Deposition of John Rinders & ffrances Rinders

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John Rinred Rinders late of Bally wallis in the parish of { Killaloe } in the bar: of Tulloe & within the com of Clare; T{urnor} (an Irish protestant) duly sworne & examined be{fore} vs by vertue of his Maiestys Comission to vs a{nd} others directed ( beareing date etc) concerni{ing} the losses robberies & spoyles, since this reb{ellion} comitted vpon the brittish & protestants with{in} {the} prounice of Munster etc) deposeth & sayth {that} vpon the 3d day of December 1641 or thereabo{uts} the deponent lost was robbed & forceably d{is}poiled of his goods & Chattles to the seuer{all} values following vzt worth 336 li.
Of Cowes heiffers bulls Steers & horses to the value o{f} threescore & eight pounds Of houshould stuffe Lyn{ n en} weareing apparell to the value of forty pounds Of { hay } in stack & garden fruits to the value of eigh{t} pounds The deponent sayth that by meanes of the rebellion in Ireland he was dispossessed of the s{ aid } farmes following namely of the land of Bally w{allis} aforesaid wherein he hath a lease of seauenteene years yett to come, The deponent hauing layed out {much} Chardges in building & other necessary improuments v{pon} the same in this lease this deponent is damnifyed t{ hirtie } pounds O f part of the lands of T rugh in the said com {for} Eleuen years yett to come worth to this depon{ent} aboue the landlords rent fiue pounds per annum his in { terest } in the s ame before thi s rebellion he valueth to {be} worth twenty pounds; He was likewise disposs{essed} of a Tucking mill newly built vpon the land of Artagall in the said com , & a garden plott there vn{to} belonging hauing a lease therein for twelue years to come or thereabouts, in this lease he {is} likewise damnifyed ten pounds Of Debts amo{unt}ing to the summe of one hundred & there score pou{nds} due from seuerall persons by bills & specialtyes but {in} regard the said deponents bills & other writings were for{ce}ably taken away by the rebells (by which he might { declare }

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The names of his creditors therefor the deponent is not likely to gett anny satisfaction from them; The totall of his losses amounting to three hundred six & thirty pounds; A nd further he deposeth not; ffrances Rinders the wife wife of the said John Rinrdedrs this day deposeth appeared before vs & being duly examined & sworne vpon the holy Euangelist for & in the behalfe of the said John deposeth That the particulars of the said John Rinreds losses aboue menconed are true & that his whole losses came farr short rather then any way exceede the estate he lost by meanes of this rebellion; Shee being further examined deposeth that vpon the first of Jan: 1641 or thereabouts the deponent (among other English & protestants to the number of a hundred persons men women & children or thereabouts fled to Castle Banck in the said com where they continued till about the 27th day of June following 1642, at which time the said Castle was deliuered vpon quarter vnto the hands of one Dermod <B> O Bryen dureing which time the parties in the said Castle indured much misery (the said Castle being blocked vpp by the Enemy abroade at least for eight weeks) for the besiedged were driuen yonge & ould now & then for six weeks to feed vpon horse flesh as also William Ridson minister of Castle Banke aforesaid was [ ] vpp murthered { } the said Castle aforesaid but by whome the deponent knoweth not likewise George Morgan & Thomas Bay{l}e two English protestants & warders of the said Castle were within halfe a mile to the said Castle dureing the said seidge Murdered, but the certaine name or names of them that Murdered them the deponent cannot declare She lastly sayth that during the time they were blocked vpp in the said Castle three <b> yonge children one of them called Mathew Rinder this deponents child & two of Robert Bankes his children vsing to goe foorth often to gather hearbes were taken by some of the Enemy & neuer found nor heard of euer since; but the comon opinion of Limerick & other places there abouts is that the said Mathew was murdered &

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Buryed halfe dead & thother two Children throwen into the riuer & drowned, She being further examined sayth that three of her Children as also thirty other men women & children dureing the said siedg through the extremity of the same and being likewise starved dyed in the said Castle & were all in & nere cloose by the said Castle buryed & further she deposeth not
John [mark] Rinders marke
ffrances [mark] Rinders marke
Jurat suerunt coram nobis
20o Marty 1642
Phil: Bisse
Ric: Williamson

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Clare
The Examinacion of John Kinred
Rev