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Randolphe Shaftoe of Clonmell in the County of Tipperary gent and Margret his wiffe sworne & examined deposeth and sayth That since the begining of the presente Rebellion they were robbed or otherwise dispoiled of their meanes goodes & chattells con[ ]sist consisting of monie Ringes specialties housholdstuff apparell horses & other thinges amounting in all to the summe of One hundreth nyntie six pownds ster. All which was forcibly taken from them by the Rebell Richard <A> Butler of Kilcash brother to the most honorable the Lord Marquesse of ormond: except {on}ly xxv s. which the deponent Randolph left in trust withMaior of Clonmell aforesaid: & which the said Maior since deteined from him. And this deponent further saith Margrett Shaftoe further sayth That when she asked the said Ric Butler for what cawse she & her protestant neighbours shold haue all their estates taken from them he the said Richard Butler, tould her and divers others. That it was his maiesties pleasure That they should take away from all the protestants all their goodes & estates And that they had the Kinges Comission vnder his broad seale to that effect, and that they should be banished into their owne cuntrie And further said that the King was turned to Masse. And shee further sajth That the day before the twelft day of Christmas 1641 [That] Peter Harris of Ardmore gent her sisters husband, was killed at his owne howse of Ardmore: & fifteene English men more by the followers of the said Richard Butler: (being all shott to death (as shee was credibly informed by her sister) & by the Confession of the very murtherers themselues. And this deponent further saith That diuers Rebells (the servants, souldjers or followers of the said Richard Butler of Kilcash Esquire, Did oftentimes (in her hearing) a l soe say. That the king of England was turned papist, and would come over into Ireland before it were long: & that if his maiesty would not continue in goeing to Masse They would pull his Crowne from his head further saying (very comonly) That when they (meaning the irish popish Rebells) had ovecomen, or done with the protestants in Ireland they would goe with an army into England: And saith That Captain ffennell a Rebell was one (amongst the rest) <B> that swore he wold goe from Ireland with an army into England: And that he (for his part) could raise an army of five thowsand souldjers out of those parts And further saith That one Mris Law the wiffe of Mr Law the minister tould this deponent That the rebells about ffetherd, murthered & most cruelly butchered the said Mr Law her husband by Cutting of his head, mangling & cutting his bodie in peeces and then
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putting both the head & mangled Carcasse into the River Bad the body goe see its hand which indeed lay below o n the River banck And this deponent was credibly tould by one dorothy Hanse, and divers others that came from Cashell, That the Rebells had killed & murthered at Cashell fforty seven of men women and children of the English protestants
signum [mark] predicti Ranulphi
signum [nark] predicte Margarete
Jur: 16o ffebr 1642
Hen: Brereton
Will: Aldrich

Com Tipperar:
Randall Shaftoe & Margrett
his wiffe Jur 16o ffebr
1642
Cert fact
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