Deposition of William Rasdall

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May the 15th 1643
William Rasdall of Tullylough in the parish of Annakillye and in the County of Cauan an English protestant being duely sworne, deposeth that since the Rebellion be g an and by occasion thereof he was Robbed and lost in Catle worth thirtye fiue pounds in Corne in the haggyard and Corne sowen worth fiftene pounds in houshold stuffe and other prouision worth tenn pounds in lease worth fiue pounds, in all amounting to threscore & fiue pownd And this deponent saith that phillip mc Hugh mc Shane <a> O Realy had ten of those his Cowes, And one Sh ane James ogoan <of S{h}ankill> had another part of his Catle, And one Phillip mc william Crane maccanrwe of the Cauan and Nicholas Maccarwe & Thomas Maccanrwe of the same did forceibly take away all my his houshold goods, And the said Phillip did set onfire this deponents houses and burnt them all downe to the ground And this deponent further saith: That the Rebell John Brady & about 6 more of the souldjers of the said Phillip mc Shane ô Rely the very Eve of Palmsunday now last hadd forced and gathered together att Balliheies in the said County him this deponent & tenn more protestants vizt Mr John Lorkington James Gray Ewstace Smith Richard Webster thelder and Richard his sonn ffrancis ward Thomas Wesnam & 2 yong men: and one James Smith: and carried them 2 myles and a half beyond Balliheys aforesaid & said they would there putt them in prison: Howbeit whenas they were but a little short of their intended prison howse some of the English army vnder the Comand of the Lord More came and approched nere vnto them vpon view of whom the Rebells run away & left them: soe as this deponent and the rest of the protestants by that meanes escaped, and fled to came away with the Army, by gods providence.
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Rasdall
Jur 15o Maij 1643
Hen: Brereton. Joh Watson:

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William Rasdall Jur
15o Maij 1643
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[Copy at MS 832, fols 56r-56v]