Deposition of Robert Geeson

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1642-01-10
Identifier: 835112r168

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Fermanagh
Deposition Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Assault, Multiple Killing, Robbery
Commissioners: John Sterne, William Hitchcock
Deposition Transcription:


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Robert Gesson of Newtowne in the County of ffermanaghe yeoman sworne and examined saith
That in the month of October last he was at Newtowne aforesaid robbed and dispoyled by the Rebells there of his goodes and chattells to the values following vizt of corne and hay worth 12 li. debts 20 li. Cattle xxx li., of in his leas & the proffits there of from which the Rebells expelled him 40 li. In all Cij li. And sayth that the parties that soe robbed him worth w were theis persons Rebells vizt Rory McGuire <a> of in the same County gent Cormuck McGuire of Drumsale in the same County yeoman Raymond McGuire of the same yeoman, and divers others their souldiers Complicees and assistants whose names he knoweth not And saith that he this deponent and his wife & children fled away in the night to save there lives. Otherwise he is perswaded they had beene all slayne the rather he says soe for that at or about the same tyme the same Rebells murthered xij English Protestants together nere Newtowne aforesaid & greivously hurt and wounded divers others

Signed prediciti Robert [mark]

Jur x° Jan: 1641

William Hitchcock
John Sterne


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Robert Gesson Jur 10° ffebr 1641
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Deponent Fullname: Robert Gesson
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Yeoman
Deponent County of Residence: Fermanagh
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Rory McGuire, Cormuck McGuire, Raymond McGuire
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Rebel, Rebel, Rebel