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Ann Hill wife of Arthure Hill late of Hacketstowne in the County of Catherlogh duly sworne & examined deposeth That about the eleaventh day of November Last shee lost from Hacketstowne aforesaid & was robbed of three Cowes worth sixe pounds ster by the hands of Peirs Grace of Bordkillmore in the County of Wicklow as shee is credibly informed who is now in rebellion and whome accompanied with one Maurice Bane alias Birne & others this deponent divers times (since the begining of this rebellion) sawe in Hacketstowne aforesaid rifeling the houses of Protestantes and among others the said Mawrice and Peirce were whereof Mauric e was at the robbing of the house of John Watson Archdeacon of Leighlin And this deponent further deposeth that shee lost from of the land of Killeclouagh in the Countie of Wicklow one Mare worth three pounds ster But by which of the said rebells shee knoweth not
And further saith that the said Maurice Bane alias Birne of [Ratduffe] in the said County of Wicklow with certeine other rebells out of the said Countie of Wicklow under the Comand of Luke Birne of in the said Countie of Wicklow (which said Luke Birne shee then also heard to bee in the said rebells compainy) robbed and dispoiled her of houshould stuffe to the value of fowerscore pounds and twentie shillings in money and drove her with fower small children from her house & ground which shee then held in Hacketstowne aforesaid worth thirty pounds, and deprived her of hay worth thirtie shillings And shee also saith That shee was then robbed and dispoiled of in her houshould provision worth seaven pounds tenn shillings amounting in all to her losse <129 li.> of one hundred twenty and nyne pounds ster And shee further saith that as shee <A> was comeing to Dublin vppon the Lands of Bordkillemore in the said County of Wicklowe shee was assaulted by Murtogh mc Ewn of Hacketston aforesaid and one William of Killclouagh in the said parish of Killegan and County of Wicklow aforesaid comonly called William the Plaixsterer accompanied with about nyne or ten more who pulled of her backe a young child of about a yeare & a quarter ould, threwe it on the ground, trodd on it that it dyed, and stripped herselfe and her fower small children naked threatning to kill this Deponent and drowne her children And through the could they gott contracted by such vsage her <A> other three Children are since dead And this deponent further sayth That there is due vnto her from seuerall persons within this kingdome seuerall sumes of money amountinge in all to fyve poundes <5 li.> ster some of which are gone into rebellion, and the rest robbed and dispoyled of their goodes by the Rebells wh by meanes whereof they are disabled to sattisfie this deponent And alsoe that there were taken from her by the said Rebells seuerall Bills Bondes <200 li.> and other writeinges anountinge to 200 li. of seuerall persons in England which were deliuered by th to this deponents husband as his security beinge bound for them, and which were by her said husband brought over into this kingdome <In toto 334 li.> in all which shee is like to loose for want of the said writeinges
And likewise that there were taken from her by the said Rebells seuerall [ ] Conveyances made to this deponentes husband and his heires for ever of of landes in the towne of Oxnall in the County of Gloster in the Realme of England worth 50 li. per Annum out of
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