Deposition of Richard French

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Richard ffrench of the parish of St. finbarries & within the Com & Cittie of Corke Ironmonger a brittish protestant duely sworne & examined vppon oath before vs by vertue of etc. deposeth & saith that vppon the twelfth of februarie last or thereabouts he was robbed & forcably dispoyled of his goods & llands rents & debts to the seuerall vallues following vizt worth 2468 li. 4 s. 11 d. part consisting in debts due from the vndernamed rebells
Of Cowes Bulls Mares & horses to the value of two hundred threescore pounds Of his hay & Corne in haggard to the value of threescore & tenn pounds Of the losse of his houses to the value of one hundred & fiftie pounds. Of g o ods in his shopp att Clong nakilty in the said Com of Corke to the value of fourscore & tenn pounds. Of debts amounting to the summe five eight hundred twenty sixty two pounds foure shillings & eleuen pence due from the vndernamed persons vizt donnough Lo: Viscont of Muskrie Patricke Roach of Poulislon gent. James Nugent of Aghmartine in the said Com gent. Tho: Burden of knocknaburden in the said Com gent. knougher o Mahoone Edmond fitz James Tho: Geare & dermod o healehea all of the parish of killnaglorie in the said Com gent. Likwise seuerall protestants are indebted to this deponent in part of the aboue summe namely Richard Love Tho: Poolye doctor fuller now Lo: Bishopp of Ardfart & affadoune Rob: Milton & diuers other protestants. And although hee accounted the same good debts before the begining of this rebellion ; yett in regard the said protestants are utterly disinabled by meanes of this rebellion & the rest of the said parties now in open & actuall rebellion. Therfore this deponent Cannott gett satisfaccion from anie of them. This deponent further saith that by meanes of this present rebellion here in Ireland he was dispossessed of the seuerall farmes following vizt: Of the Lands of Ballinora in the said Com wherin he hath a lease of nine & twenty yeares to come yeelding this deponent aboue the land Lords rent four score & thre pounds per Annum he Canceaues himself damnified by loosing the benefitt of the said lease the summe of five hundred pounds. Of another farme of the Lands of Templebrine in the said Com worth Coibus Annis a b oue the landlords rent seven & twenty pounds hauing a lease therin of three & twenty yeares to come in this Lease he Conceaues himself damnified two hundred pounds he is likewise disp ossessed of the Lands of Carrig dagan in the said Com

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wherin hee hath a lease of eleven yeares to come worth to this deponent yearly tenn pounds he Conceaues himself damnified in this lease forty pounds. Of another farme of the Lands of Aghmartin in the said Com of Corke wherin he hath a lease of nine yeares to come worth to this deponent declaro th r irty foure pounds per Annum wherin he is dam ni fied one hundred thirty foure pounds he further saith that he is dispossessed of another farme of the Lands of farradaghadora in the said Com wherin hee hath a lease of forty yeares to come worth to this deponent tenn pounds per Annum aboue the Landlords rent in this lease he conce aues himself damnified one hundred pounds. Of another farme of the Lands of Lenagh in the said Com worth to this deponent (the rent being perdicti) six pounds per Annum for five yeares to come in this Lease hee Conceaues himself damnified twentie pounds. Lastly This deponent saith that he is dispossessed of the benif i tt of the tithes of killnaglory afforsaid & of other tithes held by this deponent from the Chauncelor of St. ffinbarries in both which he is damnified by meanes of this rebellion forty pounds. The totall of his losses amounts to two thou s and foure hundred sixtie eight pounds foure shillings & eleaven pence besides the losse of the benifitt of his freehould estate of the Lands of Ballinora in the Com of the said Citty of Corke worth Coibus Annis four score & three pounds per Annum. & of the Lands of Mowlichollicke in the said County worth to this deponent thirty three pounds per Annum both which he leaues to consideraccion & further he cannot depose

Richard ffrench
Jurat coram nobis 2o Nouemb:
1642
Phil: Bisse
Ro: Southwell

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Richard ffrenchs examination
Cork
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