Deposition of Mary Chesman

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Mary Chesman the Relict of William Chesman Rector & minister of the parrish of deseretlin in the Countie of Londonderry sworne & examined sayth That since the begining of the present Rebellion & by meanes therof shee and her husband (since deceased) have beene deprived or otherwise dispoyled of their goodes and Chattells of the values following vizt of beasts cattle horses Mares geldings corne howshold stuffe ready mony Ringes provition of howsekeeping and other goodes and chattells of the value and to his and her presente Losse of eight hundreth poundes ster or therabouts And this deponent and Hee were alsoe by the Rebells stripped robbed of all the mo st of their clothes & they and some of their children imprisoned in the Castle of the drapers where for a fortnight they were kept in restraint & from thence they came to Col raine from thence to the Castle of Cittie of at length to Londonderry where after great misery and of great want endured her husband dyed, they all liveing v pon the Charitie of religious and kynd people And further saith that the parties that soe deprived or dispoyled them were Comuck ô Hagan of <a> in the County of Londonderry gent Shane his sonn Capt of Rebells, Owen ô Hagan Neile oge ô Quin of the s ai d county and lawrence Garnan of the Countie of Tirone & divers others of the brothers and Kindred of the o Hagans & others whose names she knows not: Whoe knowing her husband to be in prison on the Saturday in moste rediculous manner publiquely d ivulg ed and asked the question [ ] what his text would bee the next day being Sunday whoe afterwards through greefe casting vpp much blood dyed after he gott from them as aforesaid
Signum dicte Marie Chesman
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Jur 4to Julij 1642
Will: Aldrich
Hen: Brereton
Cert

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