Deposition of John Calbecke

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John Calbecke Late of Monketowne in the County of Meath gent sworne and examined the 21th day of ffebrurary in the yeare of our Lord God 1641 deposeth That since the time that Sir Henry Titchborne knight went with his Regiment to Drogheda, John Wiborrowe of the Citty of Dublin gent who went to Drogheda aforesaid at that time & there continues yett, hath Lost by the Rebells in the Countyes of Dublin & Meath goods & Chattles to the value following vizt ffowre and fiftie and fower Cowes from the grounds of Rath=farneham in the said Countie of Dublin worth one hundred eightie nyne pounds ster, ffower Cowes from Monketowne in the Countie of Meath worth sixteene pounds at the Least, from Monketowne aforesaid one Studd Mare and two Colts worth tenn pounds, besides the benefitt of his Lease of Newtowne in the said Countie of Dublin worth (as this deponent verily beleiveth) two hundred and fiftie pounds, amounting in all to of hay at Newtowne aforesaid worth fortie pounds, amounting in all to five hundred and five pounds ster, But by whose hands the said goods were taken this deponent could never certainly heare, save onely two of the said fower Cowes at Monketowne aforesaid were seized <A> vppon and taken away by Thomas Might Portreife of Trim in the County of Meath aforesaid (as the deponent hath beene informed by divers persons that Lately came from those parts of the Countrey All which this deponent is able to depose the rather because the said John Wilborrowe hath beene a Coronett of a Troope of Horse in Drogheda aforesaid ever since before the takeing away of the said goods & hath never received any parte thereof nor satisfaction for them (as hee verily beleiveth)
J Calbecke
{J}urat coram nobis 2o ffebr 1641o
John Sterne
Hen: Brereton

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