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Ann Read the relict of Hilkiah Read Late of Cancarrick in the parish of Drumreligh in the Countie of Leitrim gentleman sworne & examined deposeth and sayth That about the xxiijth of october Last which was since the begining of the presente Rebellion (her said husband being in England) Her said husband & she were expelled from deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of their goodes & chattells being of the values following vizt Corne worth xlv li. howsholdgoodes & provition worth xl li. In due debts 40 li. In bookes & a lease 20 li. Cattle horses & hay worth Lxv li. In all amounting to CCx li. Besides the Rebells forcibly tooke away her husbands evidences and writings of good value but of the iust value whereof She cannott for the present give any estimate which robbery & spoile w as don & [ ] By and by <A> the meanes of donnell mcGowran of the County of Ca u an a Comander of Rebells & djvers of his wicked & rebellious servants & wicked crew whose names shee knows not, & by Donnell o Rely Henry ô Rely & Rose ô Rely this deponents Late servants And further sayth that Ellen <I> the wife of d of the said donnell o Rely haveing the nursing of a yong male sucking child of the deponents stripped h im her of his new clothes as this deponent verily beleeveth & brought here r to this deponent whoe being stript of her meanes had not wherewith to releeve the child withall soe as hee by could & famyne dyed, And another of her sonns called Stephen Read being about 6 yeres of age: was about the xth of ffebruary last 1641, in the howse of James Gray of the Cavan & goeing forth to play with him, there then gathered about him about six Irish children of that towne, whoe suddenly fell vpon him su & in such manner that some with stickes and some with stones burst & broke out his braynes putt out his eyes, & bruised his bodie extreamly: soe that he by theis wicked yong impes (which were none of them as shee is perswaded above viij yeres of age): v not lo ng quickly after djed & hadd beene killed owtright in the place had not an Englishwoman comen thither whoe tooke vp the dying child from them: saying to them she wondered they could fynd in their harts soe to deale with such a poore chyld: But they answered that they wold doe asmuch to her if they were able, as she & one Mris Gray afterwards told her this deponent &
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And further sayth that John ô Rely, sonn to Edmund ô <A> Rely now of Clowater late by Mr Callams Castle is now by the Rebells made sherriff of the Countie of Cavan and that both the said John & Edmund ô Reley and one Phelim McGawrane gentleman Daniell McGawran gentleman & Charles McGawran all of the <B> Countie of Cavan: Richard Ashe of Lyssemanie in the parish of Drumlahen (whoe is gone from the Protestant Church to Masse, & was Comissary [ C hancellor ] of the bishops Cort) Phillip McHugh McShane ô Rely of Bellenegary in the parish of Castleterra, in the County of Cavan gent whoe now liveth at Mr Taylors howse in Balljhayes, Phillip McMullmore in the County <C:> Edmund ô Rely of Clowater in the Countie of Cavan gentleman & Garrott ô Rely of the parish of Dromlahin in the County of Cavan gent are & have beene in actuall Rebellion & have borne armes with and amongst the Rebells Robbed stripped & received the protestants goods taken from them, & have Comitted other outrages. & that Phillp mcMulmore ô Rely whoe hath beene formerly verie kynd to the robbed & spojled English & releeved them very much, doth now keepe and harbour the Rebellious souldjers, but thincketh he doth it for feare only: <And the reason why shee [ ] conceaueth this to be soe likly is because shee heard som of the English which weare harboured by him all reporte <symbol> that the Rebells in Action of rebellion did call the said Phillip Realy an English churle <symbol> ackording to the Irish (badogh Sasonogh) because he would offer to releive any English; and threatned to burne his house:> And further sayth that this deponents husband comeing out of England to dublin & hearing of the Rebellion & being tould that this deponent & her children were robbed stript and dyed dead in a ditch: Hee being overcomen with greef & beleevething the same to be true fell into sicknes whereof he soone after dyed And this deponent haveing soe lost her husband 2 of her children & being robbed and stripped of all her meanes is
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now by greefe and extreame want become the miserable object of pittie & hath not wherewith either to manteine herself or her 3 remayneing & surviveing children
Anne Read
Jurat 12o July 1642
Edw: Pigott
John Sterne

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16 Leitrim
Ann Read Jur 12o July 1642
Cert fact
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