Deposition of John Woodroffe
- Reference: MS 822, fols 008r-008v
- County: Cork
- Date: 22/10/1642
- Type: Bisse
- Nature of Deposition: Robbery, Lost by Debts
- How to Cite
fol. 8r
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John Woodroffe of the Towne of Bandon par parish of Ballimadan Baroney of Kinalmecka & county of Corke maulster, now Prouost of the said Towne, a brittish protestant, depose duly sworne & examined before vs by vert u e of his Maiestyes Commission etc: deposeth & sayth that about the 12th of Jan: last past, & since the beginning of this present rebellion in Ireland he lost, was robbed & forceably despoyled of his goods & chattells to the seu er all values following vizt value of
Of heifers, & one colt to the value of sixteene pownds Of a s w ord & pistoll to the value of twenty shillings Of rough timber & fuell to the value of thirty pownds. Of debts to the summe of one hundred & fifty pownds which ere this rebellion were e steemed good debts, bu t now become desperate by reason some of the debtours are Impouerisht Protestants, as Robert fford, John Hobbs, Tho: Trippet, He nry Bricker the yonger, Charls Ja ms John Philips, Henry ffrench, Richard Binny, John Clarke, John Collet Moses Woodroffe, John Mason, George Glanuill, Jonathan Bennett,
and the Debts due from rest Papists and who are out in rebellion, and among the rebbells, such are James Mullane late of Ballimoodan yeaman John Tobin of nere Rosse Carbry yeaman, Teig O Key of Ballimoodan Cotner, John Mc Teig of the same Cotner, Rikard mc Rhonell of the same yeoman Donnough Oge Murrahugh of Kilbritton yeaman fflorence Mc Carty of Desersuegs gentleman. ffinnin Mc Donough Carty of nere Kilbritton yeoman ffinnin Carty of Ballymoodan husb. & therefore this deponent cannot get any satisfaccion from any of them also he sayth that he hath lost in a f in e which he lately layd out for a lease were Bandon, to the summe of twelue pownds. besids the losse of most part of the benefitt of his trade of maulting worth to this deponent to the value of threescore pownds & further he cannot depose
<losse in vnauoydable expenses by sending his wife ouer into England to the value of twenty pownd.>
John woodroff
Jurat coram nob: 22 October
1642
Phil: Bisse
Ro: Southwell
fol. 8v
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John Woodroffes Exam:
Corke 530
Philip Bisse
Robert Southwell