Examination of William Mullaghane

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The Examination of william Mullaghane aged 60 yeares or therabout taken vpon Oath before vs whose names are heere in written this 26th of november 1652
<1> deposeth that in the first yeare of this Rebellion in Ireland that Collonell Edmond ffennell then Captain ffennell, was Governor of dungarvan and went abroad either a hunting or on some other business, he mett two Inglish Maides the one about the age of sixteene yeares the other aboute the age of twelue and brought them the Towne of Dungarvan, and kept them a night or two in the Castle and in the afternoone the second day after they came in he sent them boath out out of the towne with some about a dozen of his souldiers out of the west gate without the walls of dungarvan and gaue his said soldiers order to hang them [ ] in the lane without the gate which was accordingly was donn and the cause of his knowledge is that he saw them hanging and alsoe this deponent and one william Murphen, who is now dead cutt them downe out of the tree and buried them boath and further saith not
the marke of
william [mark] mullaghane
this is the true Examination of the aboue named william mullaghane, vpon oath taken before vs, whose names are subscribed the day and yeare abouesaid, as witnes our hands
Char Blount
ffr: ffoulke Fran vaughan

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