Deposition of Thomas Reymond

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Thomas Reymond late of the Towne & parish of Newmarket barony of Duhalla and within the County of Corke gentleman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne and examined before vs by vertue of a Comission (beareing date the 5th day of March Anno domini 1641) concerneing the losses robberies and spoiles since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland comitted vpon the brittish and protestants within the Province of Munster &c deposeth and saith That since vpon the 25th day of December 1641 & since this rebellion the deponent lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt worth 230 li.
Of cowes heifers steeres one nagg one mare & sheepe to the value of foure score & eleven pounds Of houshould stufe linnen & weareing apparell to the value of 10 li. Of debts amounting to the sume of of one hundred nyne & Twenty pounds due from diuers protestants vtterly dissenabled by meanes of this rebellion therefore this deponent is not likely to get satisfaction from them The totall of his losses amounts to Two hundred and th i rtie pounds The deponent further saith that aboute the 25th day of June 1642 ffynen mc Dermod Carty of Creggin in the County of Kiery gentleman otherwise called Capteine Sugane came for in and vpon the lands of liscarroll & from thence drove and carried away of the Cattle belonging to Sir Phillipp Perciuall knight ffrances perciuall John Hodder and this deponent woorth at least one thousand pounds He further saith that aboute the 2d of february 1641 Richard Barry of Cnockdufe in the said County

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of Cork gentleman made stay of a hundred & eighteene heads of Cattle belonging to this deponent & the rest aboue named as they were sent by this deponent to the lands of Dunerayle in the said County to to be kepte from the enemyes forces then comeing from the County of Tipperary comanded by the lord of Montgarret, & haueing met with them that drove the said Cattle he answered, are not we as able to keepe our Cattle vpon our lands as my lord President is at Dunerayle & ther vpon tooke away the said Catle haueing then in company with him one William Rockwood of Annagh in the said County gentleman whoe then faithfully promissed to be accountable for the said Cattle since which time this deponent (not withstanding that he made seuerall requests) canot get the said Cattle from the said Barry: The deponent further saith that aboute the third of 7ber last the said Barry was seene by this deponent in company [ ] with the rebells at liscarrull in the said said County where among other acts of hostility the said Castle was battered by the meanes & forces of the vndernamed persons vizt Garrett Barry titularly generall of the <B> rebells for the Province of Munster Patricke Purcell of Croe in the County of lymericke Esquire lieutenent generall Charles Hennessey Sarienant maior generall Donogh mc Carty mc Donoghoes son & heire Donell o Keefe alias o Keefe of Dromagh in the said County gentleman, John fitz Edmond fitz Gerrald of Ballymartry

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in the said County gentleman Nicholas mc Phillipp Barry of Drynagh in the said County gentleman William Barry of Doonededy in the said County gentleman & others all Capteines & comanders then at liscarroll aforesaid The deponents cause of knowledge therein is that he being comander of the kings ward in the said Castle he sawe and obserued the said parties in armes against the said Castle with their forces, & likewise was present when the said parties entred the said Castle being deliuered them vpon quarter; vpon the 2d of 7ber aforesaid the said parties being haueing entred the said Castle the said fitz Gerrald then & there comanded this deponent to bring vpp his armes to the tooune where he then was & then spoke the ensueing woords or others to that efecte namely howe durst you (quoth he) hould out soe long for that our generall were perswaded by some gentleman nowe in his army you would be all put to the swoord men women & children the deponent answered that by that time he expected to be relieued by the English forces, he then replying with an execrable oath said, that same Inshiquin (quoth he) durst as well looke in the deuills face as come neere vs; for we will beate you from here to Malloe & then to Corke & from thence into the sea & afterwards they would we will march into England & see what the parliament would say to them, alleadging further that they were the kinges souldiers & we (meaneing the protestants) were the puritanicall parliaments souldiers & rebells & further he deposeth not
Tho: Reymond
Jurat coram nobis
27o feb: 1642
Phil: Bisse Tho: Bettesworth

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The examination of
Thomas Reymond
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