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William North of Corincooney in the Countie of Cavan weaver sworne and examined deposeth and saith That on or about the xxiijth of October last 1641 Hee this deponent at Corincooney aforesaid was expelled and forceibly driven by the Rebells from his howse & freehold land in the parrish of Annagh and from half a pole more of land in the parrish of Castle= <20 li.> terragh, all of the value of xx li. per annum a yeres proffitts being already lost: & was then alsoe robbed & dispoyled of his beasts and cattle worth fowrscore and tenn powndes, horses Mares and Colts worth xx li.: Sheepe worth five pownds: Howsholdgoods & provition for the howsekeepeing worth xxx li. Corne & <a> hay worth xvj li.: And one Charles Brady a Rebell vndertakeing to conduct this deponent saffly to Kells received for the same xlix s. vj d.: but neither restored it againe nor conducted him as he promissed: and there was & is indebted owinge to this deponent by one Hughe Mc Merfack whoe is in Rebellion xx s. All which losses this deponent by meanes of the Rebellion hath susteined They in all amounting for the present <184 li. 9 s. 6 d.> to one hundreth fowrscore and fowre pownds nyne Shillinges vj d. Besides the future proffits of his lands from henceforth which this deponent is confident hee shall loose vntill a peace be setled, & that those lands come to their former value: And further sayth that the parties that soe robbed expelled and dispoyled him were theis <b> vizt Turloghe Bradie of Aghraplows in the said Countie gent Charles Brady of Drumleefe in the same Countie gent Patrick mc Tully a harper of Drumbane in the same Countie: & their Companie whose names he Knows not And further saith that the parties that he Knoweth to bee in rebellion in that county were theis that follow vizt Tho: Bradie viccar of the parrish of Lowie whom this deponent did heare say to some of the protestants: yow have kept all our Lands Long enough & it is now tyme for vs to looke for our Rents Richard Ashe of Lisnemaine Esquire Chancellor of the dioces of
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Kilmore Hughe Bradie of Cullimtroghe in the same Countie gent formerly a protestant minister Cormuck Bradie of Crossereogh in the same Countie gent and many o there are many others alsoe in rebellion whose names he cannot remember, And further <A> sajth that as he hath beene informed by some of the Rebells in the tyme while they kept him in restraint the Rebells drowned one tyme at Belturbett thirtie five men women & children all english protestants & that they hanged there one Mr Carr and Timothie dixon And that alsoe some of the Rebells told this deponent that the bodies of those drowned protestants did afterwards on a sudden plainly flote & appeare in the or & part above above the water, to Phillip mc Hugh mc Shaine ô Rely a Collonell of the Rebells & Myles Rely the late high sherfiff there, another Comander of Rebells & to the rest of the Rebells in their Companie: And some of the Rebells said that the prowd parliament of England was the cawse of their insurreccion
The William [mark] North
Jur vltimo die Junij
1642
Will: Aldrich
Hen: Brereton Will: Hitchcock

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[Copy at MS 832, fols 108r-108v]