this Examinante is like to bee for euer deprived of his said moneyes, by occasion of this Rebellion _____ 7{3 li.}

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<C> And the Examinante ffurther deposeth That in December last beinge travailinge vpp to Dublin on the kings highway neare Ballysonan in the Countie of Kildare he was ouertaken by a company of Rebells vizt Hugh O Garran Patrick O Bryine & diuers others whose names he knoweth not whoe were vnder the Commaunde of Pierce fitz Gerrald of Ballysonan aforesaid Esquire whoe tooke away from the Examinante his twoe horsses aboue ffoure pounds in mony, his Coate that cost him Three pounds a litle before tyme, his swords, his Lynnen, and seuerall othe necessaryes to the value of Tenn pounds or thereabouts which he is deprived of by occasion of this Rebellion _____ 10 li.
And the Examinante ffurther deposeth That he sustained seuerall other Losses in goods plate Lynnen & other household stuffe, which he Cannot nowe estimate nor sett downe certainely and precisely ffor want of informacion from the Country: But desireth maie hereafter bee Added herevnto, when hee shall receaue full informacion thereof ______
And this Examinante saith That vppon the whole Matter he accompteth to loose dureinge the contynuance of this Rebellion in his yearely Rents offices and imployments the summ of ffoure hundred and Threescore pounds by the yeare _____ 460 li. per Annum
And in goods & Chattells debts Arreares of rent, Ready mony and otherwise <aboue> the summ of Twoe Thowsand ffive hundred pounds, which he is likely to bee deprived of by occasion of this Rebellion ______ 2500 li.
Besides the said Twoe Thowsand Nyne hundred pounds which is vppon the Mortgadge of his Lands in the Queenes Countie, which he doubteth is in great danger to become desperate, and he likely to bee deprived thereof dureinge the contynuance of this Rebellion ____ 2900 li.
Summ totalis ______________________ 5860 li.
Oliver Walsh
Jurat vto Martij 1641
John Sterne
Hen: Brereton

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The Examinacion of Oliver Walshe Exigentar of his Maiesties Court of Common pleas in the kingdome of Ireland Concearning his Losses sustained by this Rebellion
Jurat: Martij 5o. 1641
Cert f Intr