Examination of John Soy

Citation: TCD, 1641 Depositions Project, online transcript January 1970
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Date: 1653-05-25
Identifier: 830280v191

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1641 Deposition Item Type Metadata

County: Galway & Roscommon
Deposition Type: Commonwealth
Nature of Deposition: Multiple Killing, Robbery
Commissioners: Robert Clark
Deposition Transcription:


fol. 280v


1403
(directly following the examination of Redmund Burk)
<Gallway May 25o> The Examination of John Soy taken as abouesaid
whoe saith he was a Gassowne with one named Collo Connor <B> o Maly of Collonel fflaherty his company dureing the seidg of the fort of Gallway and afterwards went alonge with him to Wards Castle; saith that the said Collonell sent a messenger in to the said Mr Wade; but what was his messadge he Knoweth not and as this Examinant remembred the said Collonel sett a Centinell vppon the said Castle; and saith he heard that Mr Wade his wife and his sonn were Killed, but saw them not; and saith he gott the aboute the worth of Eighteene pence or two shillings of Linen; Cloath, which he stole, and cutt from a table Cloath, they not alloweing him any part of the plunder and further saith not.
John [mark] Soy his marke,
Coram me
Robert Clarke

Deponent Fullname: John Soy
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent County of Residence: Galway
Mentioned Non-Deponent Fullnames: Connor o Maly, Collonel Flaherty, Mr Wade
Mentioned Non-Deponent Roles: Rebel, Rebel, Victim