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Deposition of Marten Bosten

  • Reference:  MS 820, fols 064r-065v
  • County: Waterford
  • Date: 18/6/1642
  • Type: Bisse
  • Nature of Deposition: Killing, Robbery, Stripping, Lost by debts
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    Marten Bosten of Moneroode in the parish of Kilgobenett in the Barony of desses in the in the County of Watterford y yeoman a brittish protestant being deuely sowrne & Examined by vertue &c deposeth & saith that on or about christide last hee was spoyled and Robbed of his goods and Chattells to the seuerall vallues ffollowinge vizt value of 283 li. 10 s. part consisting
    Of cowes steeres Oxen sheepe horses & swyne to the vallue of one hundred sixteen pounds Of Corne & hay in haggard & [ ] howse to the vallue of ffourty foure pounds Of howshold stufe to the vallue of Eight pounds of Imployments of husbantre to the vallue of twenty shillings of garden ffruts to the vallue of ffiue pounds: ffurther hee saith that hee was Expelled & driuen Away from his said farme and howse in which hee had in corne Growne in ground which hee conceaue to be lost to the vallue of twenty pounds Also hee saith that hee was Expelled dispossessed of his farme and howse in the Aforesaid County which hee values worth Couibis annis more then the landlords rent being well Improued ten pounds ster per annum hauing a lease of twenty six years to come which hee vallues worth ffoure score pounds ster Of debts dew which hee accounted good debts bee fore this present rebellion and amounting to the som of Nyne pound ten shillings now bee Com disperatt by Resen that part t ther of ar dewe from English and protestants &c James Burden and another partt from Iresh and rebells Papest &c
    Debts due from William Aharne of the parish of Killgubenett & baroney <A> of desses yeoman Margrett Nugent in of the parish of dungaruan ye Ellen Adaye of the Aforesaid parish & County but in regard som of the said partties English and protestants ar utterly dispoilled by Resen of this pres e nt Rebellion and the but in regard the rest of them debtors are out in Actull Rebellion therfore the deponant cannot geet satisfaction the totall of his losses Amounts to two hundred Eighty three pounds ten shillings and The deponent was Robbed by William O fling Phillipe O Morish of Dungaruan laborer Mahon mc Mahon in the parish of Cilgobenett laborer Morough mc Mahoone of the Aforsaid parish labourer Jo Shenane Ne mahoone of the Aforesaid parish & John Aregane of the Aforesaid towne a parish and County laborer ffurther the deponent saith that hem selfe wyfe and Seauen Cheldren weare strepted by the aboue said Rebells in a barboros maner and shee ffurther hee cannot depose hee saith hading a kinswoman which liued with them Jane Becknell which whoe was Inticed out of furth his howse by Shenane Brassell spenster of C who hauing gone som little way from the deponants howse the said Shenane Brassell ffell

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    1196
    vppon the said Jane Becknell and Most Barborously Murthered her and ffurther hee cannot depos
    Martin Boston
    Jurat coram nobis
    18o of June 1642
    Tho Badnedge
    Phil: Bisse
    Hen: Rugge

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    1197

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    1198
    The examination of
    Henry Martin Bosten
    [287] Waterford
    Reu
    149



    Henry Rugg
    Philip Bisse
    Thomas Badnedge



     

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