Deposition of Elizabeth Bastar

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Elizabeth Bastar late of the towne & parish of Mitchellstowne barrony of Condon & Clangibbon and within the com of Corke gentleman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne and examined for & in the behalf of her husband Edward Bastar before vs by vertue of a Comission &c deposeth and sayth that aboute first of december 1641 and diuers times since she lost her husband Edw: Bastar was robbed & forceably dispoyled of her goods & Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt worth 53 li. Part consisting of debts owing by
Of Cowes heiffers and one horss to the value of thirteene pounds Of houshold s tuff to the value of foure pounds Of hay in haggard to the value of forty shillings She likewise sayth that by meanes of this present rebellion in Ireland she lost the benefitt of a lease & house of parte of the land of Michellstowne aforesaid to his loss and damag twenty pounds The totall of his losses amounts to the summe Of debts amounting to the value of fortene pounds wh ich ere thi s rebellion were estemed good debts but now becom desperat by reason the debtors are Papists and such as are out in open & actuall rebellion as John mc Shee of Kyllglass in the com of Limericke husbandman Donnell Clorban of Kilbeny and within the said com of Limerick gentleman John Dowse of the same husbandman and therefore this deponent cannott gett any satisfacton from them The totall of his losses amounts to the value of fifty three pounds And further she deposeth not
Elizabeth [mark] Bastars
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Jurat coram nobis
18o Marty 1642
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Elizabeth Bastars examination
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