1641 Depositions

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Deposition of William Masters

Reference: MS 821, fols 133r-133v
County: Tipperary
Date: 8/6/1642
Type: Bisse
Nature of Deposition: Robbery, Stripping, Lost by Debts

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<symbol> William Masters late of Skirta in the Parrish of Shandrahan in the Barroney of Eueretts Castle, and the Countie of Tipperarie yeoman (a Brittish protestant) duely sw orne and examined by vertue of &c. deposeth and saith, that neere about the last of January last hee was robbed & forcibly dispoiled of his Goods and Chattells to the seuerall values following vid worth 169 li.-11 s. Part being debts owing by
Of his Cowes, Horses, One Mare, and younge Cattell to the value of fifetie three pounds and tenn shillings st erl. Of his Corne and Hay in the haggard or house , to the value of Twentie pounds sterl. Of his Garden fruites, House-holld stuffe provision for his house, & wearing Apparrell, to the value of sixteene pounds sterl. Of Implements of husbandry, to the value of foure pounds ster. The D e p onent further saith that by M eanes of this Rebellion hee lost the Benefitt of his Farme at Skirta in the Parrish, Baroney and Countie aforesaid, wherein hee had a Lease of Thirtie seauen yeares to come, worth aboue communibus Annis aboue the Land Lords Rent, Twentie Marks per annum, which hee valueth to be worth fifetie two pounds sterl Of his Corn in Ground vpon the said Farme, which he conceaues to be lost by Meanes of this Rebellion, to the value of seauenteene pounds, and tenn shi llings sterl. Of Debts, which before this Rebellion the said William Masters accounted good Debts, the summe of sixe pounds, eleuen shillings and tenn pence, due vpon Nicholas Whight of Killurd in the Countie of Corke Gent William Brasell of the parrish of Micheal-town, and in the Countie aforesaid victualler, both out in actuall Rebellion The Deponent allso saith, that hee is bound vpon land obligatorie for the [ ] ments of Thirtie fiue pounds, for those, who by meanes of this Rebellion are imp o uerished, and vtterly disinabled to make satisfaction for themselues and therefore hee conceaues the said summe of Thi Thirtie fiue pounds to be lost, because he must pay it for them, & not f o r himselfe. The Deponent lastly alsoe saith, that he was robbed, & dispoiled of his said Goods by the Meanes of Peirce Euerett of the Parrish of Shandrahan, in the Countie of Tipperarie, Gent, William McJames of the same, John Gorman of the same, John McWilliam of the same Rikart Richard mc William of the same, John oh Dwyer of the same Phillip oh Dwyer, Morris Mc Shane of the same Gent, William oh Clarie of the same Gent, All of them now out in actuall Rebellion, with diuers others, whose Names he knoweth not. And further hee cannot depose, The totall of his Landes, amounts to Two hundred , One hundred threescore and nine foure & foure & foure pounds st erl & eleue n shillings sterl & tenn pence sterling He saith that Ales Nope widdow & the widdow Carter both of Cloghin in the said parish & County & William Hunt yeoman were stripped but by whome he knoweth not.
William [mark] Masters mark
Jurat coram nobis 8o Junij 1642
Phil: Bisse
Richard ffrench

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The examination of
William Masters
Tipperary

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Philip Bisse
Richard French