fol. 58r
862
John Dan late of Gouldenbridge in the barony of Clanwilliam & within the Com of Tipperary shoomaker a brittish protestant duly sworne & examined before vs by vertue etc) deposeth & sayth that about the 1t day of December 1641, he lost was robbed & forceably dispoyled of his goods & chattells & & [ ] to the seuerall values following vizt worth 41 li. 10 s.
Of Cowes one mare & a colt & swine to the value of thirty three four pownds ten shillings which [ ] Of corne to {the} value of fiue pownds totall of his losses. amounts to the value of 41 li. 10 s. he also sayth that the said his Cowes to the number of number of thirteene were tak’n away by Richard Burke of Ballywadagh, nere Gouldenbridge aforesaid gentleman he also sayth that about the time aforesaid a greate number of Cattle were belonging to the English of Gouldenbridge were driun away by the rebbells, to the number of 3 or 4000d, whereof these were know’n to the deponent as James <A> Knauin of the same schoolemaster, John a Mungane of the same husb: Philip Comerton of the same husb: John Dwyre of the same weauer. Patrick Kwaunt of the same husb: Walter Purcell of the same gentleman. James Roch of the same taylour. James Murroghogh of the same husb: William Murroghogh of the same husb: Tho: Murroghogh of the same husb:. Also he sayth that after these named Rebbells had robbd & pillaged the towne of Gouldenbridge, that is to say seau’n houses there of the English, that presently after one John Haiket of Gouldenbridge aforesaid taylour, with another vnknowne to this deponent possesst themselus of the Castle there, for Doctor ffennell of Ballygriffin nere that place; the next day after came Sir John Browne Knight & Capt: Peizly with about 200d horse & foot; at the same time Sir Jo: then killd one & hangd eleuen more which they found vp and downe the towne: who summoned the Castle & presently it was yeilded vp vnto them vpon quarter; who Instantly put in an English ward where of the deponent was one & whereof James Hooker of Gouldenbridge gent [ ] was made Constable and others to the number of 15teene fifteene warders afterwards Mr Hooker tooke in 4 more about a weeke after that, besids women [ ] & children robbd & stript in Cashill to the number of si x score. when Sir John Browne & Capt Peizsly went away to Cullin the said Castle was beseedged for the space of eleu’n weeks the beseidgers were at first to the number of two hundred, and afterwards on each side they were continually besett with fifty men at least. the cheifest of these were Richard Burke of Ballywade aforesaid. James Butler of BoytonRagh nere Cashill gentleman who were then the two Capt: of those forces. those of the Castle were oft’n offerd quarter, but Hooker would not yeild to it because of loosing the armes. during this seidge there were seau’n 6 of the warders killd, as t as one Dauid a shoomaker a welshman and one John Scotch husb: a Scotchman, ffauncis Brooks, a dyer. Henry Cheyney a youth, the othr three were vnknowen to the deponent one Henry, Doctor Pullins man, Roger Stan, a tinker. besids, Elizabeth Anne Roger Stan’s wife, Margaret, Patrick Dorricks wifes, besids Elizabeth Palmer was hurt & shott in the arme the wife of Nicholas Palmer. at length; all those they brought a sow to nere the Castle wall by night which was burned by the men of the Castle, and 10 rebbells burned in the same, besids two others of them: the said warders killd from the first to this time about twelue men of theirs more. at last being in greate want of victualls euery man woman & child, came out of the Castle by night & so stole away, all except one old infirme woman calld Besse, Robert the millers wife, who as soone as the rebbells came in, was tak’n by them, & draggd downe the stayrs by the heils and so throwne in to the riuer & drownd. during this seidge they buryed, of those that dyed & of those that were killd about thirty of men women & children who were buried vnder the Castle wall. some in sheets & some in Caddowes; who were afterwards tak’n out of their graus and their sheets & Caddowes & couerings being tak’n from them, their bodyes were tak’n & throwne into the riuer calld the Sewer, the said deponent saw some of the children swiming downe the riuer being dead. the next morning after these persons gott out of the Castle, they were pursued vpon the mountayns by the Lord of Cahir s souldyers who flying here & there were all of them tak’n & killd by the said rebells; except four men & foure women, the names of the men were Edw: Chayney: miller, one ffortune a shep{herd?}
