Deposition of Henry Steele
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Henry Steele Curat of Cluntubbrid under Mr Humphrey Galbraith Archdeacon of Cloghur; being Schoolmaster in the towne of Monaghan sworne & examined deposeth that on the 23th of October 1641 hee together with all the rest of Brittish inhabitants of the said Towne were <a> robbed & Imprisoned by Art Roe mc Patrick mc Art Moile mc Mahone, Bryan mc Hugh mc Rosse mc Mahone, & Neale mc kena with the rest of the freeholders of the Barrony of Monaghan & Barrony of Trough & there assistants being in all by relacion about 400 persons rebells the 23 of 8ber 1641
<to the end of this Exam to the mark T> The said Henry He further deposeth that when they were Imprisoned in the dungeon in the County Geole, (all the robbers & rogues first set at liberty) they, remained there in a most miserable estate there being in number about 48 more or lesse where they had no roome to stand nor lye downe but were in ready to perishe the place was so loathsome yet many fetterd with Iron fetters, stripped of there shirts Cloaks & all the Cloathes they had & terrified both day & night to be stabbed, shott, hanged, in that noisome place which was in a manner as bad, as death
<A.1> About 4 dayes after the Lady Blayney & her children [ ] . Richard Blayney, mr Rich: Cope, mr Walter Cope, & his wief, Mrs Clatworthy, & her servants were in a most lamentable manner brought Captives to Monaghan by one Hugh mc Patricke Duffe mc Mahone Coll mc Patricke duffe mc Mahone & divers others & the Lady with the best sorte were Committed to the Castle the rest to the Geole about a fortnight after as by true relacion I hard th{ey} brought mr Blayney t hen a knight of the shire Justic e { of the} peace & Corum quorum & Comicioner of his maiesties Subsidies in the said County, downe from the Ladies Chamber fettred with with Iro{n} & Carried him to the backsi d e, towld him he must di{e} & that instantly for he had liued to long to beare sway amonge them, hard And having there priest & frier [by ] neere hand and they asked him whither he would be reconsi led, he answered, (as some of themselues Confessed) that I am of the true Church, and so assured of my salvacion that though you would spare my life I will not alter my faith then th{ey} demaunded whi ther mr Cottingham the minister who wa{s} with vs in the du geon should be sent for, hee gladly desir{ed} it whervpon Art mc Bryan savagh mc Mahone who had the warrant to execute him assig ned by Sir Phelmy o Neale, Neale mc Kena & some others, said to the trusse him vp he goeth deepe enough into hell hee needs noe minister to plunge him deeper so they hanged him to a tree, stript him, & after buried him in a ditch vnder the same,
The same night they brought one Luke ward an English man to the towne having sore wounded him they brought him to an Alehouse gave him 2 s. or more in drink the Carried him [ ] drunke to the back{side &} hanged him stript hi{m naked flung him into a ditch about nyne a} clocke at night {And there he was found the next morning}
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And further saith That the parties hereafter mencioned are or lately were actors in the present Rebellion & robbed and stript thenglish & other Cru protestants & perperated & Comitted divers cruelties vizt
out of
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County of Monaghan
Out of the Barrony of Monaghan
<a> Art Roe mc Sir Patrick mc Art moile mc Mahane Esquire
Bryan mc Sir Pat: mc Art moile mc Mahone gen{t}
Hugh mc Art Roe mc Mahone gent
Bryan mc Hugh mc Rosse mc Mahone gent
Rory mc Patricke mc Hugh mc Rosse mc Mahone
Art mc Patricke mc Hugh mc Rosse mc Mahone
Patrick mc Hugh mc Rosse mc Mahone gent
Art mc Pat: mc Owen mc Mahone gent
Hugh mc Caile mc Hugh boy mc Mahone gent.
Pat. mc Turlagh oge o Conolley gent
Con mc Turlagh oge o Connelley gent
Owen o Hugh gent.
Art more mc Mahone gent
Rory oge mc Pat mc Rory mc Mahone gent
<b> Con oge mc Mahone gent
Con oge mc Maghone
Collow o Col Conley priest
Euer mc Maghon vicker generall
Patrick mc a Nene Gardian of the friers
Brian mc a Parson o Duffie
Patricke o ffaye po pish vicker of the Parish of Monaghon
Redmond mc Rory mc Maghonffranses Wotten of MonaghanPatrick Wotten brother to the said wottenBryan mc Shane
Bryan mc Quin
William Cappocke of Monaghan
James Cappocke of Monaghan
Robert Connelan gent
Patricke o Clery priest
John o Rely of Monaghan
Neale o ffey of Monagh
Thomas babe of MonaghanPat mc Clery { } priest{Patrick Mc Ever popish preist
Patrick Groome o Murphy}
<Shane bane o Connegan
Robert o Clery & others alm{ost} Innumerable>
<And further sayth that Pat: Groome o Murphey being proctor to mr Galbraith Archdeacon of Cloghur Conveied <c> mr Archibell deneston Curat to the said Galbraith in the parish of Tedawned home to his house promising to secure him but the same day in the evening he turned him out of his house alledging that he durst not suffer him to he remaine there the gentleman was no sooner out but was stript mother naked beaten blacke & blew & wandring all night being so affrighted that he knew not the way backe to Monaghan was almost perished & with much adoe returned the next day but wa{s} all swollen & lay for dead without any hope of recovery.
Monoghan
Mr Henry Steele Jur { }o
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<And the other persons Rebells> Out of the Barrony of Trough are theis vizt
<c> Neale mc Kena Esquire.
Towell mc Kena &
Shane oge mc Kena his brethren
Moris mc Trewer
Pat. mc Hugh mc Cohonat mc Mahone kena gent
Pat mc Towell mc Kena
Pat shergoll of the Barrony of Monaghan
Henry shergoll & Nicolas Shergoll
<And out of Another barrony about Castle Blayney theis Rebells vizt>
Art Roe mc Rory mc Mahone gentleman
Hugh mc Pat: Duffe mc Coll mc Mahone gent
Coll mc Pat: Duffe mc Coll mc Mahone gent
Bryan Roe o Duffy gent
Bryan mc Deganagh o Duffy priest
with divers others that I doe know but that he cannot now name
And saith that Manus oge mc Mahone Curate of Tehalen in the [ ] diocesse of Cloghur revolted & went to Mass
Henry Steele
Deposed this 10th of Jan: 1641
William Aldrich
John Sterne
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And this deponent the said Henry ffurther deposeth that the said Mr Cottingham & George Sparke, Oliver Pierce, Edward Trevors, and all the rest that were robbed, had noe releefe of these that robbed them of all there goodes being thus imprisoned, but were releeved by some Irish neighbors Chiefly one Thomas Taaffe an Innekeeper who seeing vs in this perplexity made meanes to the Jaylor & made way for our wiues to bringe such releefe as they {be}gged from place house to house & brought vs.
And The said Henry further deposeth that he by gods great mercy being inlarged, his wife yet Prisoner in the Castle Blayney he Came away with one mr Barnwell & being in a place Called Cobrey where one mr fflemming liveth whose daughter is maried to the Lord mc Guire he hard the servants of the house & other Irish relatinge that this mc Guire and the popish primate whose sirname is Rely were a long space travelling through the Kingdome together to perswade them all to Condiscend to this most
< T > inhum{ane Rebellion } this Rely was then at the said fflemmings house The said Henry this deponent also saith that he lost in goodes
bookes, houshould stuffe,
Cowes & Cloathes by meanes of this
Rebellion ------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 li.
And was expelled from
his revenews by his Cure &
schoole worth 25 li. per annum ----------------------------------------- 25 li.
Jurat ut supra
fol. 145v
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9 Henry Steele: Com
Monoghan
Jur 10 Jan: 1641
Hand
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