Deposition of Peter Browne

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-01-07
Identifier: 818054r083

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Wexford
Deposition Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Robbery, Stripping
Commissioners: Henry Brereton, William Aldrich
Deposition Transcription:


fol. 54r


871
Peter Browne Late of Tomduff in the County of wexford Shoomaker duly sworne deposeth
That about 7 weekes since this deponent liveing as a tenant vnder Sir Walsingham Cooke at Tomduff aforesaid where he prospered well vnder soe good a Landlord, was there robbed and dispoiled of howseholdgoods, Leather, and mony worth xx li. and above, And was by them expulced from his howse there: & from deprived of a liveing <40 li.> whereon he should have which he had taken to his damage of xx li. more, And this deponent & his wife & 2 children were also stript of their clothes by a greate number of Rebells of the County of Wexford whose names he knows not And they the said Rebells alsoe robbed all this deponents neighbors that were English amounting to 80 howskeepers or thereabouts besides their wives children & family and amongst the rest robbed the said Sir Walsingham Cooke of all or the most of his goods, though he resisted them as long as he could, and most freely & worthily assisted his tenants and neighbors as long as he could till all the Army were ready to fall vpon him
The marke of [mark] Peter Browne
Jur coram nobis 7o Jan: 1641
Hen: Brereton.
William Aldrich


fol. 54v


872

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Peter Browne Com wexford
Jur 7o Jan 1641 Cert f.

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Deponent Fullname: Peter Browne
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Shoemaker
Deponent County of Residence: Wexford
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Walsingham Cooke
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Victim