Deposition of George Smyth

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George Smyth servant vnto John Sugden of Lisnem[ ] Lisnameaghan in the County of Cavann gent in the behalfe of his said Master being vppon his difence & keeping in Sir James Craigs Castle hath made fayth before vs his Maiesties Commissioners appoynted by the Right Honorable the Lo: Justices for this purpose that the said John Sugden about the 26th day of October last past hath beene robbed and dispoyled in this present rebellion of the profits of soe much lands & of goods Chattells and Cattell as amount to the valew following vizt ffrom the Pole of land Called Dromsladdy vizt he had 50 faire English Cowes or Cattell taken from him from dromsladdy worth O one Hundred pounds ster & ffrom the pole of land Called fuffian he had taken away from him (Eight English Cowes Sixteene horses & mares well worth Threescore and ffiue pounds ster. ffrom the pole of land called Drommachon he had taken from him Thirty Six fare English Cattell worth Threescore & ffiue pounds ster. Corne in his hagyard and in the ground worth Threescore pound, Lether & hides out of his Tanyard worth One hundred pounds Howsehold goods worth One Hundred pounds And of the A lease & interest of twoe Poles of land Called Derrihow & drommanny being in the parish of Dromlane for 26 yeares to come let for Thirty One pounds per annum more then the lords rent, and to be sold Twoe hundred and ffifty pounds He was dispossessed of twoe Poles & halfe a pottell of fare land Called lyeing in the parish of Dromlane called Ruffian Drommachon and the halfe pottell being parte of a pole of land Called Lissemane and parte of a pole of land Called Agavilly which were well worth Three score pound per annum and well worth to be sold Seaven hundred pounds And all this was donne by the <a> meanes of Phillip Mc Hugh Mac Shane Rely of Ballinacargh in the County of Cavan Esquire
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<b> Phillip Mc Mulmore Rely of Ballatrost in the said County Esquire and Mulmore mc Edmund Rely high Sheriffe of the said shire and their servants and souldiers whoe were the cheifest Rebells of the said shire Their goods His goods were cheifely taken away by Shane Rely of Killcranaand the servants of one Rich: Smyth an English man his next neighbours whoe pretended and alleadged that they tooke them for the vse of the said Phillip mc Hugh mc Shane Rely The losses of the foresaid John Sugden amounting to the summe of One Thowsand ffoure Hundred & fforty pounds ster. Besides many debts which his said Master had owing him & he knoweth not of certaynely but hath heard him speake of many tymes.
the marke [mark] of Geo
Smyth
Jurat 26 Ap. 1642
John Sterne
William Aldrich