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ffrances Butterfield late of Corke in the parish of St ffinbarryes & with in the County of the Cittie of Corke husbandman husbandman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue of &c deposeth and saith That on or aboute the 24th day of March last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt value of 78 li. 10 s.
Of horses & mares to the value of to the value of twenty pounds Of furz s es in stake to the value of tenn pounds Of impl i ments of husbandrie to the value of three pounds tenn shillings Of debts amounting to the summe of five pounds which ere this rebellion were good debts but now become desperat by reasone the debtors are papists & in rebellion such as will: fox of brugh Barry Ge e nan gen John oge Gerrald of brugh ffenterstowne in the Com Limericke gen with others soe that this deponent cannot gett satisfaction from them Hee like wise saith that by meanes of this rebellion he hath lost the benifitt of his farme of the lands of balibaghane in the parish of Newcastle in the County Limerick wherin he had a tearme of seuenteen yeares to come being worth aboue the land lords rent ten pounds per Annum wher in hee is damnified to the value of fourty pounds The totall of his losses amounts to the sume of three score & eighteen pounds ten shillings and further he cannot depose
ffrancis Butterfeild
Jurat Coram nobis 8o Nouembris
1642
Phil: Bisse
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ffrancis butterfeild
examinacion
Cork