Deposition of John Bemish and ffrances Bemish

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John Bemish & ffrances Bemish both of the towne of Bandon in the parish of Ballym o dan & barony of Kynalmeky within the County of Corke yeomen being partners ( brittish protestants) duely sworne & examined by vertue of &c deposeth and saith That on or aboute the 20th of Jan: last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Irland they lost were robbed and forceably dispoiled of their goods and Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt value of 60 li.
Of Cowes Oxen & horses to the value of twenty pounds . Of three seuerall leases in the said Parish: one for fifteene yeeres to come another for foureteene yeeres to come & another for seaven yeeres woorth aboue the landlords rent twenty pounds per annum wherin they conceaue themselues damnified one hundred pounds the totall of their losses amounts to the value of six score pownds . they say th they were robbd by the rebbells whose names they know not. they say that ffinin o mahon of Desertsurgis yeaman & his wife heretofore reputed protestants & since this rebellion turnd papists & further they cannot depose
John bemish
ffrancis Bemish
Jurat coram nob:
23o Sept: 1642
Tho: Graye Dec
Phil: Bisse

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Cork
The examination of
John Bemish and
ffrances Bemish