Declaration by Robert Drury

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1653-04-26
Identifier: 830100r084

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

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


fol. 100r


1092
I doe hereby Certifie that at the begining of the late Rebellion, one Brian mc shane Carragh mc Hugh (now in restrainte in Athlone aboute the Murther of owen o Corkan) was one of the first that plundered and robbed Sir Robert King and others of theire Cowes in the landes of Deirymcquirke Neere this Garrison; and that <A> the said Brian euer sithence continued a Common Robber and a Torie (vnder noe Command) about this Garrison; and neuer did lay Downe his Armes vpon any Condicions or Capitulacion; and that when the said owen o Corkan was Murthered it was credibly said by the inhabitants hereaboutes that the said Brian was the cheeffest Actor therein; all which to cleare my conscience, I thought fit to Certifie, wittnes my hand this at the Boyle this six and twentieth Day of Aprill 1653.
Robert Drury


fol. 100v


1093


fol. 101r


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fol. 101v


1095

Leiftennant Drurys
Certifficate concerninge
the Murtheringe of
John Corkrane

Deponent Fullname: Robert Drury
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Lieutenant
Deponent County of Residence: Roscommon
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Brian mc shane Carragh mc Hugh, Robert King, owen o Corkan
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Rebel, Victim, Victim