Deposition of George Cooke

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George Cooke of Kilcrone in the parish of Lara Barronye & County of Cavan yeoman: Aged twenty three yeares or thereabouts being duely sworne deposeth that he was Robed & dispoyled of all his goods the fower & twentieth day of October last about seaven of the Clock in the Morneinge being of the seuerall vallues followeing, in Corne worth twelue pounds, in hay worth five pounds, in Cattle worth Threescore & five pounds, in household goods, provition in the house & other goods worth fforty pounds in monies ffowerteene pounds, One lease of three poales of land caled by <a> the seuerall names of Kilcrone Drumminnick & Alba, for fforty one thirty Nyne yeares from May day last houlden vnder the demise of Alderman Parkhurst of the Citty of London att & vnder the Annuall or yearely rent of twenty six pounds worth fforty pounds, in all amounting to the some of One hundreth threescore & sixteene pounds. By the meanes of Phillip mc Hugh mc Shane ô Rely of one of the knights of the Shire for the said County, Tirla mc donaghie of Listowne in the said parish & County aforesaid ge nt Edmond ô Goen of the said parish & County aforesaid gent: And diuerse other Irish Rebells in there company to the Number of fforty or thereabouts being all Armed in a hostile like manner with seuerall weapons as picks, swords, skeanes & pitchforks And further deposeth that the said Edmond ô Goen <b> (being a Constable) tooke laid violent hands vpon this deponent & said he arreasted him in the kings name further saying that if this deponent made much to doe he wold take of his head this depo nents head, further saying that all the English within this kingdome were Rebells against the kinge, saying And further said that they (meaning himself & company) had the kings seale for what they did
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George [mark] Cooke
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Jur. the 19th of ffeb: 1641
William Aldrich
Roger Puttocke

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[Copy at MS 832, fols 130r-v]