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John Marnes of the Towne and parish of Moyalloe in the barony of ffermoy and within the County of Corke miller (a brittish protestant) duely sworne and examined before vs by vertue of a Comission vnder the bro a de seale of this Kingdome (beareing date the 5th day of March 1641) concerneing the robberies and spoiles sinc e this rebellion comitted vpon the Brittish & protestants within the Province of Munster &c. deposeth and saith. That vpon the one & twentieth of January 1642 or therabouts & diuers times scithence he lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vzt value of 866 li.-12 s.
Of cowes oxen steeres heiffers horses & sheepe to the value of Two hundred and three score pounds. Of houshould=stuffe & prouision &c to the value of forty pounds. Of corne malt & oate=meale in the haggard & house to the value of one hundred foure score and nyne pounds. O f beanes hides Tallow wood & timber to the value of foure score & ten pounds. Of hay in stacke to the value of eight pounds. The deponent saith that by meanes of this rebellion he was expelled from his f arme where he lost in corne in the grounde to the value of Twenty pounds. He further s a i th that since this rebellion he lost the benefitt of seuerall leases in the said County namely. Of three seuerall mills at Mayallo aforesaid which he houldeth for ten yeeres yeett to come which mills were burnt & destro yed by the rebells to his losse and damadge of foure=score pounds. Of anoth r

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mill & parcell of land therevnto adioyneing in & neere the Towne of Dunerayle in the said County wherin he hath a lease of seaventeene yeeres yeet to come he conceaues himselfe damnified by leaseing the benefitt of the same Twenty pounds . likwise the deponent is dispossessed of a parcell of land in and neere Moyalloe aforesaid wherin he hath a lease of ten yeeres yeett to come his enterest in the said lease he accounts before this rebellion to be woorth one hundred pounds. O f debts amounting to the sume of fortie fiue pounds twelue shillinge due from the vndernamed person s protestants vtterly dissenabled by this rebellion namely John George Edward Procter John Tory & others, therefore this deponent is not likly to get satisfaction from them. The totall of his losses amounts to eight hundred three score and six pounds twelue shillings. The deponent <B> saith that aboute Candlemas 1641 the lord Mountgarrett the lord Roch the lord of Ikerin Baron loghma mac Donogh & diuers other gentleman to the number of seaven or eight Thousand men came to Moyalloe aforesaid where among other hostill and rebellious actions then & there comitted by them this deponents goods with force & armes were taken away by their meanes with force & armes & further he deposeth not
John [mark] Marnes marke
Jurat coram nobis
15o ffebr: 1642
Phil: Bisse
Tho: Bettesworth

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The examination of
John Marnes
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