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William Bridgman late of Cowgie parish of Disart ba r rony of Inchiquine and within the com of Clare gentleman (a brittish protestant duely sworne and examined before vs by vertue of a Comission etc deposeth & sayth that about the first of January 1641 he lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goods & Chattles to the seuerall values ffolloweing vzt worth 270 li. 3 s.
Of Cowes heiffers yearelings horsses Mares and swine to the value of one hundred pounds Of houshould stuff prouision and weareing apparell to the value of fforty pounds Of Corne and hay in haggard to the value of twenty pounds Of Corne in grounde to the value of therty pounds He likewise sayth that he was disposessed of a lease of Owen keigh wherein he had a terme of foure yeares to come worth coibus annis two pounds ten shill per annum & aboue the landlords rent wherein he conceaues himselfe damnifyed to the value of eight pounds Of another lease of Cowgy wherein he had a terme of six yeares to come worth coibus annis ten pounds per annum and aboue the Landlords rent wherein he conceaues himselfe damnifyed in [ ] the said lands to the value of threscore pounds part consi s ting of Of debts amounting to the value of fiue pounds ten shill due from papists that are in open & actuall rebellion as Teig mc Donnell of Cowge aforsaid husbandman Robert Meade of the same husbandman Turloagh mc Mortagh of Kegllina in the com aforsaid husbandman Murtoagh O Kett of Drum [ko n an] more in the aforsaid com husbandman more due from one George Burck of Tulladane in the said com husbandman thirty three shill and whoe is a papist & out in rebellion therefore this deponent cannott gett any satisfaction from eyther any of them The totall of his losses amounts to the sume of Two hundred threescore & ten pounds thre shill This deponent being further examined depos{eth} & sayth that some of his goods & Chattles parte of his Cattle were taken away by Dermod ô Bryann Esquire of Drummore aforsaid Esquire who was accompanyed

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With some few armed men aboute the tyme aboue mencioned whoe came & then & there forceably tooke posession of this deponents house and goods and threst out his Corne and carryed it away and further he cannott deposeth that his houshould stuff and one of his geldings was taken away by Turlagh O Brien of Clonlnane in the aforsaid com Esquire and his company to the number of one hundred and to the number of a hundred armed men another parte of his Cattle were taken away by on John Linch of Disart in the said com gentleman and his company to the number of twenty armed men as he supposeth and likewise he sayth that the most parte of his houshold stuff was taken away by one Donnogh mc mc Cnogher & Pooder O Bryen of Keyllyine in the said com aforesaid gentleman And further he deposeth not
William Bridgeman
Jurat coram nobis
21o Marty 1642
George Courtenay
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William Bridgmans
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