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Deposition of John Smith

  • Reference:  MS 817, fols 197r-198v
  • County: Longford
  • Date: 28/6/1642
  • Type: Dublin Original
  • Nature of Deposition: Arson, Military Action, Robbery, Words
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    • fol. 197r


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    John Smith late burges of his maiesties corporation of St Johnstowne in the county of Longford by duly sworne vpon the holy bible deposeth
    that about the 27th of October last past 1642 that he this deponent was robd & spoild of his estate & goods by the Irish rebels aforesaid in the towne aforesaid vizt
    In houshelstuffe to the value of worth fourty pounds Consisting of brasse Pewter bedding & the like
    In tooles belonging to a dyers trade as a furnace great brasse pan etc to the value of sixteene pounds
    In lether which I had ready tand & bark for tanning to the value of threescore pounds ste
    In beasts cattell a mare & cowes young & old to the value of ----------- 35 pounds ster
    In hey & turfe to the value of [ ] 8 pounds
    [It] of a garden to the value of .3. pounds
    In cloth of my wiues making & apparell 15 pounds by the meanes of these rebels
    In bonds & bils to the value of 10 pounds in my debt booke for lether & dying cloth 5 pounds by & by the meanes of these rebels vizt Lisough duffe ffarrell of Newtone & the esquire & Phaukny ffarrell his son & heire in the parish of Killo Chahil ffarrell of Cauan lisough ffarrell dwelling on the mountaine neere St Johns towne captaine of the rebels James ffarrell of Killasannah in the <A> parish of Abba Lara John o Rely of Cloughballannah in the parish of Lara & his brother of the same gentlemen Thomas Stafford of Castlebrock in the parish of Clonbrona Connock mc Hubbert ffarrell in the parish of Granerd Patrick Bigland of Clonbron gent Brian mc Shane of Agheharhill gentleman all these which rebells robd & spoild the deponent of the goods aforesaid in the towne aforesaid after which the deponent hauing left the towne & being repairing toward Dublin with his wife & chilren & certeine other his neighbour with some of apparell limen & ready mony that he had reserud from the foresaid rebel & at night taking vp ther lodging in the towne of Ballalak bridge in the county of Westmeath at the time they were going to bed came certeine persons of the towne with swords & pikes & robd the said deponent in ready mony 5 pounds 7 shill and of linnen & clothe worth 5 pounds by the instigaccion & meanes of Richard Leddish of Cappah in the parish of Rush gent Tibbotth <B.> lede which of Ballalak gentleman Teige o Goony of the same Patrick Bigland of the same & Richard Led which of Ballashone in the parish of Rush gent & Garret Darsy of Carrick neere Ballalak who for his owne particulars had former{ly} spoild [ ] robd the deponent [ ] to the [ ] in linnen and apparell worth apparell b eing some of that which were los t the value of 20 li. the totall summe amounting to the value of two hundred twenty & two pounds & nine shilling after the which losse the deponent comming to Mullengare in the county of westmeath aforesaid & there abiding with his wife & children & other his [servant trademen]
    <40 li.
    16
    60 li.
    35 li.
    41 li.
    In all
    [ ] 192 li.>

    fol. 197v


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    being afraid to goe to Dublin lest wee should be stript & so starued with cold wee remaind there vntill this present time that the Kings army came to Mullengare in which time I the foresaid deponent saw these persons hereafter named in rebellion vizt that after follow Robert Nugent of Carels towne Esquire who tooke vpon him to be gouernor <A.> of the foresaid county of westmeth & generall of the rebels there Sir James Dillon ofKnight colonell of the rebels & one of ther cheife leaders Thomas Terrell ofEsquire son to old captaine Terrell & the said captaine himselfe ofThomas Tirrell a lawyier ofAndrew Nugent of [denouer] Esquire Walter Nugent of Rahesbek Esquire John Hop of Ballanah of the parish of Mullengare Esquire Andrew Boy Tute of Cullamore Esquire neere mullengare Sir oliuer Tute Knight Edward Tute of Tutes towne Esquire Garrett Dalton ofEsquire Conlah mc Goff Geoghagan of Kilbeggan esquire Brian Oge o Geoghagan of the same Esquire all these in rebellion all these hauing souldiers & fighting against the Kings army Richard le captaine Dardise neere Denouer <B.> Thomas Pettett of Irish towne william Pittett of Grange Alexander Casey Pourtreife of Mullengare who with other asistance fired the towne of mullengare the same morning the Kings army came thither. oliuer that th ere should not be a garrison lai d of the Kings Hubbert ffitzgarrett ancient of the rebels captaine darsy of & the said deponent saw diuers other of the said county whose names he Knowes not to be amongst the rebels bearing armes & the deponent further deposeth he saw amongst the Rebells Walter Nangle of Baliacock gentle Arthur Nangle a landed man being Barthemews nangles eldest brother who dwelt at longford & the deponent further deposeth he alsoe saw in the company of the rebels bearing armes many of the daltons & Dillons & the deponent is verely perswaded all the whole county of Westmeath are in [ ] rebellion except some few whom neu he neuer saw to ioyne with the rebels but contrariwise reproued them for ther rebellion according & soe far as euer the deponent could vnderstand to witt which are theis vizt {A}dam Pettit of Ballenderrah Esquire Richard Casy who Garrett Pettit of Ballenclage Edward Pettit of Marlingstowne these which persons last expressed the deponent herd them reprooued the rebels & would not ioyne with them so far as hee could vnderstand & the deponent further saith that he heard one dominick neahah a <C.> dominican ffryer say that King Charels King of England did not vse the Irish people well & after his death there should be no King of England to be King of Ireland but that it should be gouerned by a ffree state & the said deponent saw mani skandelous verses reproching the English lords & gouerners of this Kingdome or Ireland & preferring & wishing that the noble o neales or o donnells were gouernors of the Kingdome
    John Smith
    deposed Ju 28th 1642
    Will. Hitchcock Joh Watson:
    Will Aldrich Hen: Brereton

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    Henry Brereton
    John Watson
    William Aldrich
    William Hitchcock



     

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