Deposition of John Rutledge & Christopher Armstrong ex parte John Pawlett

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John Rutledge late of Trust in the County of Roscoman Late Tenant to John Powlett Late of Derrycomon in the said County Esquire: & Christopher Armstrong of the same gent sworne & examined depose and say That since the begining of the presente Rebellion vizt about the vijth of November 1642 1641 The said John Pawlett (bei{ng} then aliue,) but is since dead was by the Rebells forceibly expelled deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his houses & farme of Derricomon aforesaid worth by yere: threescore Powndes: And of the Rents of Trust aforesaid wor and tyth Corne there worth about ffortie Powndes more, & of the posses{ } Rents and proffits of certeine Landes of Inheritance in the Countie of Mayo worth xx li. per annum & of corne worth xl li. Howsholdgoods horses & provit{ion} worth C li. at least: & of the proffitts of the wyne Lycense within the County of Mayo worth clerely to him per annum one hundreth Powndes: And of divers debts amounting to 100 li. att least, due by seuerall Robbed person{s} & amonst the rest by one Mr Bewcannon whoe was slaine nere the bridge of Shrowle by the Rebells amongst many other protestants by the Rebells att the time when they were brou{ght} & came thither with a Convoy and were promissed by the gran Rebell the lord of Mayo saffe conduct from the pla{ce} from whence they came, to Galway: But were at Shrew{ } <A.> aforesaid sett vpon by the Rebells in the presence of the said lord of Mayo whoe would not rescow them but suffered them <2> all they be ing 66 or thereabout to be murthered there contrary to his promisse A{nd} further sayth That the said Mr Pawlett hath already lost one yeres proffitt of all his said lands [ ] farmes Rents & meanes, which by meanes reason of this Rebellion which with his other goods whereof hee was soe dispoyled as aforesaid by the Rebells amount to ffowre hundreth & threescore p o w nds And that his wiffe and children are Like to be deprived of the fut{ure} Rents and proffitts of the said lands & farmes and Lycense w{orth}

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<I>CC l xx li. on e hundreth & seventy pownds per annum vntill a peace be established: And further say that as they have very credibly heard from those protestants that escaped That the Rebells had murthered & putt do to death all the English and Scottish pr that they could Light vpon within the seuerall Counties of Mayo & Sligoe: & suffered none to live nor escape the with their Liues other then a very few that privately gott away And that such were the barbarous & inhumane Cruelties of the Rebells that somtymes they inforced the wife to Kill the husband the sonn to Kill the father & the mother; & the daughter to Kill the Brother: & then they wold hang or putt to death these last blou d shedder malefactor s And this deponent John Rutledge: of his knowledg saith That the Rebells in the County towne of Sligoe forced one Lewis the yonger to kill his father & then hangd the sonn And in the Moyne in the Countie of Mayo the Rebells cawsed one Symon Lippers wiffe to Kill her husband: & then cawsed her owne sonn to Kill her: & then they hanged that sonne: And both the deponents were credibly told by some of the protestants that escaped that the Rebells at Sligoe forced divers protestants to goe into one howse, & there to kill [ ] one another
John Rutledge
signum
Christophor [mark] Armstrong
John Rutledge
his Marke
Jurat November 7mo 1642
Joh Watson
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