Deposition of John Worsley

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John Worsley of Diamor in the County of Meath tanner sworne and examined saith That on the xxiiijth day of October Last he this deponent at diamor aforesaid was by the Rebells robbed expelled & dispoiled of his goods and chattles of the values hereafter expressed vizt of Cattle worth xv li. x s., and howsholdgoods & apparell x li., In hay and turfe vj li. in debts x li. in Malt worth xxx s. And of his farme within the liberties of Virginia his interest there in being worth xx li. sterling In toto sixtie twoe pownds x s., And further saith that the Rebells that soe robbed expelled and dispoiled him were William Darley of Diamar aforesaid gent, Richard Plunkett ofin the County oftennants to the Erle of ffingale, and divers other Rebells whose names he knows not And this deponent demanding of the said Richard Plunket why they robbed him he made answere that he had a Comission from the king for their soe doeing: And that if the English did resist they shold be either killd or imprisoned And further saith that the said William Dorley was first trusted with the saffe keepeing of some part of this deponents goodes: But after he hadd them he forceibly expelled this deponent and his wife out a dores & fetched the rest of his said goodes And alsoe this deponent saith that after this deponent w had with his wife by flying away gotten to Dublin he went as a souldier with Captaine Cadowgan towards Tredarth: & there in the knowne skirmish by the way was soe wounded and hurt that he was left in a bush for dead, stript of all his clothes & yet at length by gods mercifull assistance gott from thence to an Irish howse, where he rested for some tyme, & then weekly & faintly walked away for Dublin: And this deponent further saith that before his goeing to Tredarth And after he was robbed he this deponent being in the towne of Virginia heard one Cahir ô Rely (whoe lived about Virginia aforesaid say to his owne Cuntrymen the Irish theis words vizt A pox confownd you all for had you

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burnd all the howses of the English and killd the men you had done well, But now they goe to Dublin & will gett armes and kill vs all: And saith further that his this deponents wife haveing one poore yong chyld of half an hower yere old vpon her back the rebells stript the same poore infant stark naked and tooke b away his clothes: And further saith verely beleeveth that his wifes mother & one Mris Creton whoe were left behynd amongst the Rebells were are before this starved to death are dead & verely beleeves they were starved
John Warelay
jurat 9 ffebr: 1641
Roger Puttocke
John Sterne

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John Worsely of Diamar
in the County of
Meath
ffebr 9to: 1641
Intr 24 octo