Deposition of John Day

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John Day of Drumleiff in the County of Cavan weaver sworne and examined sayth That on the xxijth day of October last, he was robbed and dispoyled by the rebells at Drumleiff aforesaid of Cattle worth xxvj li. x s. howshold goods apparell and goods hay worth xv li. And was then alsoe expelled and deprived of [ ] his farme at Drumleiff aforesaid to his damage of [ ] tenn pownds sterl. soe that his whole losse in all cometh to the sume of ffifty one pownds ten shillings ster. And saith that the parties that the parties Rebells, that soe robbed expelled & dispoyled him were James ô Rely ofnere <a> Ballyhayes [ ye ] Malster Hugh Boy ô Rely of Kilduff yeoman Thomas Wiseman ofof the parish of Castleteragh yeoman, and divers others to the number of thirtie whose names he knowes not being souldiers under the Comand of Phillip mc Hugh mc Shane <-> ô Rely:/ which Rebells badd him open the dores of his howse otherwise they would fyre his howse, and th said that they had a Comission from the queene and from beyond the seas for what they did And that they would not suffer an english man to stay in the land:/ And further saith that the said Rebells stript him his wife and their 4 yong children of all their clothes, and threw the yongest chyld which was but about 12 weeks old into the Mire
John Day
Jur viijo ffebr
1641
William Aldrich
William Hitchcock

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84 Com Cavan
John Day Jur 5o Febr 1641
Hand Intw

[Copy at MS 832, fols 66r-66v]