Deposition of William Eams

Date: 1642-10-14

Identifier: 823157r146

County: Cork

Deposition Type: Bysse

Nature of Deposition: Apostacy, Arson, Assault, Captivity, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Stripping, Words, Lost By Debt

Commissioners: Philip Bisse, Robert Southwell, Tristram Whetcombe

Deposition Transcription:

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William Eams late of the castle & towne of Askeaton gentleman in the Baronry of Conneleh & County of Corke gen, duly sworne & examined before vs by vertue etc: deposeth & sayth that on the 15th of Jan: last, & diuers times since the begining of this present rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goods & chattells to the seuera{ll} values following, vizt worth 2161 li.
<A> Of Cowes Oxen & sheepe & horses & mares to the value of foure fiue seuen eight hundred ninety [ ] pownds fifty and twelue seaunty & [nine?] Of houshold goods furniture & prouision to the value of one hundred & fiue pownds . Of gardn comodityes to the value of fow{er} pownds . Of Implements of husbandry to the value of fiue pownds . Of Corne in haga{rd} to the value of one hundred & forty pownds . Of plate & ready mony to the value of summe of one hundred & twenty pownds . also h Of Corne in ground to the value of eighty pownds Also he sayth that he was by this rebellion dispossesst of a lease of Bally England, bei ng one ploughland, hauing a mil l thereon with a beneficiall turfe bogg nere Aske a ton hau{ing} a tearme of twenty nine years to come, worth ere the begining of this rebellion eight and thirty fo w rty pownds per annum ouer & aboue the land Lords wherein he conceue himselfe damnifyed to the value of [two] three {hun}dred & sixty pownds . he Also he sayth that on the 20 of August last he had one stone house at Askeaton burned by our forces to preuent the rebbells, to the value of two hundred po{wnds} Of debts, to the s u mme of twenty fiue pownds, which ere this rebellion were esteemed good debts, but now become desperate, by reason the Debtours are out in actuall rebellion as Dennis O Breyne of Balliberna ge n , Donnell mc Murragh of Ballyengland myller . the {totall} of his losses in goods & chattells amounts to the value of one two thousand seauen 8 hundred {&} one pownds, besids together with the losse of the benefit of two plowland of Kilbreedy where {he} had a tearme of three liues worth besids the Land Lords rent fifty pownds per annu{m} where in he is damnifyed three hundred pownds of the summe which he leaueth to consideracion . He also sayth that on the 15th of Jan: aforesaid Anno domini 1641, John Lycet & James Lycet of Kilcaerelo in the Barony of Keury gentleman: {&} <A> diuers others came from the towne of Adare & then & there did forceably with sword & skeains and tooke from the lands of Kilbreedy in the parish of KilCornan in the bar{onry} of Keury fiue hundred & fifty fatt weathers, & barren Ewes with fowrty cowes. About the 20th of Jan: last came vpon the lands aforesaid, John mc Edmond Gerral{d} of Currobridge gen & the Eldest son of William Cam ffitz Gerrald of Bewlane gen John mc Tibbot nere Adare gen: in said baronry & county, with diuers others to the n{um}ber of one hundred, & by force of arms tooke from thence sixty Cowes. The 2d of ffeb{r:} last there came vpon the lands aforesaid one Richard mc Shane Gerrald Gerrald Capt Leiutenant to Leiutenant Generall Purcell, dwelling lately in the parish of Adare , in the Baron{ry} and county aforesaid gen & by force of arms tooke from thence one gelding six mares wi{th} their colts, & diggd vp 8 gardens of Potatoes .On the 10th of ffebr: last came the seruants of Patrick Pursell of BalinCarrig in baronry & county aforesaid gen {and} tooke from the aforesaid lands, eight Cowes that were there left. On the 13o of ffe{br:} last there came vpon the lands of Bally England in the parish of Askeaton Garrald {ffitz} Gerrald of Ballyglahan gent James ffitz Gerrald of Palace gen: Redmond Purcell o{f} <B> Balincarrigg gen: Tho: Dondon of Ballystephen gen & by force of arms did thras{h} & take away 7 mowes of Corne in the haggard. tooke away also thirty Cowes & pl{ough} oxen, sixteene plough horses, & mares, with his Implements of husbandry, with woodn vessels { } tables forms & doors & some garden stuffe; the 20 of ffebr: last came Richard mc Shan{e} Gerrald aforesaid with his Brother John Oge Gerrald, nere Adare gen with diuers others a{nd} by force of Arms tooke from the lands, aforesaid, fiue hundred & thirty ewes & 20 rams. On the third of Aug: last Dermodt mc Teig of the towne of Askeaton yeam wit{h} diuers others by force of arms tooke away the corne that was sowed on the land. th{e} 26 of Aug: last Anno Domini Gerrald ffitz Gerrald of Ballyglahan gen: tooke by force o{f} Arms from this deponent his plate & mony, a chest of linnen, his pewter, brasse & iron vessel{s} <hand> bedds ruggs & caddowes, his wooll & his woollen cloath with his prouision for his house./ He also sayth that one Robert Ryce (as he was most credibly informd) of Askeaton gen was murderd in h{is} bedd after quarter giun nere at the Clough Tredebuy by the seruants of Oliuer Stephenson of Dunmoylne about the 14th of S{ } last. about the same time, there was murderd one James Jones of Cor late Cunstable of Corgrag Castle aft{er} quarter giun; by the said seruants of Stephenson) & one Gerrald Trauers of the same castle seruant to [ ] Jo{hn} Trenchard Esquire gen was murderd likewise after quarter giun: about the same time were both cruelly slayne nere the said Castle he likewise he likewise sayth t hat one Teig O Lyddy of Askeaton labourer, a papist, was hangd by Patrick Purcell Leiutenant generalls commaund during the time of the seidge. William Swo{ } of the same garrison of Askeaton lab husb: was murderd during the seidge nere the castle who by {commaund} of Edmund ffitz Gerrald of Ballinogh gen, & his followers, th who wounded the said William with twenty fowr wo{unds} and one Teig O Suilliuane and Irish Protestant of Askeaton husb: was takn during the seidge & ha{nged} by Leiutenant Generall Purcells commaund, William Ironmonger of the same garrison during the said sei{dge was} murderd by the elder & the yonger James Nash of BalliCullin gen who wounded him with 22 wounds: who who also tooke one { } Johnson of the same gen w h o & carryed him to Oliuer Stephenson and there hangd him presently without giuing him { } time as to to say his prayers, which vpon his knees he earnestly desired) John Greene of Askeaton husb: w{as} kild by one of the rebbells of Bally Culline Castle About the 2d of May. also one Tho: Cutler { }

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armourer was murderd during the seidge by the beseidgers, hauing receiued twenty fiue wounds , At the same time two men of the same garrison, one calld William Stoaks & John Hill Husband were takn nere the Castle & presently <C> hangd and by the meanes of Tho: Lacy of Ballymullin gen: & Turlogh mc Brian of As the Scark gen; and also one Tho: Groome was at the same time wounded with eight wounds but escaped death
He also sayth that after quarter giun for life & goods to the Castle of Askeaton, that one Tho: Stubbs of Askeaton tanner his wife & fowr children & one Nicholas Clampitt of the same shoomaker his wife & fiue [ ] children & John Bricknill of the same glouer & John Williams of the same husb: were all stript naked by Capt: O Brien Briene of Turlagh O Brien of Balliikitt Castle in Thomond, with diuers others of his followers, going downe the riuer of Askeaton. Rowland Hoy of Askeaton Cooke [ ] with his wife & son children three children were stript by John Allin god son to the said Hoy of the same husb: & John Odayly O Daly of the same husb: Also Leiutenant [Cornet?] Dale of the same after { } was sett vpon in his bed & tooke from him fifty pownds hauing brokn opin the doore vpon him in the Castle; this was don {by} John ffitz Gerrald of the Glin gen & Oliuer Stephensons seruants and afterwards was stript by Garrat ffitz gerald of Balline gen and also tooke one Mary the wife of William { }erett Shoomaker of Askeaton and stript her starke naked & fowr of them tooke her by by the hands & leggs & strecht her out vpon a table & searcht her priuetyes for mony. also one Robert Peacock of the same gen, his wife & three children, were stript by John mc Ruddeyes ffitz Gerrald of the Glin his two sons & followers. He also sayth that at the 20 of ffebr: he heard Patrick Pursell of Baly Carrig gen & James ffitz Gerrald of Palace gen: when they came to parley say that they had authority for what they did from his Maiesty by his letters & that they were the good subiects & that we were the rebbells He lastly saith that one Tho: Blackbatch of a Bragh in the parish of Askeaton taylour heretofore <D> a reputed protestant and now since this rebellion turnd papist and is become a seriant to John ffi Gerrald {ff}itz Thomas of BallyGlaghan gen a reputed Capt: of one hundred & fifty rebbells & further he cannot depose
<Jurat coram nobis 14o Octo: 1642>
<hand> And further saith that those that besieged the Castle of Athsketon are these that followeth vizt Donogh mc Carty, lord viscount of Muskry the lord of Castleconell Phillipp oge Barry of Ringcorran in the County of limerick Corke Esquire Theobald Purcell alias Baron of Loghma Pierce Walsh of Abbyowny in the County of lymericke Esquire collonell to Richard Butler of Kilcash in the County of Tipperary Esquire Patricke Purcell of Ballycallan in the said County Esquire Oliuer Stevenson of dunmoylin in the said County Esquire Gerrald <E> fitz Gerrald of Ballyglahan in the said County gentleman, John ffitz Gerrald of Glin in the said County gentleman John oge & Thomas ffitz Gerrald of the same gentleman sons to the said John Gerratt Purcell of Curragh Patricke oge Purcell of Ballycarrig in the said County gentleman Thomas Purcell of the same gentleman Thomas Purcell of BallyberyWery gentleman John Purcell of Ballyhanderhan in the said County gentleman James ffitz Gerrald of Pallace gentleman Gerrald Purcell of Carra gentleman Edmond oge Purcell of the same gentleman Morris Harbrett of Rathkeile in the said County gentleman Garrett Harbrett of the same gentleman Morris oge Harbrett of the same gentleman Donogh o Brien of Cargogniell in the said County gentleman Edy oge Lacy of Brury in the said County gentleman Morris Ley of Argoole in the said County gentleman John Ley of the same gentleman Bryen mc Donogh of Derry in the said County gentleman Brien mc Morrogh of Scort {in} the said County gentleman Therlagh mc Brien of the same gentleman

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Edmond mc Shihy of Ballyaliner in the said County gentleman Dermod o Brien of Ballykett Bunheale in the said County of Clare gentleman Esquire Morrogh o <ff> Brien of the same liskett in the said County gentleman Capteine mc Nemara of the same gentleman, Donogh mc Donell of [Cloonties?] in the said County County of Lymercike gentleman Rowry mc Conor of Lisready in the said County gentleman Thomas Lacy of Miltowne in the said County gentleman Edmond Lacy of Coniger in the said County gentleman John Lacy of Creaves in the said County gentleman, James Lacy of the same son to the said John in the said County gentleman Thomas Dondon of Ballyasheene in the said County gentleman Andrewe Dondon of the same gentleman Garrald fitz Thomas of Ballnecourty in the said County gentleman Dauid ffitz Gerrald of the same gentleman, Mulmurry mc Dowell of Ballymullen in the said County gentleman John mc Mulmurry of the same gentleman, John mc Rory mc Dowle of Englandstowne in the said County gentleman Thomas oge ffitz Gerrald of Morenan in the said County gentleman Gerratt ffitz Gerrald of Ballynor in the said County gentleman Edmond ffitz Gerrald of the same gen Thomas ffitz Gerrald of Ballymona in the said County gentleman Morris fitz Gerrald of the same gentleman John Lycett of ffanistowne in the said County gentleman, James Lycett of Kil{m } carreloe in the said County gentleman Mortagh mc Therlagh of Cragg in the said County gentleman Donogh mc Mohowne of Grange in the said County gentleman Donell Roe mc Donogh of the same gentleman Mohowne mc Donogh of Toagh in the said County gentleman Domincike ffaning Mayor of Lymercike & John mc Edward ffitz Gerrald of Carrabridge in the said County gentleman
William Eames
Jurat coram nobis
14o 8bris 1642
Phil: Bisse
Tristram WhetCombe
Ro: southwell
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William Eames his Exam
Murthers at Askeaton
Corke [ ]
hand
Witnesses against
Lo: of Muskery
Nu 2
Reu
[ ] Lacy
D 6
Nu: 2

Deponent Fullname: William Eams

Deponent Gender: Male

Deponent Occupation: Gentleman

Deponent County of Residence: Cork

Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Dennis O Breyne, Donnell mc Murragh, John Lycet, James Lycet, John mc Edmond Gerral{d}, William Cam ffitz Gerrald, John mc Tibbot, Richard mc Shane Gerrald, Leiutenant Generall Purcell, patrick Pursell, Garrald {ffitz} Gerrald, James ffitz Gerrald, Redmond Purcell, Tho: Dondon, Richard mc Shan{e} Gerrald, John Oge Gerrald, Dermodt mc Teig, Gerrald ffitz Gerrald, Robert Ryce, James Jones, Jo{hn} Trenchard, Teig O Lyddy, William Swo{ }, Teig O Suilliuane, William Ironmonger, Tho: Cutler, William Stoaks, John Hill, Tho: Groome, Oliuer Stephenson, Gerrald Trauers, Edmund ffitz Gerrald, James Nash, { } Johnson, John Greene, Tho: Lacy, Turlogh mc Brian, Tho: Stubbs, Nicholas Clampitt, Rowland Hoy, Leiutenant Dale, Mary { }erett, William { }erett, Robert Peacock, John Bricknill, John Williams, Turlagh O Brien, John Allin, John O Daly, John ffitz Gerrald, Patrick Pursell, James ffitz Gerrald, Gerrald {ff}itz Thomas, Tho: Blackbatch, Donogh lord viscount of Muskry mc Carty, lord of Castleconell, Phillipp oge Barry, Theobald Purcell, Pierce Walsh, Richard Butler, Patricke Purcell, Gerrald fitz Gerrald, John ffitz Gerrald, John oge ffitz Gerrald, Thomas ffitz Gerrald, John Gerratt Purcell, Patricke oge Purcell, Thomas Purcell, Thomas Purcell, John Purcell, James ffitz Gerrald, Gerrald Purcell, Edmond oge Purcell, Morris Harbrett, Garrett Harbrett, Morris oge Harbrett, Donogh o Brien, Edy oge Lacy, Morris Ley, John Ley, Bryen mc Donogh, Brien mc Morrogh, Therlagh mc Brien, Edmond mc Shihy, Dermod o Brien, Morrogh o Brien, Capteine mc Nemara, Donogh mc Donell, Rowry mc Conor, Thomas Lacy, Edmond Lacy, John Lacy, James Lacy, Thomas Dondon, Andrewe Dondon, Garrald fitz Thomas, Dauid ffitz Gerrald, Mulmurry mc Dowell, John mc Mulmurry, John mc Rory mc Dowle, Thomas oge ffitz Gerrald, Gerratt ffitz Gerrald, Edmond ffitz Gerrald, Thomas ffitz Gerrald, Morris fitz Gerrald, John Lycett, James Lycett, Mortagh mc Therlagh, Donogh mc Mohowne, Donell Roe mc Donogh, Mohowne mc Donogh, Domincike ffaning, John mc Edward ffitz Gerrald

Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Debtor, Debtor, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Victim, Victim, Rebel, Rebel, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel