Deposition of Nicholas Roberts

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Nicholas Roberts Late of the towne & parish of Ballymakillygutt barony of Trehonackne & within the com of keiry husbandman (a brittish protestant duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue of his Maiesties Commissioners et c. deposeth & <symbol> sayth that aboute the Latter end of January Last 1641 he Lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall value followeing vizt worth 188 li.
Of Cowes heiffers horses & swine to the value of fifty fiue pounds Of housholdstuff & weareing apparell to the value of twelue pounds Of Corne in haggard & in ground to the value of thirty pounds he likewis e sayth he Lost in a house & gra iseing of Cattle to the value of one hundred pounds The totall of his Losses amounts to the sume of one hundred eighty eight pounds. This deponent sayth that he his moueable goods were taken away by Capten Morish mc Killycatt of Ballynacvllycatt barrony of Trahonacne & within the com of keiry Esquire which also Morish mc Kvllycatt tooke from this deponents kinsman James Roberts sixtene score hundred head of Cattell & fiue hundred & fifty foure head of sheepe and some twenty akers of beare barely & wheate & further he deposeth fiufurther passadges of the rebells he hath exprest in Michall Vines Examinacion he also sayth that one Edward Springe and his vncle Thomas Springe who were Constables of the kings Castle of Mayne who gaue it vpp to danyell oge O Carty aboute the Last of January 1641 And the greate peeces that wasere there the whjch was & brought by the Rebells it to keiry Castle & shott fourtene shel against the said Castle and further he deposeth not

Nicho: [mark] Roberts marke
Jurat coram nobis
13o June 1643
Phil: Bisse
Thomas Ellwell

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Nicholas Roberts Examinacion
c. Kerry

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