Deposition of Jane Countess of Westmeath

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
[http://1641.tcd.ie/deposition.php?depID?=817010r023] accessed Monday 25th of September 2017 02:18 PM

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Date: 1642-09-08
Identifier: 817010r023

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Longford & Westmeath
Deposition Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Arson, Death, Robbery
Commissioners: Robert Meredith
Deposition Transcription:


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the 8th of September 1642
Jane Countess of Westmeathe sworne & Examined
sayth that the lord of Westmeathe her { } & husband beinge dead & [previouslie] buryed {she} & her ffemelie were forced forceablie & by violence { } [ ] dispossessed of her House of Clonyn { } to that purpose Sir Thomas Nugent { } water Nugent of Rathhaspeck Robe{rt} Nugent of Drumcree Thomas Tirrell { } lawyer Edmond Terrell bruther to the say{d} Edward Tute of Tutestowne Robert { } liuetennant Collonell Nicholes Darcey {of} plattyn Richard Barnewell of [ ]{ } & three of his sonns Christopher { } [Gerret] brother vnto Sir Luke Terral{l} Ballibruck assembl with sundry other { } men of the Countie of Westme{athe} assembled in armes to the number {of} aboue a thousand men whoe bef{ } sayd House & fyred severall su{ } of the oute houseinge & haveing { } the { } doore of { }
<servants should continue the possession & plow the land provided {t } state shuld not make the sayd Howse a Garrisoun
Rob Mered{ith}


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Deponent Fullname: Jane *
Deponent Gender: Female
Deponent Occupation: Countess
Deponent County of Residence: Westmeath
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Thomas Nugent, water Nugent, Robe{rt} Nugent, Thomas Tirrell, Edmond Terrell, Edward Tute, Robert *, Nicholes Darcey, Richard Barnewell, Christopher *, Gerret *, Luke Terral{l}, * Westmeathe
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Denounced, Mentioned