Deposition of Joane Woods (the younger)

fol. 166v

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Joane Woods the yo nger late of Belterbert Com Cavan widow aged 47 yeares or therabouts duly sworne &c
< A > saith That she was present in Belterbert about the 20th of Januar 1641 when Phillip mc Hugh mc Shane o Reily, ffarrall o Rely a Tobacco marchant Donell o Rely alias Johnson, Hugh o Brady then made provost of Belterbert, Brian oag o Mulpatrick, Hugh reogh o Mulpatrick, Thomas mc Donell boy o Mulpatrick, Phillip b mc Donell boy o Mulpatrick; Cormack backagh Brady Cnogher oage o Mulpatrick, Edmond Kely, Phillip Curre Phillip o Togher, Edmond o Mulpatrick of the Quiny Richard Higgin, of Dromrole, & one Crawley that liued on the land of Sir Stephen Butler, Danell boy o Mulpatrick, and divers others entred the towne of Belterbet & plundred the said towne, as also when they burnt the towne, and castle, and church of Belterbert and when they robbed the seuerall Inhabitants & likewise when they forced about 40: of the poore English into the water from of the bridge of Belterbert & drowned them, and further saith that they caused one Mr Carre & Timothy Dickenson to be hanged.
Also this deponent saith that there was one Tirlogh mc Kadda of Dromlane parish in bel Belterbert at the tyme aforesaid and he was made Gouernor there whilst the other Rebels went to besiege the Castle of Croghan, also there was Teig mc a Vinney and Cnogher mc Currey < B > and Phillip Rammer at the said towne of Belterbert and at the tyme of plundring aforesaid.
ffurther this deponent saith that the aforesaid ph Brian oge o Mulpatrick and Cnogher oge o Mulpatrick did robbe & take away this deponents tw Cattle & other goods & two boats on the Riuer worth in all one hundred pounds ster
And further this Examinant Cannot depose
the marke of
Joane Woods the yonger