Deposition of Mary Bennington

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Mary Bennington of Killeclowne in the parish of Drummully & halfe Barrony of Coole & County of ffermanagh widdowe the late Relict of William Benington gent deceased, shee being of the Age of fforty yeares or thereabouts & duely sworne deposeth that her said husband William Bennington was robed & dispoyled of his goods att Killeclowne aforesaid of the seuerall vallues following in Cattle worth twenty seaven pounds sixteene shilings, in Corne worth twenty shilings in hay worth fforty shilings, in household goods provition for the house & other goods worth twelve pounds, One lease of the halfe tate of land caled Killeclowne being parte & parcell of the Mannor of Castle Bruisley alias Castlecoole for twenty five yeares or there abouts from Mayday last att & vnder the Annuall or yearely rent of seaven pounds worth tenn pounds in Monyes three pounds Eight shilings, In all amounting Amounting to the sume of ffifty six pounds [ssix] fower shilings (vizt) of the household goods provition & other goods & his writeings the three & twentieth day of October last halfe an hower after sunne <a> sunne setting By Thomas Magwire of Killelahard in the said halfe Barrony & County aforesaid gent: Hugh Magwire of the same gent, Patrick Ô Morris of Kilturke in the said halfe Barrony & County aforesaid gent, Manus Magwire of the said halfe Barrony & County aforesaid gent & diuerse other Irish persons to the Number of twenty or thereabouts, And of the other goods as Cattle & Corne the ffower & twentieth day of the same month vpon the day tyme about tenn of the Clock in the fforenoone, By the said Manus Magwire, Shane McCaffry & Edmond McCaffry of Drumloue in the said halfe Barrony & County aforesaid & other Irish persons in there Company to the Number of ffower or ffive whose names this deponant knoweth not. And of the said Monyes by John Beton of the proportion of Deriana & County aforesaid a Scotch man the said ffowre & twentieth of October aforesaid, And further deposeth that some of the said Rebells in this Deponents hearing sayd that that they had the kings broad seale for what they did And further this deponent deposeth that her said husband herselfe and fower smale Children were stript of all there Cloathes neare Youghall in the County of Cavan the seaven & twentieth day of October aforesaid By some Irish Rebells whose names this deponent knoweth not in the afternoone of the same day, And since her said husband & two of her Children is are dead in this Citty & her other two Children lyes very sick & weake & not likely to live all by the meanes of the Cold Could and

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hunger they did vndergoe by the bad useages of the said Rebells (as shee verily beleeveth) And her reason is for that they have all beene sicke & hath not enioyed there healthes since they were stript by the said Rebells as aforesaid

Mary Bennington her mark [mark]

Jurat coram nobis
7mo Januar. 1641
Roger Puttocke
John Sterne

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Mary Bennington Com
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