Deposition of Anthony Godson

Collection: Bysse Depositions

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-05-19
Identifier: 825056r046

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Cork
Deposition Type: Bysse
Nature of Deposition: Robbery, Lost By Debt
Commissioners: Philip Bisse, Richard French
Deposition Transcription:


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Anthony Godson late of Aglis in the parish of Aglis in the barony of Muskry & County of Corke duely sworne & examined by vertue of &c deposeth & saith That on or aboute Candlemas last he lost & hath beene robbed & forceably dispoiled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vizt value of 516 li. ster value of 561 li. sterling
Of his cowes mares and horses to the value of two hundred twenty six pounds ten shillings Of his Corne in the haggard of twenty & nyne pounds Of Implements of husbandry to the value of fiue pounds Of his linnen woollen weareing apparell & houshould stuffe to the value of six pounds Of Improuemements vpon the said land for building fenceing and ditching to the value of one hundred & fortie pounds , he was expelled & driuen away from his said farme & house where he left in Corne in ground to the value of fiue pounds which he conceaues to be lost if timely peace bee not settled. Of his hay to the value of eight pounds sterling . The deponent saith That Grace Ja kman widdowe Teig Donovane Impouerished protestants and altogether dissenabled by this rebellion are indebted to this deponent in the sume of 14 li. 2 s. & therefore expectes to gett noe satisfaction from them . The deponent further saith that by meanes of this rebellion he is dispossessed of his farme in Glekill in Barries contry & County aforesaid wherin he hath a lease of foureteene yeeres yett to come woorth coibus annis before this rebellion 5 li. 5 s. per annum


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which he valueth to be woorth twenty three pounds sterling Of his farme in Ballybrowne & County aforesaid where he had a lease of foure yeeres to come woorth him [ ] y e erly twelue pounds de claro which before this rebellion which he esteemes to be woorth eighteene pounds sterling He was likewise dispossessed of another farme in Ballybraghnagh within the said County where he had a lease of three & twentie yeeres yeett to come woorth him coibus annis six pounds per annum which he valueth to be woorth fortie two pounds sterling The totall of his losses amounts to fiue hundred & sixteene pounds ten shillings And further he cannot depose
Anthony [mark] Godson
Jurat coram nobis 19th of May
1642
Phil: Bisse
Richard ffrench


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We his maiesties Comissioners appointed for the enquirie and examination of the losses and suffrings of his loyall


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Corke
The examination of Anthony Godson

Deponent Fullname: Anthony Godson
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent County of Residence: Cork
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Grace Jakman, Teig Donovane
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Debtor, Debtor