1641 Depositions

Information of Charles Connor

Reference: MS 813, fols 039r-041v
County: Kildare
Date: 10/8/1642
Type: Examination
Nature of Deposition: Military Action, Robbery

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The Examination of Charles Connor taken the tenth day of August 1642 Before mee Chancellour of his Maiesties Court of Exchequer, By direction of the right honnorable the Lordes Justices & Councell
Who beeing sworne & Examined saith, that hee this Exa{minant} beeing by Profession a Chirurgian, & liueing att Kildrought neare Leixlipp, att the same tyme when the said Leixlipp was possessed & kept by the Rebells And beeing some tymes sent for by the said Rebells t{o} doe this Office of his calling, hee there saw John Allen then of the Rewe & now of St Wolstanes resort vnto the Captaine one ffitz Gerrald, who kept the said house of Leixlipp & had the cheife commaund of all in the said house. And saith that the said Allen furn{yshed } the Rebells which possessed the said house with Victual{s} & provisions of meate and drinke. And likewise saith that the said Rebells receiued from Mr Eustace of Confey provision of Victualls which were sent by the servants of the said Eustace And that alsoe {one } Eustace of Syona did send vnto the said Rebell{s} victualls And this Examinant further saith that the said Rebells receiued from the house of one Richard Broughall of Clonsillagh, a barrell of Beere and certaine Loaues of bread, which were sent vnto the sa{id} Rebells by Robert Broughall sonne of the said Ri{chard} But whether the said Richard was privy therevnto {or} noe hee this Examinant knoweth not And this Exam{inant}

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likewise saith, that hee was present when the Rebells tooke the Castle of Leixlipp, & heard a servant of Sir Nicholas Whites who came out of the said Castle, deliuer this Message vnto the Commander of the Rebells, Namely that they within the Castle had directions not to shoote att or to kill any of the said Rebells but to make onely a she{w} of giueing them opposition. And accordinglie to this Examinants owne knowledge there was not any man of the Rebells hurt: But the Castle was quietlie giuen vpp by the Servants of Sir Nicholas White And alsoe saith that one Nicholas Welsh, eldest sonne vnto Christopher Welsh of Mooretowne, often resorted vnto Sir John Dungans house. And was with the said Sir John sundry tymes after itt was publiquelie knowne that hee the said Nicholas had beene att the robbing of certaine of the English. And this Examinant further saith that one Captaine Gilbert Talbott brother vnto the said Sir John Dungans Ladie, had his Linnen constantly washed att his the said Sir Johns house, & went himselfe sundrie tymes for them: But whether hee was seene to bee there {by him} the said Sir John this Examinant knoweth not. And this Examinant alsoe saith that vpon the takeing of the aforesaid Castle of Leixlipp by the kings Armie, hee & his Mother, went vnto Allen where hee saw resort vnto Maurice ffitz Gerrald of the same, sundrie of the gentlemen of the Countie of Kildare, as namelie, Mr John Lee of Rathbride, Mr James fflatesburie of Drynanstowne, Mr Edward Dungan of Blackwood, ffitz Gerrald of Punchesgrange, William ffitz-Gerrald

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of Blackhall, & Adam Missett of Stickings, And this Examinant likewise saith that the said Maurice ffitz-Gerrald did alsoe giue enterteynement and lodged att his house for two nights, Peirce ffitz-Gerrald of Ballisonan, & for one other night, Roger Moore of Ballina, the said Moore & ffitz-Gerrald beeing two of the cheife of the Rebells. And further saith that th{e} said Mr ffittzGerrald hath to guard his house twentie Musketteires, armed with Musketts, which were giuen out of his Maiesties store vnto the said ffitz Gerrald, And th{at?} when his Maiesties Armie marched vnto Athie vnder the conduct of the Earle of Ormond, the said twentie Musketteires, were sent by the said Mawrice ffitzGerr{ald} to keepe a passage against the said Armie, in case any of them should make towards Allen. And alsoe that the said Mawrice ffitz Gerrald and his brother Phillip, doth weekelie send vnto this Cyttie one Richard Roe and John Wood, whoe carrie hence wh{at?} Commodities the said ffitz Gerrald wants, & likewise what newes they can heare or learne, {And this} Examinant further saith that Edward Dun{gan} aforesai{d} sendes vnto this Cyttie a servant of his one Patrick Pepard, which said parties resorted vnto One Owgan a Barber, & now vnto the said Owgans wife in Cookestreete.And alsoe saith that much of the Good{s } of the Countie of Kildare are remoued vnto Clonbo{ } Castle which is of noe strength excepting the scituation

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And likewise saith that William ffitz Gerrald of Blackhall and Captaine Richard ffitz Gerrald of Loweston doe now keepe in the said Castle of Ballinewr, belonging vnto Geoffrie ffay. And the said ffey himselfe with one Allexander Connor of Killmurry who is in open rebellion, and one Maurice Welsh of late Soueraigne of Kildare, doe dwell together att a Towne called Ballyn Rahinn And this Examinant further saith that att the Rebells abode att the Castle of Leixlipp; The Captaine Garrald ffitzGerrald with certaine of his companie (of which number hee this Examinant was one) went vnto ffynstown a house of Alderman Kennedaies of this Cyttie, whenc{e} they tooke meate & drink. And beeing come out of the said house with a purpose to goe awaie A servant woman of the said house called vnto them, and wished them to search in such a Closett and they should find something. Wherevpon they returned back and vpon search made in the said Closet they found vnder a heape of bookes of a Preistes there, a ffirkin of Powder, conteyning about ffortie poundes. And this Examinant further saith that dureing the said Rebells abode att Leixlipp aforesaid, they the said Rebells receiued seuerall tymes victualls and provisions from the house of St Katherines, where the Ladie White then dwelt. And whatsoeuer the said house afforded, (If the Rebells desired itt) they had itt. But

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whether the same was done with the priuitie of the said Ladie or noe hee this Examinant knoweth not. But this Examinant saith that the said Ladie White well knowing him this Examinant to bee a Chirurgion for the said Rebells att Leixlip, did allow this Examinant sundry tymes to repaire vnto her house of St Katherines, there to doe cures. And att one tyme had conference and speach with this Examinant touching the said Rebells att Leixlipp. And this Examinant alsoe saith that a daughter of the said Ladies called Mrs Elianor White, & one Marie White servant vnto Mrs ffaga{ } moued him this Examinant to carry vnto the Castle of Leixlipp a certaine young Childeren of the said Ladie Whites from St Katherines, & to giue out that the said children were taken awaie by fforce But the same was not to bee done before hee this Examinant was called on in that behalfe by the gentlewomen And this Examinant further saith that the Captaine of the said Rebells att Leixlipp, had conference with Mrs Elianor White, daughter vnto the said Sir Nich{olas} White in the Garden of St Katherines seuerall tymes, whilest the said Rebells remained att Leixlipp And that the servants of the said Sir Nicholas both men & women frequentlie resorted vnto the said Rebells att Leixlipp, & brought them bottles of wine. And alsoe saith that dureing his this Exam{inants} abode, amongst the said Rebells att Leixlipp afores{aid} hee this Examinant was sent for to come vnto Lutterellstowne, there to lett the Preistes men man s blood

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And that att that tyme Mr Luttrell of Luttrellstowne well knowing this Examinant to bee one of the Rebells att Leixlipp, had speach with him this Examinant and would haue had this Examinant to haue trimmed him. And in like manner Mr Eustace of Confey well knowing this Examinant to bee one of the said Rebells att Leixlipp the said Mr Eustace sent for him this Examinant alsoe to lett his daughter blood.
Rob Meredith

Robert Meredith