Deposition of William Aldrich

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William Aldrich late of Dromgoonie in the Barony of Clankey and County of Cavan Clerke being duly sworne Deposeth That on the three and twentieth day of October last past and since that time hee hath beene robbed and dispoiled of his goods and Chattles in that County to the values of following vizt of Corne in haggard and in the ground worth an hundred and twenty pounds, of Cattle worth an hundred pounds of horses and mares worth fortie pounds, of houshould goodes Books garden fruits and all his furniture belonging to husbandry worth an hundred pounds in debts threescore and ten poundes. Of the benefitt and revennue of his Church Livings worth two hundred poundes per annum amounting in all to one and thousand & ten poundes And is like to loose the future proffitts of his meanes worth 200 li. per annum vntill a peace is established by the rebells in those partes vizt by Hugh mull mor{e} ô Rely of Killevaghan of the said County, Owen mc Connor o Rely, and ffarrall Barnagh o Rely of the same Countie and others as hee is credibly informed whose names hee knoweth not, But the reason of the Deponentes not pe{r}fect knowledge of it, is because hee and his wife was at the time aforesaid at Clownis in the County of Monaghan from whence hee his said wife and Edward Aldrich his this Deponentes vncle were most furioulsy pursued by the rebells of the said County of Monaghan for the space of nyne myles
And this deponent further saith That hee hath lost in the estate of his vncle Edward Aldrich Esquire who was since a Captaine & slaine in his Maiesties service going to Drogheda to whome this Deponent was next heire part whereof was past over vnto this deponente vppon his marriage being ffreehold land at fower hundred poundes per Annum, in ready money one thousand one hundred poundes, in plate & houshold stuffe three hundred <{ }> poundes in Cattle of all sortes one thousand five hundred poundes {But} for the certainty thereof this Deponent referreth himselfe to future { } deposicions of others whoe were servants or weare neighbors to the said Edward Aldrich

William Aldrich
Jur 5o Marty 1641
John Sterne
Will: Hitchcocke
Hen Brereton
Roger Puttocke
Cavan
Ardmagh
fermanagh
Monaghan 1007
Londonderry 1217
Donegal
Tyrone
Downe

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