Deposition of ffrancis Haselope

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ffrancis Haselope late of Ballyharaghane in the parish e of Disert Barony of Inchiquine & County of & county of Clare gent (a brittish p protestant) beinge duly sworne & examined vpon oath before vs by virtue of his Maiesties Comission baring date &c deposeth and saith that one or aboute the 27th day of december last past and diuers tymes since the begining of this present Rebellion in Ireland hee lost was robbed forceably dispoiled of his goods & chattells to the seuerall values followinge vizt worth 471 li. 18 s. 6 d.
Of Cowes ho steeres Calves Heffers one great Bull mares geldings plowe horses, Colts, sheepe & swyne to the value of One hundred sixty fyve pounds sixteene shillings Eight pence: Of howshold stuff <howsehould> provision and plat to the value of ffyfty pounds: Of haye & Corne in the haggard & howse to the value of Twenty & eight pownds: The deponent further saith that hee was expelled & driven away from his said ffarme where hee left in co r ne in grond to the value of twelv{e} pounds which he conceiveth to bee lost: Of ymplements of husbandry to {the} value of Twenty shillings: The deponent likewise sayeth that by meanes{s} of this present Rebellion hee was dispossessed of his said ffarme of Ballyharagh an wherein hee hath a lease of Thirty yeares ye et vnexpired worth to bee sett communibus annis Twenty pownds per An{num] ouer & above the landlords Rent which lease th i s deponent valueth worth to bee s o ld the summe of Two hundred pownds: Part being Of debts which this deponent accompted good debts before this Rebellion amounting to the sume of Twenty & fyve pownds eight shillings & six pence <parte wherof is> due from the vndernamed persons disinabled protestants (vizt Nept Blood Clarke, Elias Ely John Smyth, John Poole William Ranslord And one other parte due from ffrancis Creagh of the Citty of Limer{ick} merchant, but in regard the said parties protestants are vtterly impo{ver}ished by reason of this Rebellion, & the said ffrancis out <A> in actuall Rebellion Therefore this deponent cannot gett satisfacc{ion} from them; The totall of this deponents losses amounteth to fou {re} hundred three score & eleaven pownds eighteene shillings and six pence; And This deponent saith that parte of the said goods namely Cattle were taken away by Mlaghler ô Heiher of Owen in the said County gentleman his sonnes & servants pretending { } the Rent due to the right honourable the lord Baron of Inchiquine who since [ ] hath disclaimed any such aucthority giuen by him to the said Mlaghlin or to giue this deponent any satisfaction

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another parte of the said goods were forceably taken from this deponent by aboute y the time aboue menconed by the domeshike [ssike ] servants & Tenants of Teige ô Bryne Esquire <B> of Dromore And This deponent further saith that on or about the 29th of December last past hee being in company at Ballyharraghane with one Connor ô Hogan ffryer of the convent of Aghes and John ô Hogan his brother the deponent demannded of them the reasone of theire this grunds suddaine rising against the English & of the forcible takeinge away of theire goods; seuerally by of the m who answered that it was the Kings fault in settinge such meane & base governors to rule over them, then & there nominating Sir William Parsons one nowe one of his Maiesties cheife lords Justices of this kingdome & Sir Richard Bolton the lo: Chancellor to bee men of base degree and such as heretofore they wuld haue had to sollicitt theire cause from Cort to Crt duringe the whole Tearme for ffyve shillings a peece and that Burlace the other lord Justice quoth the said fryer & the said John averring the same was but a base pymn maker or a headder of pymns all which words wer spoken in most bitter and in vectiue maner & further he cannot depose
ffra: Haselope
Jurat coram nobis 9o die
Augusti 1642
Phil: Bisse
Jam: Wallis

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