Deposition of Symon Bellers

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Symon Bellers of the Citty of Dublin gent sworne and examined deposeth and sayth That about the first of december 1641 hee this deponent living at Eniscorfy in the County of Wexford was then and there with his wife and children forceibly deprived & expelled from their howse dwelling & farmes there & of 2 mills & was alsoe then and there alsoe forceibly robbed and dispoyled of Cowes horses Mares yong Cattle howsholdgoods hey a a tanyard with a great quantety of leather, bark & other goods w and meanes worth & of the value and to his losse <800 li.> & damage of Eight hundred powndes at the least And this deponent by meanes of the Rebellion is alsoe deprived and hath as he is perswaded <540 li.> Lost in debts the summ of 480 li. 540 li. at least And by meanes of the said Rebellion the dep{onen}t hath had seuerall howses in the suburbs of Dublin pulld downe and wasted and is alsoe further dampnified in losse <500 li.> of rents thereof five hundred Pownds more: And sayth that the Rebells in the County of wexford that rose vp in Armes & deprived & despoiled him <A> of his howses farmes mills Tanyard bark lether and other goods were Peirce Butler late of Clanekerry in that County Esquire Geor Joseph Farrell of Eniscorfy aforesaid Merchant & divers the Lord Mountgarrett & the freirs of Wexford and but the rest he cannott name Howbeit all the papists in that Cuntry as he is verely perswaded rose v and tooke vpp Armes th in the very begining of december 1641 aforesaid, and robd all the protestant in the Cuntry thereabouts: And amongst the rest they robbed expelled and deprived Mr William Swainton late of the Court of Enescorfy aforesaid Esquire this deponents wifes owne father of his howses lands farmes and all his estate at Eniscorfy & elsewhere within the County of wexford & Kingdom of Ireland of the value of fowre thowsand pownds as this deponent is verely perswaded, besides divers other debts & specialties & other evydences & writings of great value concerning his lands in England And this deponents father (whose only child he is) was alsoe about the begining of december aforesaid robbed and deprived of a farme goods & chattells at [ ] Clonee in <symbol Meath aut dublin> the County ofof the value and to his losse of eight <800 li.> hundred pownds by the Rebells of that County And saith that the honorablePlunkett now Baron of Dunsany confessed that he had <B> a great part of this deponents said late fathers said goods at Clonee aforesaid: And this deponent is like to loose & is hath beene lost deprived of and hath lost in rents & proffitts of howsing & tenements in the suburbs of Dublin the future summe of Cxx li. per annum vntill a peace be established And by meanes of this said Rebellion this deponent hath by inforcement lent money to his maiesties Army & borne such heavy Cess presse and other taxations charges
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<160 li.> charges and imposicions that he is thereby dampnified Clx li. more Soe that his present losses by meanes of the Rebellion (besides the future proffitts of his howses tenants and farmes in the Citt suburbs of Dublin) doe amount vnto the summ of twoe thowsand six hundred & forty Pownds ster, the future proffitts being 120 li. per annum as aforesaid.
<{ } Clogher W: A.>
Simon Bellers
Jur xvjo Januarij 1645
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Hen: Clogher
Will: Aldrich

Dublin
Simon Bellers Jur
16o Jan: 1645
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