Deposition of Margery Sharp

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<a> Margery Sharpe widdow (late wife of Anthony Sharpe) an English protestant dwelling lately in the parish of Anagelly in the Barony of Loughtee and County of Cavan duly sworne deposeth that about the 23d day of of October Last one Hugh Brady gent resideing in the parish of Ballyhease (but the name of his abode this deponent knoweth not) in the County of Cavan desired her said Husband to bring what goods he had to his the said Brady’s house promising him that when these troubles were overpast he should have them safe agayne, and when he the said Brady had gotten two milsh cowes sixe English sheep foure yearling Calves and a mare worth in all eleven pounds, the said Brady refused by such perswasions as aforesaid from and out of the hands of her said Husband, the said Brady refused to redeliver any of the said goods to her said husband but when he had gotten her said husband (comeing to demand the said goods) into an inner roome The said Brady tould him this deponents husband (as this deponent heard but could not be suffered to come in ) that he had bin a souldier and was an able man and likely to come against them hereafter, and therefore he would cutt off his head, which accordingly they then did, Soe farther deposeth that she lost in yarn, weavers tooles, her house and garden stuffe worth sixe pound in all worth 17 li. {lost &} taken from her by Owen o Dawly and Niese o Dawly servants to the said Hugh Brady, and further this deponent saith that she was severally times stript in her comeing to Dublin
Jurat Jan: 5 1641
Coram nobis
Joh Watson
Will: Hitchcock
Randall Adams

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Margery Sharpe
Com Cavan
Jur 12o Jan 1641
Intw
[hand]
speciall

[Copy at MS 832, fols 50v-51r]