Examination of James Dalton

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The Examinacion of James Dalton of wexford merchant aged about thirty yeares taken vpon oath on the behalfe of the Comonwealth Concerning the said Allexander Roach Alderman deceased
<Vpon the whole> Matter of the Interrogatoryes the deponent saith that he knoweth that the said Allexander liued in the Irish quarters sometime at his farme of Assaly & other time at his howse in Wexford the whole time of the warre, & did not remooue as he might haue done if he had pleased into the english quarters as the english & protestants dwelling in Wexford did & saith that the said Allexander was an Alderman in the towne & saith that the said Allexander Roach had a sonne by name Clement Roach <r> which said Clement was entertained & had Correspondency with his father the said Clement hauing afterwardes as the deponent heard by generall relacion of the Towne Inhabitants parte of a frigot att Ostend And further saith that this deponent of his owne knowledge is assured that the said Allexander did buy [ a bar ] an english barque brought into wexford by the pyrates resident therein in Wexford for the more certainty whereof the deponent did see the said barque lye at the said Allexanders key & heard by Credible reporte that the said Allexander had bought the same in or about the yeare 1648: & further saith not &c
James Dalton
Sworne before vs the
18th of January 1653
William Woodwarde
John Walker
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Allexander Roch faire