Deposition of Richard Moore

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<symbol> Richard Moore of the Towne & parish of Rathcormack and barony of Castle lyon s and within the County of Corke yeoman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by vertu &c. deposeth & saith That on or aboute Candlemas last & diuers times since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he was robbed & forceably dispoiled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt worth 241 li.
Of Cowes oxen yeerlings horses mares & swine to the value of six and twenty pounds. Of houshould stuffe to the value of twenty shillings. Of Implements of husbandry to the value of fortie shillings. Of hay & Corne in the haggard & house to the value of foure score and ten twelue pounds. The deponent further saith that by meanes of this rebellion he lost the benefitt of his farme of Rathcormacke aforesaid wherin he had a lease of nynteene yeeres to come woorth to be sett ten pounds per annum and aboue the land lords rent ten pounds per annum which lease this deponent valueth to be woorth one hundred & twenty pounds. The totall of his losses amounts to two hundred fortie one pounds & that by the meanes & hands of Teige o Brien of kilnecorry in the said County gentleman Richard Barry of the same gent kilshany in the said County gentleman & further he cannot depose he saith that John Wetherall late of Castle lyons parish taylor (an English protestant was murthered by John Condon Jurat coram nobis of Bally durgen in the said County gentleman as it was 26o July 164 2 confessed by the said Wetherall himself after he was wounded before he dyed & further saith that ffrances Tucker of Gorton in the said County gentleman weauer his wife & foure children William Collins of Rathcormack in the said County

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<B> husbandman and diuers others English & protestants were stripped by the lord Roch his son John Condon & Richard Condon of BallymcPatrick Theobald Purcell the baron of lughmae and diuers others of their company & further he cannot depose

Richard More
Jurat coram nobis
26o July 1642
Phil: Bisse
Thomas Ellwell

The examination of
Richard More
Corke
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