Deposition of Elizabeth Allen

Collection: Bysse Depositions

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Dublin Core

Date: 1642-04-26
Identifier: 825109r097

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Cork
Deposition Type: Bysse
Nature of Deposition: Robbery
Commissioners: Nicholas Bagbere, Philip Bisse
Deposition Transcription:


fol. 109r


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Elizabeth Allen of Gratrixtowne (wife to William Allen clerke) the parish of Clandroghet in the Barony of Muskry & within the Countie of Corke (a Brittish protestant) beinge duely sworne & examined before vs, by vertue of his Maiesties Comission to vs & others directed (beareing date at Dublin the 5th day of March in the 17th yeere of his Maiesties raigne that nowe is, touching the losses susteined by the protestants & Brittish nation within the province of Munster) deposeth and saith. That on or aboute the last of January last, & since the begining of this rebellion in Irland, shee hath beene robbed & forceably dispoyled of her goods to the values followeing vizt worth 120 li.
In Linnen woollen, weareing apparell & houshould stuffe to the value of one hundred pounds sterling By the meanes of Donnell mc Cartie of Gratrixtowne aforesaid gentleman & others whose names this deponent knoweth not. And further shee cannot depose. The totall of her losses amounts to one hundred & twenty pounds. she likewise saith that her said husband was depriued of his church liueing (by this rebellion) of Killemartra Bally vory & [Kilivad] communibus annis 30 li. per annum.
Elizabeth [mark] Allens marke
Jurat coram nobis 26o
Aprilis 1642
Ni: Philpot
Phil: Bisse


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26o Aprilis 1642
The Examination of Elizabeth
Allen wife to William Allen
Corke
78
87

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Deponent Fullname: Elizabeth Allen
Deponent Gender: Female
Deponent Occupation: Wife
Deponent County of Residence: Cork
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: William Allen, Donnell mc Cartie
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Mentioned, Rebel