Deposition of Henry Barnes

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Henry Barnes the younger of Derrihow in the County of Cavan yeoman being duly sworne in the behalfe of his ffather Henry Barnes the elder of the same place sayth That [ ] on or about the 26th Day of October last past he & his said ffather living together and being stockt together they weare robbed < a > and dispoyled by the meanes of Phillip mc Hugh mc Shane o Rely & his followers of their goods and chattel{s} fllowing being of the valew following vizt 53 head of beasts worth Sixscore & Ten poundes howsehold goodes One hundred poundes Corne and hay Ten poundes Eight horses Twenty pounds Debtes owing to them Threescore poundes. Butter & cheese worth twenty poundes A lease of the land where they dwell twenty poundes In all amounting to Three hundred and Three score poundes ster
And after all this the said deponent Henry Barns together with his wife & 3 children comming towardes Dublin were most cruelly & barbarously stript to the very skine wherby his wife being great with child dyed by the way and together with 2 of his children and the other is at poynt of death And further sayth that for all the rent Miles Rely High Sheriff of the County of Cavan did say that he would not giue 300 li. for all the rente in the County of Cavan
Henry Bearnes
Jur 17 January 1641 coram
John Sterne
Hen: Brereton
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[Copy at MS 832, fols 103v-104r]