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Joshua Bishop Late of Aghadrinagh in the Countie of Mayo <A> Esquire sworne & examjned deposeth and sayth That Myles Lord Viscount of Mayo whoe is now in Rebelljon (if he bee not there in slayne) hath dispossessed deprived robbed & or otherwise dispoyled him this deponent of his goodes and chattells within the Countie of Mayo hereafter mencioned vizt of beasts Cattle horses Mares and Coults worth CCCClxiij li. Corne worth Cxx li. Howshold goodes worth xl li. & forceibly expelled this deponent from fowrteene quarters and a half of Land which was demised to him this deponent by the said Lord viscount Mayo for xxvj yeres the n now to come wherein the deponents interest when the Rebellion begun was worth Nyne Twelv e hundreth & fy[ ] tie N eentie pownds: & now by this deponent by reason of the Rebellion accompted to be worth nothing above the Rent, And the said Lord of Mayo alsoe deprived & & dispoyled this deponent of as much rent & [ tenth ] euery fowrth she ffe of Corne which his Lordship wrongfully exacted & forceible tooke from this deponents tennants as was worth Cxx li. more And this deponent by meanes of the Rebellion Hath beene & is deprived of iust and due debts owing vnto him some by those that are in Rebellion & the rest by those that are either robbed or slaine by the Rebells the sume of xx li. <B:> ster And this deponent was alsoe by one Richard Lane Late of Tulsk in the Countie of Roscomon E squire gentleman whoe was and now is alsoe an actor in this presente Rebellion & other & his conf e de ra t s Rebells expelled from deprived or otherwise dispoyled of [ ] his goodes & Chattells of the values of within the Countie of Roscomon of the values following vizt of howsholdgoodes worth xxx li., and of 6 quarters of land & a mylne whereof he had a leas with originally derived from Alderman Parkhurst by assignment of London for 14 yeres yet to come: his interest therein
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when the Rebellion began being worth 590 li. and now by the Rebellion & by the wasting and spoyling of his howses m made worth nothing to him this deponent, And of five yeres arreres of Rents & deb & debts due to this deponent amounting to CCl li. due by tennants in Rebellion which h e incorraged not to pay him this deponent: Soe that the deponents present losses by meanes of the Rebellion due amount vnto twoe thowsand Nyne hundreth & thirteene powndes ster And sayth that the parties that are soe indebted vnto him and are in Rebellion doe carry armes with and amongst the Rebells and <A:> are thus named vizt the said Lord of Mayo Richard Lane of Tuske in the County of Roscomon Esquire Dermott ô fflangan neere Elfyn in the said Countye gent. Rory Duffe ô ffarrell late of Clony birne of the said Countye gent John ô Conelaue & Manus Killroe both of the Abbye towne of Roscomon yeoman <B:> John ô Connor and Hugh mcCarbry both of Cloneagh in the said County gent Charles ô Connor Roe of Ballynefadd in the said County Esquire Mojler Hussey & and William Davys late of Roscomon yeoman Oliver Bowen of Castlecarrowe in the Coun ty of Mayo Esquire William Bar nard of Castlebarre in the County of Mayo Clerke John Cherritt of Clonycashell in the said County of Mayo yeo sheppard and John <C:> Hovett of Castlebarre in the same Countye gent And the deponent further sayth that th e said Oliver Bowen William Barnard & John Cherritt and John Hovett, though they are not in Rebellion yet the deponent knoweth not howe to recover the debts due to him by them, they being disabled by the Rebellion to satisfy
Joshua Bishopp
Deposed 21o July 1642 before vs
John Sterne
Will: Aldrich
Will: Hitchcocke
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Com Mayo
deposic Josue Bishopp
Jurat 21o July 1642
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