Deposition of George Boothe

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George Boothe of Killglynn of the Parish of Bellfeaghan in the Barrony of Deise and County of Meath a Brittish Protestant deposeth as ffolloweth:
<A> That aboute the Last of Nouember 1641 this deponent beinge forced to ffly from his house for feare of the Rebbells and haueing noe tyme to bring away his goods this deponent thinking Thomas Geoghegan (whoe is this deponents Landlord) to be a Loyall subiect and vpon his the said Thomas his faiethfull promise to be true and iust to this deponent Left in his keeping in the Castle of Ballfeaghan aforesaid the seuerall goods ffollowinge
Inprimis one great Trunke full of books vallew _______________ 15 li._00 s._00 d.
Item in Butter and Beeffe to the vallew of ___________________ 27_00_00
Item twoe great brasse potts & a brasse bell __________________ 06_00_00
Item the said Thomas tooke this deponents ffurnace vallew _____ 09_00_ 00
in all 120 li._00_ 00
This deponent further saith that he heard afterwards by the Relatione of his seruants that the said Thomas went downe to drogheda vnto the Irish <B> Campe wheare he was made a Captaine of a hundredmen And after his returne from thence hee the said Thomas Remoued from his owne Castle of Ballfeaghan and Came vp to Killglynn and tooke possession of this deponents house withall the stuffe he founde thearin And alsoe possessed himselfe of all this deponents Corne hay and turffe to the vallewe of 120 li. ster and of a plowe of Garrans wourth xiiij li. & one sadle horse price v li. ster, Soe that the said Thomas hath of this deponents Goods
in all to the vallewe of __________________________________ 259 li._00 s._00 d.
This deponent further saieth that about the yeere of God 1636 hee tooke to farme the said Towne of Killglynn from Maurice fitzGerrald late disceased whose wife is nowe married vnto the saied Thomas; And that hee paied vnto the saied Maurice and his wife the some of Three score pounds ster for a fine or Incombe for his Lease beinge for the Tearme of ffiftie one yeers at the rent of xxviij li. xvj s. sterling And that afterwards this deponent paied vnto the said Maurice the some of 266 li. ster in Mortgage of parte of the saied rent and built a house vpon the saied ffarme which Cost him 300 li. st and planted an Orchard and Garden and built seuerall farmers houses and other houses of offices & ditched and fenced the said ffarme & other improuements which Cost this deponent about 160 li. ster more at the Least
This deponents further saieth that after the discease of the saied Maurice that hee was forced to
[ ] compounde with James fitz Gerrald sonn and heire vnto the said Maurice for a Confirmation of his Lease for that hee alleadged the said estate was enfeoffed and thearvpon paied vnto the said James the some of xxx li. ster for the Confirmation of his Lease And

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for an addition of Tenn yeers more; And further saieth that hee had a stocke of 50tie faier English Cowes, and twentie younge heifers of twoe yeers ould upon the said ffarme and the number of 50 sheepe which weare wourth 1[4]0 li. ster all which weare taken a way by the Rebbells but a fewe of the young ones with this deponent sould for 14 li. st soe that this deponent hath lost by the said ffarme the some of 982 li. ster besides this deponent hath sowed in Grounde in the saied ffarme the number of Twentie Acres of Countrie measure of pure wheate and beare which is alsoe in the possession of the said Thomas:
The debts due to this deponent are due vpon the rebbells & such as haue bine Robbed by the Rebbells vizt
Coll mcBryan mcMahon of Tulleglasse in the
Com of Monaghan esquire an Arch Rebbell ___________ 500 li._00 s._00 d.
Thomas Dungan of Dublin Inkeeper _________________ 395 li._00 s._00 d.
Bryan Jones and James White gentlemen _____________ 105 li._00 s._00d.
James ffitzGerrald; Thomas fitzGerrald of Clounbolge
& Georg Aylmer of the Lyons all in the
Countye of Kildare gentlemen ______________________ 130 li._00 s._00 d.
Charles O Connor Roe of Ballenafad in
the Countie of Roscomon gentleman__________________ 030 li._00 s._00
besides this deponent lost in his Rents which he had
out of Killglynn and Peirstowne _____________________ 0 30 li._00 s._ 00
All which somes amount to ________________________ 1110 li._00 s._00 d.
Soe that this deponents Losses which hee hath sufferred by this rebbellion besids the Corne in grounde Amounth in the whole to the some of __________ 2352 li._00 s._00 d.
This deponent further saieth that hee Cannot relate of anie of the wourds or actions of the rebbells for hee was forced to flie as aforesaid
This deponent further saieth that by the relation of his servants <C> his said Cattle weare taken away by one Captaine Christopher Barnewall of Krakanstowne, James Garrott of Dunboyne and one Walter Moule of Donboyne Peirstowne, Thomas Creeffe of Ratoth all dwellers in the Com of Meath
George Boothe
Jur: 23o ffebr 1641
William Aldrich
John Sterne