Deposition of Gregory Hickman

Date: 1642-10-10

Identifier: 829063r046

County: Clare & Limerick

Deposition Type: Bysse

Nature of Deposition: Apostacy, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Stripping, Words, Lost By Debts

Commissioners: Philip Bisse, Tristram Whetcombe

Deposition Transcription:

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Gregory Hickman late of Barnetinck in the parish of Clare Abby barony of Ilands & within the County of Clare gentleman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue of &c deposeth & saith That on or about the first of January last & diuers times since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his meanes goods and Chattles to the seuerall values & following vzt worth 3672 li. 9 s. 8 d.
Of Cowes steeres heiffers bulls horses mares coults sheepe swine & poultry to the value of one thousand eight hundred and foureteene pounds Of houshould goods & wool l s to the value of two hundred three score & ten pounds Of Corne ha y and rapeseede in the haggard & house to the value of three & fiftie one hundred & thirteene pounds thir te e ne shillinges Of wood turfffe & rough timber for building to the value of Twenty pounds The deponent saith that he was expelled & driuen away from the house & lands in the said County where he left in Corne in ground nowe lost by reason of this rebellion to the value of three hundred pounds This deponent further saith that by meanes of this presente rebellion in Ireland he was dispossessed of seuerall f farme s in the said County namely Of the Towne & lands of Barnen t incke aforesaid haueing a lease therin of foure yeeres to come woorth Coibus Annis aboue the land lords rent one hundred pounds per annum, he conceaues himselfe damnified by looseing the beneffitt of the said lease two hundred pounds

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Likewise of another lease for twelue yeeres to come or therabouts of the lands of Cragforna & Dromcarran in the said County woorth to this deponent yeerly ouer and aboue the landlords rent thirtie pounds this lease he conceaues i s woorth to be sould befor this rebellion (considering the greate chardges this deponent layed out in Improueing the same) one hundred pounds Of another lease for eighteene yeeres to come or theraboutes of a parcell of Land of Cragnamelly in the said County woorth ouer & aboue the landlords rent foure pounds per annum haueing payed a fine for the same before hand the sume of eight & twenty pounds he lost the beneffitt of the said lease to his losse & damadg of thirtie pounds Of one other lease parte of the lands of Termon of Killiuabay in the said County for 17 yeeres yeett to come woorth aboue the land lords rent fiue pounds per annum payeing a ffyne for the same before hand of three & twenty pounds he is damnified by looseing the proffitt of the said lease thirtie pounds Alsoe of a nother lease for nynteene yeeres to come of another parcell of the said Termon land paying nyne pounds ten shillinges fine before hand for the same wherin he is damnified twelue pounds He is like wise dispossessed of the lands of Inshiquin in the said County wherin he hath a lease of six & twenty yeeres yeett to come woorth Coibus annis aboue the land lords rent thirtie pounds wherin he conceaues himselfe damnified two hundred pounds Of a lease of certaine ti thes in the parish of Dromclene in the said County for fifteene yeeres to come woorth to this deponent aboue the rent ten pounds per annum he is damnified by looseing the beneffitt of the said said lease the sum e of fiftie pounds of debts amounting

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Part thereof consi s ting of debts owing to him Amountinge woorth To the sume of fiue hundred six & thirtie pounds due from diuers Irish persons nowe in actuall rebellion or soe comonly reported vzt Connor o Brien of Bally < [ ] > maccoody in the said County Esquire, Connor o Brien <A> of Lemyneth in the said County gentleman Rossa o Loghlin of ffathabegg in the said County gentleman Moragh o Brien of Cahirkarkan in the said County [Loughlin oge o] [ ] of [ ] in the said County Esquire Donogh mc Considen in the parish of Killinaboy aforesaid gentleman Donogh o Brien of Barnekilly in the said County gentleman fflan Nellane of Ballyknocke in the said County gentleman Cnogher mc Gilleduffe o Hehir in the parish of Dromcleane in the said County gen Murtagh Kellagher of Clare in the said County yeoman Dauid Nellane
of GlanQuin in the said County yeoman fflan Nellane of Dangin mc Kieth in the said County gentleman John o Mulcyan of Caremcowny in the said County yeoman Richard mc George of Carrownemadre in the said County yeoman with many others as alsoe many diuers English & protestants likewise indebted to this deponent in parte of the aboue sume But in regard the said protestants are vtterly disenabled by meanes of this rebellion & the rest of the aboue named persons out in actuall rebellion therefore this deponent can gett noe satisfaction from them The totall of his losses amounts to three thousa nd six hundred three score & twelue pounds <nyne> shillinges eight pence besides the losse of the benefitt of seuerall mortgadges in the said County amounting to three hundred & iij li. ten shillinges vzt one mortgadge of the land of Tobbermaly in the said County for six score pounds from Connor o Brien of Lemyneth in the said County gentleman nowe in actuall rebellion Another mortgadge of the lands of Ballycashen for 45 li. 10 s. from Connor o Brien of Cahirkarkane in the said County gentleman nowe in actuall rebellion Of one other mortgadge of a parcell of Cragland in the said County for ten pounds from Cahir o fflanagane of Crosse in the said County gentleman nowe in actuall rebellion Of two other

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Mortgadges of the lands of Ballynealane & Rosbarahane in the said County for one hundred & fortie two pounds from fflann Nelane of Ballyknock in the said County <B> gentleman nowe in actuall rebellion All which he leaues to consideration This deponent saith that his goods and Chattles were taken in a rebellious & f e lonious maner away by seuerall persons following vzt Connor o Brien of BallymcCoody in the said County gentleman esquire forceably seized vpon this deponents Corne & 7 Cowes & threshed it the said Corne about the later end of January last & converted the same to his owne vse Richard Grady & Managh Grady of Insheronan parish in the said County gentleman tooke away of this deponents Cattle nyne {steeres) aboute the begining of March last, And { } that Lawrence White & Lawrence Rice of limericke merchants eighteene packes of this deponents woolle likewise fiue cowes one bull & a yong geldinge of this deponents Cattle were likewise taken away by Boetius Clancy of Ballydonoghon in the said Conty gentleman aboute Aprill last He further saith that Connor o Brien of Lemyneth in the said County gentleman in a most rebellious maner seised vpon this deponents corne of Barnetincke aforesaid & converted the same to his owne vse together with three & thirty horses & mares of this deponents Cattle this was aboute the 15th of ffebraury last, Likewise Lyvan ny Hehir the wife of Loghlin reagh o Hehir of Cahirmccunain in the said County yeoman aboute the 12th of ffebruary last accompanyed with diuers others of her servants in company with her came to this deponents house at Ballycashen in the said County & there thence in a rebellious manner tooke away of this deponents poultry houshould stuff at least woorth ten pounds James Mac Encroe of Ikagh mc Tucroe in the said County gentleman aboute the 14th of January last tooke away with force & armes tooke away of this deponents houshould stuffe one brasse pott kille n one brasse side sadle & the lockes of this deponents house the said James then likewise tooke away three cowes of this deponents goods Ca t tle price six pounds & other houshould goods This deponent further saith that aboute the 12th of January last <C> or ther abouts the said Connor o Brien of Lemyneth aforsaid & his wife accompanyed with Mary Brien his wife Mlaghlin oge mc Cassey Cahir o f flangan of lemyneth in the said County yeoman

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O fflanagane of the same yeoman & diuers others in company with them with force & armes came to this deponents house & land & There thence driue away foureteene English swine & tooke away a parcell of his houshould stuffe, likewise the said Connor o Brien aboute the same time tooke away foure hundred sheepe from of this deponents said land of Ballycashin He saith {that} Thomas Bacon one of this deponents servants was murthered aboute White Suntide last but by whome he knoweth not John Preston one of this deponents servants was murthered at Clare in the said County aboute the 15th of 7ber last abouesaid & before was stripped by Teige o Linch another servant of formerly to this deponents but nowe turned rebell It is comon speech among them that what they doe is by the kings directions but the certaine names of those that spooke those woordes this deponent doth not nowe remember He saith that he is credibly informed that Patrick Lissaght Chancellor of Kilfenura in the said County Henry Woodffin of Insh in the said County Burgesse George Wootton of the same taylor John James of the same Hatter, William Stoke of the same sadler Edmond Danter of Corrofin in the said County butcher George Dallis of the same Inkeeper Teige o Rely of Cughen yeoman are being formerly protestants all of them since this rebellion turned papists as he is credibly informed by diuers that sawe them at Masse & further he deposeth not
<the deponent also sayth that william More nere Kilrush husb: was murdered by Sir Donnell O Brians followers about Easter last & Richard Blagraue of Inchy Cronan goldsmith was murdered by a conuay sent by Dermod O Brian of Tullyedah leuitenant Colonell among the rebells & one Roger a Butcher & one Whitconel a husb: who coming from Clare Castle were hangd by John O Griffah & his followers & one Loughlin Oge Hahare sitting by on horse back (the said Butchers head was carryed from thence to a castle calld Ball Alry there in the possession of the English
[ ] of Winter Bridgman Esquire & the Cuffes, and set vpon a stick hard by telling them it was one Abraham Bakers head that lately went out of the said castle thinking thereby to terify them to the yeidling vp of the castle. which notwithstanding they did not; which stood it out a long time>

Greg Hickman
Sarah [mark] Smyths marke
11th of Oct: came before vs Sarah Smyth and vpon Examinacion tooke her oath etc the depositions touching the deponents goods quick & dead within & without the house are true
Jurat coram nobis 10
Octobris 1642
Phil: Bisse
Tristram WhetCombe

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Clare
Gregory Hickmans Exam
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Deponent Fullname: Gregory Hickman, Sarah Smyth

Deponent Gender: Male, Female

Deponent Occupation: Gentleman,

Deponent County of Residence: Clare,

Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Connor o Brien, Connor o Brien, Rossa o Loghlin, Moragh o Brien, Donogh mc Considen, Donogh o Brien, fflan Nellane, Cnogher mc Gilleduffe o Hehir, Murtagh Kellagher, Dauid Nellane, fflan Nellane, John o Mulcyan, Richard mc George, Connor o Brien, Cahir o fflanagane, Richard Grady, Managh Grady, Lawrence White, Lawrence Rice, Boetius Clancy, Lyvan ny Hehir, Loghlin reagh o Hehir, James Mac Encroe, Mary Brien, Mlaghlin oge mc Cassey Cahir, * O fflanagane, Thomas Bacon, John Preston, Teige o Linch, Patrick Lissaght, Henry Woodffin, George Wootton, John James, William Stoke, Edmond Danter, George Dallis, Teige o Rely, william More, Richard Blagraue, * Roger, * Whitconel, Winter Bridgman, Abraham Baker, Dermod O Brian, Donnell O Brian, Loughlin Oge Hahare

Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Debtor, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Rebel, Victim, Victim, Rebel, Apostate, Apostate, Apostate, Apostate, Apostate, Apostate, Apostate, Apostate, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Victim, Rebel, Mentioned, Rebel