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The Examination of Dermond McDaniell Carty alias mc neCrimyn, taken vpon oath the 11th of Sept: 1652
Saith that in the very first begining & first yeare of the Rebellion, John Burroughes, his wife and 2 Children, and a Grandchild, (which was a mayd) who Liued at Ballinascarta & within a mile of this Examinants Castle, came into the said Castle, about after Christmas (betwixt that and Candlemas) as this Examinant saith, he hauing in the first place Bailed them, when they (vizt) Buroughes & his wife at Eniskeene were brought before McCarthy Reagh, & his Comanders Eniskeene & this Examinant being demanded who those Comanders were, saith vpon his saluation) that he knoweth none of them, to be Liuing now! And this Examinant saith that from about that time, aforesaid, Burroughs & his family liued in proteccion with the said McnyCrimyn in his Castle, vntill Whitsontide following, about which time this deponent saith That McCarty Reagh, was vpon Killa-varrig Hill neere Timoleague, the day after that KilBrittaine Castle was taken; but this Examinant denieth that he was there ( but that he went from thence to Kildee that day.) & mu and he farther saith, that some of his (sone (Capten mc ne Crimin) soldiers,) soldiers, tooke the said Burrowghs, & his wife & one of his sons, and brought them to mcCarty Reagh, as this Examinant heard) vpon vpon the aforesaid Hill Killavarig, and from thence they, were carried, to the wood neere the Castle & hang’d! And this Examinant saith, that the reason why they were put to death, was because, the said Burroughs, Gaue fiue pounds to one Thomas Stevens a shoo Maker, to come to Bandon, to giue Intelligence of the weaknes of <B> the said mc ne Crimins Castle; And this Examinant saith that it was some two daies before Burrowghs was hang’d, that the said stevenson Burroughes was accused, by one Richard Willoughby, to haue sent Stevenson for with the Intelligence to Bandon, * And this Examinant saith that the former occasion of offence, giuen by Burrowghs was! that he sent his Maide with a letter to the towne of Bandon to giue them Intelligence of a prey; And this Examinant being farther Examined saith that it was 2 daies before Burroughs

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was hangd, that, he, the said stevenson was sent by the said Burroughes, to giue the said intelligence to Bandon & had his fiue pound as Willoughby he gaue informacion; and this Examinant being further demanded, saith that the day before when he sent Steuenson away Burroughs Confessed (to this examinant) that he sent him to Bandon; & this Examinant saith that he did not Confesse that he gaue hime any mony, nor yet, that he sent him to giue intelligence! and this Examinant saith, that Burrowghs his wife confessed as much and no more then her husband And this Examinant being askd why Burroughs Child was hangd he Answereth because he wrote the letter which was sent by Steuenson; And this Examinant saith that After Burroughs was hangd, he liued at Kildee being timerous to liue at mc ne Crimin Castle, for feare of the garrison of Bandon Bridge, And this Examinant, being demanded what Goods he had of said Burroughs, he Answereth he had 3 Trunks, in which there were 2 or gownes of serge, & other linnen, and apparell; 2 iron or brasse pots, a certaine number of pewter dishes, as this Examinant thinketh one feather bed, a yellow rug, & things fitt for a bed; a flocke bed & a shag white rug, & some other houshold stuffe with this Examinant saith was to no great value; and this Examinant deposeth that he had, nor saw, any of their mony, saue one twenty shillings, he borrowed of Burrowghs wife, And this Examinant saith that Burroughs had a nag & a mare, which dermond mcffinin Reagh had one of them , as he; this Examinant was informed And this Examinant saith that the 2 Children which were not hangd, were with him, for a yeare after, and that the boy staid in the said mc ne Crimin Castle, when it was taken by the Lord of Inchiquin, & knoweth not what became farther of him, & for the maid she liued a yeare & halfe after Burroughs death, and then died of a disease, & farther saith that those goods which belonged to Burroughs, were taken in the Castle together with his owne by the lord of Inchiquin,

Der: Carthye
Examinant et Jurat coram nobis
John Clerke
Peter Wallis
ff: Wheeller

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