Deposition of William Thorpe

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<I>William Thorpe of Owley in the parish of Ballyheys in the Barony of Tolohagh in the County of Cavan a Brittish protestant duly sworne sayth. That on or at and vpon the foure an twentyth day of October between the hours of eyght a Clocke at night and eyght in the morninge last past haue been trayterously besett and by force of armes assaulted and robbed of and lost in Corne Wheat Barly and Oates to the value of tenn pounds ster: Of Miltch Cowes twenty to the nomber value of fortye pounds ster: Of dry Cattell sixe steers and foure Heyffers to the value of tenn pounds ster: Of hey to the value of tenn pounds ster: Of househould stuffe, Garden and ffuell to the value of fifteene pounds ster: Of Butter a thousand weyght and Cheese to the value of sixteene pound tenn shillings ster: Of horses tenn, to the value of foure and twenty pounds ster: Of sheepe [sixe] tenn to the value of fortye shillings ster: Of swine two, to the value of twenty shillings ster: In all amounting to the iust and full summe of one hundred fiftye fiue pounds tenn shillings ster <a> By the meanes and hands of Donell mc Hugh in the parish of Balliheys, Hugh Brady of Cullentrogh in the parish of Balliheys, And Cormocke mc Brady of Attiduffe in the said parish, Bryan mc Lindre of Castle Turrell in the said parish, And Chahir ô Reyly of Shankill in the aforesaid parish who came with Pitchforkes, Pikes, Skyenes and long staues and threatned to fire the house ouer our heads vnless wee depart the place alledging that the land was theires and left by theire fathers, This the deponent sayth being duly sworne and affirmeth to be true: Att which tyme Richard [Hixam] of the same place was robbed and despoiled of his goods by the said Rebells and John Thorpe in like manner
William [mark] Thorpe
his marke
Jur xo January 1641
John Sterne
William Aldrich

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The petition deposicion of William Thorpe as followeth Com Cavan Jur xo Jan: 1641