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Deposition of William Vowells

  • Reference:  MS 813, fols 330r-331v
  • County: Kildare
  • Date: 25/6/1642
  • Type: Dublin Original
  • Nature of Deposition: Arson, Desecration, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Supporting Statement
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    • fol. 330r


    (directly following the deposition of Jane Price on the same page)
    Which said william Vowells being also sworne & examined deposeth and saith first that the parties that robbed & dispoyled
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    the said owen Price and his wife and are now still in action were the forenamed <B> Garrott Talbott Christofer ffzgarrett alias ffitzJames of & his said three sonns, James william and Garrett Edmund Nicholas Wogan of Racoffy in the County of Kildare Esquire Nicholas Welsh of Mortowne in the same County gent, Oliver Welsh fryer his brother & lawrence Welsh Preist Preist another of his brothers Mathewe Plunckett of Kilmacreddock in the same Countie gentleman Thomas Scurlock of Racreden in the Countie of Dublin gent Edward ffitzgarrett of Plunketstowne in the Countie of Kildare Esquire, and his sonn ffrancis, George Welsh of Paynstowne in the Countie of Kildare gent, which Rebells before named alsoe burned the lord of kildares new howse at Maynowth Edward Sct Michell of Calestowne in the lordship of Maynowth, whoe [ ] entertained the night before the burning of that howse Cl one hundreth & fiftie of the Rebells or therabouts <C> att his said owne howse: & Garrett his bastard sonn, which Edward & Garrett hadd alsoe hands in the burning of the said castle howse & that night alsoe entertained at their howse the like number of Rebells & they and the Rebells that night killd fowre of the Erle of Kildares oxen 3 Cowes and therewith fedd themselues And further sayth that the Rebells aforenamed, & the other Rebells hereafter alsoe named most barbarously murthered and massacred one John Lawe and his sonn: John ffryer, & another souldier, a welshman whose name he knows not when they layd & stood in defence of the Castle of Maynowth <D> & were together with the Castle, betrayed by one william Gilbert an Englishman, a treacherous souldjer there Henry Magraith a Cooke in that howse, & as this deponent is verely perswaded by one Katherina Englishwoman alsoe whose surname he knows not but she was and hath beene a servant, to the Countesse of Kildare & one that hadd
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    for a good space lived at liberty & freely amongst the Rebells <E> & hadd together with one Jane ffullam another servant privatly imbeizilled and Conveyed away from Maynowth aforesaid divers of the said Countesss Lynnen broke vpp her Cabinetts & did divers other owtrages, Patrick ffox alias Moore of Maynowth Laborer Edward Scurlock of the same gentleman William Ward of the same Laborers, william Smith of the same gent which said Smyth was the Constable of Maynoothe and sett a Sentinell of ten Irish men in the towne to give the persons within the Castle warninge, and further sayth but he said they as the deponent ran all to the Rebells And the deponent likewise saith that the persons following are likewise rebells to wit Garrett ffitzgarrett who a little before this Rebellion was servant to the Earle of westmeath william mc yorke of the Chappell in the Lordshipp of Maynooth who is nowe and hath been since this Rebellion a Captaine amongst them (a fitt commander of such a wicked Crewe, for he was thrice indited before the Judges of Assize for robbinge and breakinge of howses and hardly escaped the gallowes Patricke Donnogh of Barrakstowne who tooke <ff> from mr walter Bodly a stacke of Hay worth ffive pounds Mortoe Kellie of Maynooth who formerly was the Countesse of Kildares footeman, and that night that the Castle was betrayed was one of the watch Teige Hickey whoe was a servant to the forenamed Edward ffitzgarrald And further saith that the aforenamed Garrett Talbott and Mathewe Plunckett did burne the bishopp of Killfanorahs howse & this deponents howse and divers other howses in the towne of Larraghberine and did burne the seates of the Church and the pulpitt And further saith that dame Alson of Cartowne mother mother of the forenamed Garrett Talbott and her servants and Edward Baron alias St Michaell of <g> Kolstowne tooke from him this deponent a hundred pounds worth of Corne, And that he lost in the Castle of Maynooth when it was burnt 40 li. worth <140 li.> of bookes and ther goods And that the said Edward
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    <140 li..> ffitzgarrald of Plunckettstowne tooke from the Lord of Kildares stable one bay stoudhorse and divers bookes out of the said Earles studye, And did it without <H> the said Earles consent, as he is verely perswaded and came in and tooke possession of the Earles howse alsoe as he is perswaded contrarye to his lordship s knowledge <E> and approbacion And that besides the outrages aforesaid Garrett Gal Talbott aforenamed and Mathewe Plunckett with theire souldiers did digge vpp in the Chancell of Maynooth the bodies of the wife of the Lord of Killfenorah and of the wif of him this depon{ent} and threwe them out of the Churchyard (they being buried 3 yeares before)
    William Vowells
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    Jurat 25to Junij 1642
    Joh Watson:
    Hen Brereton

    Kildare
    Jane Price Jur 21 Junij
    William Vowells Clark Jur 25 Junij
    1642
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    Henry Brereton
    John Watson



     

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