Deposition of Thomas Burton

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Thomas Burton of Gurtine Carrune in the parish of Aghe n y in the barony of Muskry & Countie of Corke (a brittish protestant) beinge duely swo r n e & examined before vs by vertue of his maiesties Comission to vs & others directed (beareing date at Dublin the 5th day of March the 17th yeere of his Maiesties raigne) touchinge the losses susteined by the protestants & Brittish nation within the province of Munster by r eason of this present rebellion , he deposeth & saith That on or aboute the begining of ffebruary last & since the begining of this present rebellion the deponent hath beene robbed & dispoyled of his goods Chattles & debts to the values follweing vizt worth 145 li. 16 s. part consisting in debts due from
Of his Cattle as cowes & one principle English mare to th e value of seaven & fifti e pounds of the Improuement of his farme in Gurtine Carrune aforesaid fiftie pounds In hay val ued ten pounds In lynne n woollen, weareing apparell & houshould stuff val ued sixteene pounds In debts due to this deponent from vpon John ffipps an Englishman in the parish of Mag heny (& whoe lately himselfe & his wife turned to masse) & one Blassell formerly a protestant whoe alsoe lately turned to masse & liues at the Gurtines aforesaid the sume of three pounds sixteene shillings <he further saith he payd 45 li. encomb to Dermod mc Callaghan nowe in rebellion at Gurtines aforesaid [ ] for the> land of Gurtine aforesaid In other Chattles as sawed timber & boords val ued twentie pounds & his & part of his and the goods taken By meanes of Dermod mc Callaghan & Dermod mc Donogh oge of the Carrune aforesaid gentlemen He saith that he was forceably dispoiled of a Muskett & 2 swords by direction from <the Lo: of Muskry himselfe> He further deposeth that the deponent & others in Company whose names he cannot perfectly tell, were stripped by the way from Gurtinecurren to Corke by certaine of the rebells whose & their names the the deponent as yeet knoweth not; And further he cannot depose The totall of his losses amounts to the summe of one hundred fortie fiue pounds & sixteene shillings
Thomas [mark] Burtons marke
Jurat coram nobis
25o April 1642
Ni: Philpot
Phil: Bisse
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26 April 1642
The Examination of Thomas
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