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John Archer late of Clahamond in the Countie of Wexford duly sworne and examined deposeth That since the beginning of this rebellion hee hath lost beene robbed and dispoiled of his goods chattles & otherwise expelled from his estate in the said Countie of Wexford to the value following vizt in Corne threshed and vnthreshed worth twentie pounds, of hay worth three pounds of Cowes and horses worth twentie and twoe pounds and two shillings of houshouldstuffe woollen Cloath, Lynnen Cloath and wearing apparrell worth an hundred and fortie pounds, of ready money plate and gould rings worth an hundred and threescore pounds lost in money which hee layd out in improveing and building about his house and ffarme at Clahamond aforesaid [ ] to the value of fiftie pounds Lost in a Barque of his which was burnt in the harbour at Wexford by the then Maior of Wexfords direction worth an hundred pounds of debts due to him in by Bills Bonds & other Accompts from divers persons some whereof are in rebellion & others of them spoiled by the rebells soe that they are disenabled to give the Deponent any satisfaction as hee verily beleiveth amounting to one hundred and twentie pounds And hee further deposeth that hee is dampnified by meanes of this rebellion in rents due to him within the Citty of Dublin in regard the Tennants could not quietly enioy the tenements wherein they dwelt, in the spoile of his houses in Dublin aforesaid in Timber which was stollne or taken away out of his timberyard in the subvrbes of the said Citty besides the Losse of rents of other houses out of which hee is to pay thirtie pounds per Annum to his Landlord but can receive noe rent for the same because of these rebellious times And the Deponent further deposeth That his said goods at Clahamond aforesaid was taken and was expelled from his house there by the <A> meanes & action of one Oliver Masterson of Clahamon aforesaid and Peirs Synnott of the same Patrick English of the same who forcibly entred into the Deponents house there accompanied with about an hundred and fiftie Irish rebells whose names this Deponent knoweth not hee being but a strainger in that Country And at the same time the said rebells stripped the Deponent & his wife naked & would not restore soe much of theire apparell as to cover theire nakednes, but when the Deponents wife onely in humble manner requested to have one shirt & a smocke for the Deponent & herselfe, the answere of the abovenamed Oliver Maistersons wife was (what doe you prate, would you haue a brace of Bulletts shott through you,) & they were forced to come <735 li.-10 s.> naked to Dublin through great daingers, And the totall of the Deponents Losse of seaven hundred thirtie five pounds and ten shillings ster And Jur 12o Martij 1641 further deposeth That Ralph Waddington or warrington <B.> of St Johns in the said County a Justice of Peace is since the

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<A> beginning of this rebellion revolted from being a Protest (which hee lately professed) and is gone to Masse, and was ioyned with divers other rebells & did countenance his servants in robbing this Deponent & other Protestants in those parts, & is now in open rebellion as this Deponent is credibly informed And hee further saith That hee is credibly informed & beleiveth That threescore passengers being on shippboard at wexford intending to goe for England were wilfully cast away by the Irish owners or seamen for their wealthes sake & as the said passengers did swimm to shoare they were thrust back into the sea again & drownd <by the saylers & rebells on shore none escapeing but the sea faring men & one papist woman who made her boast thereof at her returne to Wexford>
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