Deposition of John Reade

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John Reade of Lismoore and Tully in the parish of Clangish within the Countye of Longford gent A Brittish protestant duly sworne sayth, That at or aboute the third of January in the yeere of our Lord God on thousand sixe hundred fortye one, he hath been was robbed & spoyled, and by force of armes depriued of Corne to the value of thirtje pounds ster: In hay to the value of tenn pounds ster: of Cowes small and great nyne and fiftye to the value of one hundred and eyghteene pounds ster: of horses seaventeene to the value of one hundred pounds ster: of sheepe twelfescore and sixeteene to the value of seaventi two pounds ster: of Gardening, provision and houshouldstuffe to the value of twentye pounds ster: Of his Leases beinge one Lismoore for foure yeeres to come, And one of Tully for seaventeene yeeres to the value of fiue and thirtye pounds ster: In all amounting to the iust and full sume of Three hundred fourscore and fiue pounds ster: By the hands <A> and by the meanes of ffrancis ffarrell of the Moate, and his company, And James ffarrell of Tillilicke and his companye, And Richard ffarrell of Ballintye, and James ffarrell of Colomoore, And Lisagh ffarrell of Clonbally and Richard ffarrell his brother, And Maghon mc Shane of Ballagh, kedagh mc Laghlen ô ffarrell of Corinallye and theire companye all within the Countye of Longford, who said tould that all the Goods both of English and Scotts were gotten in Ireland, and that it was theires and that they had a warrant vnder the Kings hands to doe soe This the deponent sayth and further deposeth not
<B> And further sayth That at or about the time aforesaid one the Rebell Richard ffarrell aforenamed and many more of the Rebells publiquely sayd That the English & Scotts hadd gotten all their lands & livedly bravely & richly & that they and the rest of the irishe were poore gent: and they would therefore take their lands againe from them and their goods saying at the first the King of England hadd given them a Comission to robb & banish all the English and that they had noe powr to meddle with the scotts But about a month afterwards sayd the the Kinge Charles of England had given them a further Comission to robb & banish all the Scotts alsoe further saying that both the English and Scottish which were in Ireland were

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all beggers when the came into Ireland England, & soe they should bee turned thence: ffor the neither the English nor Scots hadd nor should haue any thing to doe with Ireland: But the irish would have it themselues & would be gouerned by their owne rightfull Kinge Owen Roe o Neile whoe they said was Landed out of Spaine with 1400 Commanders: And that the English held their owne Lands in England & soe did the Scotts in Scotland and soe shold the Irish in Ireland And further sayth That about of the 14th of January 1641 A proclamacion was redd by one John <C> ffarrell a Rebell Clark to Colonell ffrancis ffarrell in the name of the Kinges Maiestie but named noe Kinge whereupon the deponent asked why they did not name King Charles in that Proclamacion as formerly was vsed: in others & what they ment by it, to which the said John ffarrell answered that that was a dangerous question for this deponent to aske: & therefore did bidd this deponent demand noe more s that or any such like questions for if he did it wold cost him his Liffe: ffor in deed they ment their owne King but what had he to doe with that: & he would not have this deponent to run into such a snare as to aske such a question: And further saith That James ffarell father to Colonell Brian ffarrell to [ ] this daye took noe mans goods from him that he knows of yet he tould this deponent privately that the it was generally resolved on by the irishe that they would have or never haue any more cheefe governors Judge Justices or officers of the English or Scotts: But would name such and appoint such themselues
John Reid
Jur 10o Januarij 1642
Joh Watson
Will: Aldrich

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John Read Jur 10o
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Int Cert fact
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