Deposition of John Bradish

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<symbol> John Bradish of the Hospitall in the Baroney of & County of Limrick clerke, a brittish Protestant, duly sworne & examin{ed} by vertue etc: deposeth & sayth that about the 3d of Decemb last p{ast} and since the begining of this present rebellion in Ireland he lost wa{s} robbed & forceably despoyled of his goods & Chattells to the seuera{ll} values following vizt worth 153 li. 19 s. 8 d. Part consisting
Of Cowes, horses, mares, sheepe, swine, to the value of thirty pownds Of Corne & hay in house & haggard to the value of twenty six pownds Of Linnen , woollen & wearing apparrell with other houshold stuffe prousion & furni{ture} to the value of twenty pownds Of Corne in ground to the value of sixteene pownds which he conceiueth to be lost Of Debts to the summe of eleun pownds nine{teene} shillings eight pence which before this rebellion were esteemed good debts but {now} become desperate by reason the debtours are In Papists & reputed rebbells; as Morris Harbard of Balli nymony more masse priest Cumin [ ] clerke heretofore a protestant now turned papist & rebbell & Morris Rawley of Rawlestowne gen & William Daniell Hurly of the said Hospitall gen husb: William mc Shane of the same husbandman and Andrew Hikey of Downagonah gen all of the county of Limrick He further sayth that he is dispossessed of he benefit of a lease of houses & lands in the hospitall aforesaid hauing a tearme of fowerteene years to come worth {ere } the begining of this rebellion fiue ten pownds per annum aboue the land Lords rent {wherein?} he conceius himselfe damnifyed the summe of fifty pownds He further sayth {that} by means of this rebellion he hath lost the benefit of his church liuing of Ballynymony & Ballylough w{orth} ere this rebellion one hundred pownds per annum which he leaueth to consideraci{on} He further sayth that the cheife actors in the robbing of n me him of my his goods aforesaid wer{e} Morris Boggett of Boggetstowne gen & Dermod ô Bryan of Conogh in the County of Limrick gen: & their followers to the number of one hundred rebbells He also deposeth that about about Easter last past he heard one William Burk second sonne to the Lord of Bri{ttas} being Leiutenant Colonell to the Lord of Castle Connell now out in action, vtter thes{e} speeches that the Kings Maiesty was turnd to Masse & that he & the Earle of Bath w{ere} gon ouer into ffrance together He further sayth that Teig ô Grady of nere the said Hospitall clerke & chancellor of Emley Teig ô Hyne of nere Emley Careslly Clerke & Richard Elye of Cullin, merchant all formerly reputed protestants & now since this rebb{ellion} turnd Papists & further he cannot depose The totall of his losses of his goods & chattells amounts one hundred thirty seuen fifty three pownds nineteene shill: eight pence besids the
Jo: Bradish
Jurat coram nobis 26 Aug
1642
Phil: Bisse
Hen: Rugge

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Limerick
John Bradish
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