Deposition of Theobald Brenn

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Theobald Brenn minister of the parrish Church of Corthlone in the Queens County sworne & exam examined deposeth and saith That since the begining of the present Rebellion and by meanes thereof hee hath beene & still is deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his goods and chattells of the values following vizt of howshold stuff worth 5 li. Cowes garrons and horses worth 40 li. Corne 150 li. The proffitts of his tythes and Church Liveinges & the arreres of the values thereof amounting to CCClxxxx li. & of the interest of his leas of Ballikilcavan worth 20 li. And <600 li. 585 li. presente losse 170 li. per annum> this deponent is like to be deprived of and loose the future proffits improvement meanes & Church liveing worth Clxx li. powndes per annum vntill a peace be established: And further sayth that the parties Rebells that soe robbed him of his goods are theis that follow vizt William Cosby alias Kelly <A> now or late of Garrimadock in the queens County now Captain of Rebells Hugh Connor of Derrybrock & governor of the Castle there with his Brether e n Terlogh Murtogh & Brinn, William Dollard of the great wood in the same County a late Trooper in Sir Geo: Wentworths troope Company company & Tho: Dollard his brother another of those troopers: Whoe run to the Rebells & carryed with them the kings arms William Casie of <B> Ballikilcavan in the same County yeoman Henry Dempsie Esquire brother to the lord Clanmeleroe, and a greate number of the dempsies & others the Complicees or souldiers of the lord of Clanmaleroe: And that as this deponent hath credibly heard & verely beleeveth the parties Rebells that robbed him of his goods within the County of Catherlaghe were & are Walter Bagnall of Dunleekny in the County of Catherlaghe & his Rebellious Crew: And this deponent about 3 months since sending by one he a Messinger belonging to Captain Greames in the parish of Dunleckny to demand his this Deponents {Rents}
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from his tenants there to whome he had lett his personages <C> & meanes vizt from one Hugh ffagan of Kilcarrick Edw: Poore of Kildrinaghe Richard Synott all of the said parrish: And the messinger as he told this deponent demanding of them them the said rents accordingly Their answere to him was That they kept the Rents of his this deponents parsonage and meanes there to the vse of the Catholique army, And the deponent further sayth that the Rebells at Athy at Christmas last brake into one Richard Barbers howse in Athy in the night tyme And he desireing them to save his liffe They answered they would not leave an Englishman alive & therevpon they slashed & cutt him all to peeces In soe much as his frends could hardly discerne whoe he was, And they alsoe murthered the same night one William whoe was a Carrier, and all other tymes seuerall others english and amongst the Rest they murthered one Nicholas Squirrell
Theobald Brenn
Jur 25o Nov: 1642
Joh Watson
Will: Aldrich

Queens {County}
Theobald Bren Jur 25 Nov: 1642
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