Declaration by Robert Drury

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1653-04-21
Identifier: 830064r059

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Galway & Roscommon
Deposition Type: Commonwealth
Nature of Deposition: Captivity, Killing, Words
Deposition Transcription:


fol. 64r


956
I doe hereby Certifie that Fardinando Mc Dermott Roe was at Knockvicker the first yeare of the Rebellion in Ireland, & commanded a Company there I then d sent him woord that if he remoued not <A> Imediatly from thence, I would hang his Brother that I had in restraint, his answere was, that he would not Leaue the place, if it were to saue all the prissoners Liues I had, about which time Mr Massam was murthered by the men Lying then at Knockuickar, as he was goeing from the Boyle to the said Knockvickar, being three miles from the Boyle distant, as wittnesse my hand the 21th of Aprill 1653
Rob: Drury:


fol. 64v


957

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Mr Dury Certificate for
Mr Massam

Deponent Fullname: Rob: Drury
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent County of Residence: Unknown
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Fardinando Mc Dermott Roe, Mr Massam
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Rebel, Victim