Deposition of Frances Posnet

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ffrances the wife of Roger Posnet of the towne of Virginia parish of lorgan Baro & County of Cavan sworne & examined saith
That about ten weekes since this deponent and her husband were at Virginia aforesaid robbed and dispoiled of their goods of the values followeing vizt of cattle worth xij li., howsehold goods worth x li. In a lease and dispossed of their howse & grownde there, whereof theire interest was worth 40 li. at least In all threescore & twoe pownds <a> By and by the meanes of hugh Rely ofin the County of Cavan now the Captaine of the Rebells there Torlagh oge Rely of the same county gentleman Cahell mc Shane Galda of the same gentleman Cnogher mc Shane Rely of the same County gentleman, and their complicees being 100 in number at the least, who puld downe their howes over their heads as they did the howses of many others there the same tyme, And after they were turnd out of the towne other Rebells st vnknowne to them stript them of their clothes whereby they were exposed to hunger cold & great misery And the said first named Rebells forceibly tooke from this deponent and her husband their eldest sonn and daughter, & keepe them prisoner or have slayne them for any thing they sh e knoweth, And that the Rebells aforesaid did then say that the kings Maiestie writt himself king of Misrule & that he the king had given them Comission to doe what they did and that there was then noe king at all
The marke of the said ffrances
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Jur 4o Jan: 1641
coram nobis

Hen: Jones
William Aldrich

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ffrances Posnet Cavan Com
Jur 4o Jan: 1641
Hand

[Copy at MS 832, fols 47v-48r]