Deposition of Nicholas Hudson

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Nicholas Hudson Late of Hillsfaughan in the County of Meath yeoman an english protestant sworne and examined, deposeth and sayth That since the begining of this present Rebellion and in Ireland and by meanes thereof hee this deponent hath beene & is deprived, expelled robbed or otherwise dispoyled of he r his goodes & chattles of the values hereafter mencioned vizt of beasts and cattle & sheepe worth Cxliij li. x s., horses naggs and mares worth Lxxv li. howsholdgoods and provision xxx li. In new buildings and spare timber about his howse worth xxx li., of one Leas of a farme of the clere yerely value of ix li. which he houldeth for 17 yeres to come: by which he hath already lost in the last yeres proffitt ix li. Of another Lease of a farme of the clere yerely value of 5 li. which hee Likewise holdeth for 17 yeres yet to come of which he hath lost the last yeres proffitt worth 5 li. Of another Leas of a farme of the clere yerely value of ten pounds. which he likewise holdeth for 17 yeres to come, of which hee hath Lost the Last yeres proffitt worth itt ten pownds And this deponent is Like to be deprived of the future proffits of all the said leases and farmes vntill a setlement of peace be had they being all worth xxiiij li. per annnum & his whole interest therein being worth CClx li. And further sayth that by meanes of the said Rebellion this deponent is deprived of and hath lost debts & summes of mony due & owing vnto him by divers persons within the kingdome of Ireland amounting in all to the sume of fowre hundreth tenn twentie three pownds ij s. iiij d. and hath alsoe by reason of the Rebellion Lost Corne in the Hagard worth CCC li. & is expelled from his corne in the grownd, which he conceiveth to be worth three hundreth pownds more Soe as this deponents meere losse by the Rebellion for the present amounteth to the some of one thowsand thre hundreth & xij li. 12 s. 4 d. ster besids the said rents of his farmes for 17 yeres to come worth xxiiij li. per annum as aforesaid And further sayth <A> that Sir William Hill of Ballibeg in the County of Meath knight & his family & servants being in rebellion are now or lately were carrying away this deponents corne from and out of his hagard: And that the part servants of him the said William Hill and James Hill Esquire his

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eldest sonn and heire apparant were the first Rebells that broke this deponents howse and had a tooke part of his goods which were carrjed to the Castle of the said Sir William Hill: The same Rebells the servants saying that Sir William Hill sent them to keepe his this deponents howse: And further saith That about a month after the Rebellion began This deponent was perswaded by the said Sir William Hill to bring his howshold goods vnto him vpon his oath & promisse that they shold be saffe & that the said Sir William wold perish before this deponent should perish or loose any thing: Wherevpon this deponent bringing them to his howse accordingly: The said Sir William went abroade amongst the Rebells with vizt the Erle of ffingale the Lord of Slane the lord of Loweth & others amongst whom he stayd 3 weekes together: which this deponent perceiving grewe somwhat suspicious of the said Sir Williams Loyaltie & integritie: yet at the Length the said Sir William pretended writt a Letter to this deponent. whereby hee hee signifyed that he had gotten a warrant from the Counsell board <C> to have three musketts & vj li. of pow n der for the defence of him this deponent and the rest of his English tennants for their defence, And therefore wished this deponent either to goe or send some ca trusty messinger for them to Dublin with this djrection That his Cozen Richard Hill of Castle streete merchant wold deliver the Musketts: & he the said Sir William sent thereby the key of his desk which he djrected sho ld be d elivere d to Alderman Walsh of Highstreete Dublin Marcij whom he said writt wold open his desk and thereout deliuer vj li. of powder to this deponent: which with the musketts the said Sir William required shold be brought to Allinstowne his howse, Wherevpon this deponent went to Dublin accordingly & suspecting noe treachery or wickednes at all fetched from the said Mr Hill and Mr Walsh respectively the said musketts and powder and brought them to Allinstowne aforesaid: where this deponent stayd 4 dayes after and Left his servants whoe stayd about one fortnight there vntill the tennants <D> neighbours & frends of the said Sir William & of Nicholas Darcy of Plattin Esquire rose in open Rebelljon & cutt downe downe the dores of the howse & seised the musketts powder & all the goods they fownd there & expelled this deponents said servants from the said howse stripping wounding & most cruelly intreating them: Much threatening the deponent and telling his servants they shold presently see there in a platter the deponents head: But the deponent being by gods providence gone away before & then & not before not now knowing perfectly the wicked & trecherous hart of the said <symbol> Sir William Hill & his confederate Rebells escaped away with his Life And further saith that some of this deponents goods were carrjed to the howse of
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<E> one Patrick Cusack of Rahaldron in the County of Meath Esquire, and that xiiij of this deponents oxen were eaten by the Rebells in the Erle of ffingalls howse called Loghrammer vizt by the Relys & others
Nicholas [mark] Huddson his marke
Jurat: 20 April: 1642
William Aldrich
William Hitchcocke

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Nicholas Hudson Jur xxo
Apr 1642
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