Deposition of Mary Bedell

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Mary Beddell the Relict of Thomas Beddell late of the towne and of virginia in the County of Cavan yeoman sworne and examined deposeth and saith That in the beginning of the present Rebellion vizt on or about the xxiijth of October 1641 Her said husband then aliue and shee were forceibly deprived, robbed, or otherwise dispojled of their Cattle howsholdstuffe Corne hay provition and other goods & chattells & hadd their howseing burnd & expelled from the same & their Lands to the damage of Cxxviij li. x s. ster. And her husb and being dead she & her 4 children are is like to be depriued of and loose the future proffits of the said Lands (clerely worth tenn pownds per annum) vntill a peace be established: And further saith that the Rebells that soe robbed & deprived them were Turlogh oge ô Rely of Murmudd in the same County gentleman Owin Boy ô Rely of the parrish of Lurgan husbandman & william his sonn: and 3 broagmakers all brothers dwelling at Cornestlee Loghlin Garr of Murmudd aforesaid & his wiff & eldest sonn in the same County whose christen names shee cannott expresse: & divers others that she knoweth not And saith that that after they were soe robbed and alsoe stript of their goodes clothes they fledd to Mr Chreighton the ministers howse in virginia. where they were freely entertained for a fortnight or thereabouts amongst other protestants whome he alsoe releeved & harboured And then the Rebells threatening to burne his howse if hee kept them any Longer, they came away to Dublin where her husband tooke vp armes for his Maiesty against the Rebells & Martching amongst the 600 li. that were sent towards Drogheda: he was slaine amongst the rest att Gellingstowne in the way, leaving her & her children without meanes exposed to extreame want and misery And further saith that one of <the Rebells in the towne of Killeene tould this deponent & her husband that they had beene 7 yeres in provideing a rod to whipp all the English [ And saith of ] >
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Jur 10o Julij 1643
Will: Aldrich
Edw Pigott

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Mary Beddell Jur 10o
Julij 1643
Cert fact
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[Copy at MS 832, fols 55v-56r]