Deposition of John Wheelewright

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John Wheelewright of Kilcunny in the County of Cavan Clothier sworne and examined sayth That since the begining of the present rebellion and by meanes thereof Hee was at Kilkluny aforesaid deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his howseholdgoods mony Cowes timber provition tenters debts possession & proffitts of his howse, Garden & his tuck mylne, of the value and to his now damage of ffowrscore & tenn powndes ster And that he is like to be deprived of and loose the future proffitts of his said howse garden and tuckmill (worth xx li. per annum) vntill a peace be established And further saith That the parties that soe robbed and dispoyled him of his goodes were the widow Mc <a> Cabe then of the parrish of Drumlane daughter to one Mris Burrows & her servant man & Edmond mc Kernon of Bellaconnell gent & his 2 sonns & 2 sonns in lawe whose christen names he cannott expresse Edward Johnson of Kilcunny aforesaid this deponents neere neighbors & Daniell his son in Lawe & divers others whom this deponent doth not Know whoe alsoe robbed all the protestants in the Cuntry thereabouts & the Rebells stript this deponent & his wiffe & 2 children & his servants of their clothes & turned them starke naked of all them in frost and snow & murthered & killd above 20 in this protestants in this deponents company and seuerall woman then lately brought a bedd & others with child & o u ld people & children dyed in their flyght away towards Dublin of cold extreame travell & want after they were stript & left by the way vnburied exposed to wyld and ravenous beasts: And further saith that he hath heard it credibly reported by divers people in Dublin That there djed of the robbed and stript people at Dublin aforesaid after they came thither out of the cuntry the number of seven thowsand and odd betwixt a fortnight the tenth of December 1641 after the Rebellion began and the feastday of Ester then next following
John Wheelewright
Jur 18o Augustj 1643
Hen: Jones
Edw Pigott

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Cavan
John Wheelewright: 18 Augustj
Jur 1643
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[Copy at MS 832, fols 81v-82r]