Deposition of Thomas Brereton

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Thomas Brereton late of the Castle of Boreard Burrowes in Ossery in the Queens County Lieutennant to Captain Rochford sworne & examined deposeth & saith That in the begining of the present Rebellion he fled to the said Castle, with his wife & 6 children where they endured a miserable and hard seige, from whence they being by force expelled betooke themselues to the Castle of Ballinakill in the same County where they endured a seacond hard seige And in both places hee & his wiffe were deprived & lost all their goodes & chattells, the value of Lx li. or thereabouts since which tyme And althoughe he hath duly & freely hazarded himself in his Maiesties service yet wanting his pay & soe as aforesaid deprived of all his goods being all the meanes he hadd his wiffe and hee & his wiffe & children are brought to great wante & distresse
Tho: Brereton
Jur vlt Nov: 1643
Hen: Brereton
Hen: Jones

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Tho: Brereton Jur
vlt: Nov: 1643
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