Deposition of Thomas Woodward
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Thomas Woodward of the parish of Anna & County of Cavan yeoman, duely sworne sayth that at or about xxiiijth day of October last past he was robed & dispoyled by the Rebells O Rely es and their followers in the said County of his goods and Chattells of the valew followeing (vizt Of Corne in the haggard thirty powndes & & in the ground worth 60 li. of Cowes horses sheepe & other Cattell worth at least 200 li., of hay worth 20 li. of household stuffe, 30 li. Lease s worth 20 li. In all amounting to 3 3 0 li. And afterwardes the robbing and dispoyling him of the said goods his wife & children were stript stark naked whereby they were all almost starued for with hunger & cold, and are in great danger neuer to recouer the same. And this deponent was alsoe stripped expulced and driven by the Rebells from S three seuerall farmes which he held for seuerall yeres yet in being vpon one of which farmes he hath some corne which is in the ground, And that his interest in those three farmes & corne in the grounde was at the tyme of his said expulcion was worth 40 li. ster Soe soe And that in all this deponents losses by the Robbery aforesaid amounted to 320 li. And the names of the parties Rebells that soe robbed & dispoyled him this deponent were theis as follow s vizt Phillipp mc Hugh mcShane ô Rely of Ballinecargy in the County of Cavan <a> one of the knights of the shire for this present Parliament Phillip mc Mulmore ô Rely of Clonmaghan in the parrish of Kilmore Esquire & one of his Maiesties Justice of the peace Myles o Rely of the same in the parrish of Kilmore Esquire now Then high Sheriff of the same County of Cavan Hugh o Rely of in the the parrish of Mybullock gent Captai n e of the rebells one [ ] Hugh Bradie of the parrish of Annagilleffe gentleman all of the same County of Cavan & divers others their complicees & souldiers vnder their Comand whose names this deponent cannott
fol. 91v
express neither knoweth he the number of them
Thomas [mark]Woodward
his marke
Jur 20 Jan 1641
Joh Watson
William Aldrich
69 Tho: Woodward Cavan
Jur 20 Jan 1641
Intw
[Copy at MS 832, fols 135r-135v]