Deposition of George Pipes

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1643-07-24
Identifier: 836100r053

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Armagh
Deposition Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Arson, Captivity, Multiple Killing, Robbery
Commissioners: Edward Piggott, John Watson, William Aldrich
Deposition Transcription:


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George Pipes of the towne of Armagh Inhoulder sworne & examjned deposeth and sayth That since the begining of the present Rebellion and That is to say about the xxvjth of October 1641 Hee this deponent at Armagh aforesaid was forceibly depriued robbed or otherwise dispojled of the possession Rents values and proffitts of his howse farme, howshold goods, hay debts Cattle horses & had his howse burnd of the value and to his damage and Losse of one hundred & fforty powndes ster By and by the meanes of the grand Rebell Sir <a> Phelim รด Neile Knight: & his souldjers complicees and Confederats: And then the said Rebells kept the deponent closse & private in his howse soe as he durst not l e sturr abroad & after hee privately gott away to the howse of one Mr Taylor closse by him where hee alsoe was kept very privately & hadd three of his children taken from him and driven away with about 100 more protestants to the bridge of Portadowne where as hee hath credibly heard and thinketh they were all drowned; And hath credibly heard and beleeveth that there were a great number of protestants drowned at the severall bridges of Callon in Armagh & at Tynon bridge & divers other places And that they Rebells putt to death a greate number of ot hers thereabouts in the County of Armagh & burnd the Cathedral l Church of Armagh aforesaid
<Mr W: Mr P Mr A.>
Geo: Pipes
Geo Pipes
Jur 24o July 1643
Edw: Pigott
Will: Aldrich
Joh Watson:

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529

Armagh
George Pipes Jur 24o
Julij 1643 Cf
Intw
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Deponent Fullname: George Pipes
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Inholder
Deponent County of Residence: Armagh
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Phelim , Mr Taylor
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Rebel, Mentioned