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Deposition of Elizabeth Dowdall

  • Reference:  MS 829, fols 138r-139v
  • County: Limerick
  • Date: 3/10/1642
  • Type: Bisse
  • Nature of Deposition: Apostacy, Arson, Captivity, Military Action, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Words
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    Dame Elizabeth Dowdall late of Killfinney, baroney of Connelagh in the County of Limrick widow duly sworne & examined before vs by vertue etc deposeth & sayth that about the last Nouemb last past & diuers times since the beginning of this rebellion she lost was robbed & forceably despoyled of her goods & chattells to the seuerall values following vizt worth 5083 li.
    Of Cowes, bulls, steers, heifers, horses mares sheepe & plowe Oxen & swine to t he value of one six hundred & [fiue]teene po w nds thirty three po w nds ten shill Of houshould stuffe of all sorts & plate to the value of fiue hundred po w nds. Of hey & Corne in house & haggard to the value of two hund red & fifty pounds Of Corne in g round to the value of two hundred po w nds which is rea pt by the rebbells Lost in Castls and other houses to the number of twelue burnt by the rebbells together with a barne which was sett on fire to keepe off the rebbells to the value of two thousand fiue hundred pownds: Lost in despoyling of gardens & orchards & fayre enclosurs to the value of one thousand pownds she also sayth that she by this rebellion is dispossessed of the benefit of an estate which she held for tearme of her life, consisting of seuerall tenements in the County of Limrick worth to this deponent <A> Com un i b vs Annis fiue hundred & ninety pownds per annum, which she leaueth to consideracion the totall of her losses in goods & chattells besids her reuenue amounts to the value of fiue thousand eighty three <hand> pownds sterling She also sayth that Patrick Pursell the a Leiutenant <hand> Generall among the rebbells tooke away all the deponents horses & mares about the sixteenth of Jan: last Capt William Cullum of < [ ] among the rebbells> Balingary in said County Esquire, Robert Lacy of the same, Gentleman, Edmund John ffitz Edmunds of Ballyfinietur in said County Esquire & part of the said Leuitenant generalls company tooke away the deponents <680 li.> said sheepe, and the best part of her cowes vppon Candlemas day last also she sayth that the said John ffitz Edmunds ffitz Gerrald s six sons as Dauid mc Shane <of the Curragh > in the said county gen: Morrice Mc Shane of Kil t annon in the said county gen John mc Shane of Balleyfinetur gen Thos Mc Shane of the same gen Murtagh mc Shane & James mc Shane of the same gen & John Oge mc Shane of the same gen with Dauid the eldest son of the said Dauid & Edmund oge ffitz Gerrald of the Crage gen tooke away six & twenty of the deponents cowes the day after Candlemas day last, she also sayth that Capt Eedy Lacy of Brury in said County Esquire a capt among the rebbells came within ten dayes after to beseidge the said deponent with one hundred men and then searcht all the land about and there tooke away all the cattle he found vpon the land, which was twenty cowes & eight colts where of fiue were belonging to some of her tenannts also she sayth that Eedy Lacy of Kilmubruaels in said county gen detaynd twelue of the said oxen & six cowes which one stonehorse & a mare which he tooke vpon him most scandulously to keepe for this deponent about shrouetyde last the rest of her said quick goods & dead within doors & without were taken away by <the said> Patrick Pursell of Ballecullane accompanyed with an Army of 7000d men <hand> with 3 peices of ordnance from whome she endured 4 great shot before she yeilded vnto them she also sayth that the when the enemy tooke the deponents Castle of Kil finney which was the 29th day of July last past, they hanged three Irish <her seruants> men as Richard O Donnogh Hooe & Robert o Donnough Hooe his son & Edmund Oge O Callan and also they hangd a woman calld Gnoragh and also tooke a gentleman that attended the said Lady deponent called Garrett ffitz Gerrald heretofore a protestant & made him turne papist or else he must be hangd presently also she sayth one William Deane seruant to the deponent was (being sent out as a scoute) killd by the rebbells unknowne nere the said castle & after he was killd also she sayth that during the seidge, she sent one

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    Hulk Hungerford her seruant to giue some Intelligence to the english Army and <he> by the way nere Brohill was killd by some of Capt: Dauid Poores company She also sayth that she heard the said Leuitenant Generall Pursell and the lord of Castle Connell <B> & Garret Bawne Pursell of the Keney a reputed Colonell among the Rebbells say that they fought for the Kings perrogatiue and that they would beate all the english out of Ireland & that they would goe to London and then they would beate all the protestants out there too & so possesse the kingdome for them selues & that they were resolud euery man of them all to dye, but that they would do the worke Lastly she sayth that the cheifest of the Army that last beseidgd the deponents <vpon the 25t of July last> Castle and after tooke it were these vizt Imprs Garrat Barry, Generall Patrick <C> Pursell Leuitenant Generall, Seriant Maior Generall Henyshaw Henishee Garret Pursell Colonell late of Keney Esquire Colonell ffennell Colonell Butler second son to the Lord of Inkerrin, the Lord Vicount Roch of ffermoy, the lord of Castle Connell <hand> the Lord Vicount Muskry Colonell Theobald Pursell Baron Loughma a Colonell; Richard Butler of Kilcash, Colonell; Capt: Edmund Pursell of Keney, Capt: Edmund ffitzgerald <hand> of the Clenlis, O Siuliuan Beare Colonell mc Carty Beare a Colonell Mc Donnough a Colonell mc ffinnin alias Sugan of Muskry a brothr of Sugans nere Glanorogh a Capt, Capt: John Roch of ffaminstowne , Capt Eedy Lacy of Broorey, Capt John Lacy of Hlackey, Capt Dauid Poore Capt Richard Cullum, Capt Butler, now a prisoner in Corke, Capt Edmund O Shee of Ballyallin, Capt: Tho: Mc Gibbon of Mahoonh Capt Morrice ffitz <symbol> Gerrald of Ballyteege Capt Garrat ffitz Gerrald of Karras [symbol] Capt Oliuer Stephenson of Kifurmoyly Dunmoylin, Capt Richard ffitz Gerrald of Ken e y Ballinemartur; Capt Leiutenat Patrick Pursell of Keney Garret ffitz Gerrald of Ballechoughan Esquire, John Burgett of or nere Kilmallock Esquire Capt: Tho: Hurly of nere Kil[mettin] of Knock long <Barry Oge of Rincornan Esquire> Esquire Capt George Thorneton of Dunnamane Esquire Nicholas Lillies of Dysert Esquire Leogh of Tullaveene gen: Garret de Leogh of Dunnamane gen Edmund Dauid de Leogh of Dollagh William Mc Thomas of Ballyfoylake gen: Eedy Lacy of Kilmackenarle gen: Edmund Pursell of the Curragh Capt Murtagh O Brian of nere Bonratty Esquire; Capt Teig O Brian yongest son to Sir Donnell O Brian Sir Donnell of Ballikett in Thomond gen: m c Mr Goggin nere of Barneatrily nere the passage belong vpon the riuer that runs to Corke Richard Nagh of Monanimey in county of Corke gen, Richard Lacy of Bally Iland gen: Morrice Lacy of Ballefukin gen: Walter Browne of Kilarney gen: John O Hyne of Rathmore gen Morrice Casey of Rathkannon gen: Capt: Garrett Herbert & Capt: Morrice Oge Herbert of Rathkeele gen:
    She lastly sayth that John Wells of the Riddane part of the signiory of Kilfinny yeoman yeoman with his wife turnd papists since the rebellion & are now gon out amongst the rebbells & James Crow of Ballycrenan yeoman heretofore a reputed protestant and now turnd papist & out among the rebbells & further she cannot depose
    Elizabeth Dowdall
    Jurat coram nobis 3tio Sept
    Octob: 1642
    Phil: Bisse
    Ro: Southwell

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    The Lady Dowdalls
    Exam murther & breach of
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    Limerick
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    Lo: Muskery
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    Philip Bisse
    Robert Southwell



     

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