Deposition of Dorcas Iremonger

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27 th January 1641
I Dorcas Iremonger of Balleheis in the County of Cavan vidz Late wife vnto Thomas Iremonger gent Clarke of the peace of the said County whoe was Maliciously Murthered by the Rebells of the County of ffermanagh aged thirty yeares yeares or thereabouts being duely sworne & examyned saith that aboute the 24th of October Last shee and Jane Iremonger her husbands daughter were Robed expelled & dispoyled and striped by the Ireish Rebells of the County of Cavan they being ffollowers vnto Phillip mc Hugh mc Sheane o Rely & Edmond mc Mullmore o Rely of all these severall Lands & goods ffolloweing vizt
Imprimis in ffree Lands in the proportion of peirecevale being in the Barrony of Clankee in the County of Cauan worth vltra repris per annum ffyfty pounds ster besides the future proffitts vntill a peace be setl ed_____ 50 li.__0 s.__0 d.
Itt in Leases within the aforesaid proportion & in the proportions of Ateduffe & during Lush being in the County aforesaid worth three hundred & twenty pounds_____ 320 li.__00__0
Itt in debts ffower hundered & ffowerteen pounds ster__________________414 li.__0__0
Itt in Cattle one hundred fforty five pounds ffower shillings______________145__4__0
Itt in househould goods two hundred fforty seaven pounds fowerteen shillings x d. ______ 247__14__10 d.
The Cause wherefore they did stript & Rob [ ] her aforesaid Dorcas was they did alleag generally they had the Kings Seale for the same
Summa totalis of her [ ] l osses____________1626__18__10
<money & losses {}> 1626 li.__18 s.___10 d.
Dorcas Iermonger
Jurat 22 March 1641
William Aldrich
John Watson
Roger Puttocke
Hen: Brereton
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And further saith that the Rebells aforesaid when were all Comanded by Phillip ô Rely the gran Rebell that soe robbed stripped & dispoyled her & her said daughter as aforesaid being Maguires of the county of Fermanagh: they haveing first most barbarously murthered the said Thomas Irmonger her husband Mr Arthur & Tho: Champion & a subsherriff & 4 3 more English protestants And further saith That the night before they were soe robbed, The wife of the said Phillip ô Rely came to this deponent and Mris Tate the wife Doctor Tate & fownd fault with & questioned them because they had noe more howshold goods then she sawe there saying they must give her an accompt what was becomen of their houshould go{ods} or to that effect. And that after this deponent was expelled from her house she & her 2 chyldren were were by the Rebells stript of all their clothes severall tymes some ymes by men women and children rebells & exposed her to great and vnwonted Cold nakednes & want stripped her two And shee & 220 poore English more were inforced to lye a whole night almost stark naked on the snow vpon a rock Soe as 2 of her children dyed since of the cold than taken as she is verely perswaded
Dorcas Iermonger
Jurat 30 Martij 1642
Roger Puttocke
Randall Adams
John Watson

Dorcas Iremonger
Jur 22o Marcij 1641
Cert fact
Intw Hand

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