Deposition of Instance Hall

fol. 154r

844
Instance Hall late of the halfe mile=house in the parish of Shandon within the Countie of the Cittie of Corke (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined vpon oath by vertue of &c. deposeth & saith. That on or aboute the first of ffebruary last & since the begining of this rebellion in Ireland he lost & was robbed & forceably dispoiled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt
Of his Cattle to the value of sixteene pounds sterling Of his horses & mares to the value of twelue pounds. Of his losse of his house stable barkehouse mill & houshouldgoods to the value of fiftie pounds. Of foure thousand of furres to the value of eight pounds. Of his leather to the value of seaven pounds. The deponent saith that Edmund Slaba in the Blornay & parish of Mocrum with others in company with them as the deponent is informed were they t hat robbed the deponent of the premisses. He further saith that he was credibly informed that Richard Gatchell an English boy the deponents servant was hanged by the rebells but by whome he knoweth not. The totall of his losses amounts to foure score & thirteene pounds sterling & further he cannot depose.
Instance Hall
Jurat coram nobis
14o May 1642
Phil: Bisse
Richard ffrench

fol. 154v

845

The examination of
Instance Hall
Corke
C
177