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Deposition of Roger Sedley

  • Reference:  MS 829, fols 252r-253v
  • County: Limerick
  • Date: 27/9/1642
  • Type: Bisse
  • Nature of Deposition: Military Action, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Lost by debts
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    <symbol> Roger Sedley late of the parish of New Castell in the Barony of Conella and in the County of Lymrick gent duly swoarne and examined by vertue of &c deposeth deposeth and saith That on or aboute the Twentyth day of december last past and since the Begining and by f meanes of this present rebellio{n} In Ireland hee lost was robbed and foarceably dispoyled of his goods and Chattells to the seuerall va l ewes following vizt value of 261 li. 19 s. Part consisting of debts due by some of them owing by
    Of Cowes horses & mares to the valew of Thirty seven poundes eighte shillinges In housholde goodes to the value of Tenn poundes ffyteene shillinges In household provision nine poundes In hay and Corne In stack and grownd e Thirt{y} six poundes six shillinges In debts due from the partys whos{e} names ensew Robert Moudon late of the parish of Mo i ngehe in the Barony of Conella and in the County of Lymrick Henry Si d ly of the sume of eight pounds Henry Didly of the same place the sume of Twoe poundes and tenn shillinges Nicholas Brumly of Newcastle in the County of Lymerick merchant the sume of ffower pounds Richard Cooke late of the parish of Moni g oh in the Barony and County afforesaid husbandman the sume of T woe pound e s John Sa l mon late of the parish of In the Barony & County afforesaide gent the sume of one pound Roberte Andru s of late of the parish of Moni g oh afforesaid husbandman the sume of ffower pound e s John Silly late of the parish Mani g oh e afforesaid husbandman in the sume of Thre{e} poundes John Russell of the pari s h of Mani g oh e afforesaid husbandman one pounde Josias wall of the pari s h of Mahowna in the Barony & County afforesaide ffower poundes and ffowe{r} shillings all English protestants impouerished by meanes of this rebellion Brian Sheehe in the parish of Arda gent of the Bar of Coi{ne} in Barony & County afforesaide gent the sume of Seven pounds [symbol] Thomas <symbol> mc Gibbon of the parish of Mahoona in the Barony & County afforesaide gent the sume of Twenty poundes Mahoone o Dillo{n} of the parish of Arda afforesaide the sume of one poundes and six

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    shillinges Daniell mc Owen late of the parish of Arda afforesaide <B> the sume of Tenn shillinges and William mc Shane of the parish of Arda afforesaide Brogemaker the sume of Tenn shillinges All which saide debtes The partyes aboue saide being some Inglish and some Irish The said English by meanes of this present rebellion are vt t erly impouersihed and the Irish <are papists> (& as this deponent supposeth) are in actuall rebellion soe that hee is in noe hope of getting satisfaction ffrom them This deponent saith that hee was expelled and driuen away from his Lease and dwelling in the parish of Newcastell afforesaid worth Two one hundred poundes The totall of his losses were <Two> Thre hundred sixty one pound and nineteene shillings This deponent saith that his fforeside goodes were taken away by one <B> Brian mc Shee of the parish of Arda in the Barony and County afforesaide gent and his Complices This deponent saith further <And> that hee was beeseeged in the Castell of New Castell afforesaid By Patrick Purcell of Croh in the Barony of Conella and in the County of Lymrick Esquire Oliuer Stevenson of Donmoylin in the Barony and County afforesaide gent Edmund ffitz Gerreld of Clanless in the Barony afforesaid gente and Brian o Shehee afforesaid gent and diuers others whose names this deponent knowes not: Ther were also slaine & murthered by the fore named rebells and their complices (as this deponent further deposeth) vpon the lands of Brien mc Sheeh aforesaid aboute the 14th of August last one Robert Mewdon and his sonne, Symon Lane, William Burges and one other whose name he knoweth not, all British protestants And further he deposeth that one sergeant maior Henesy said in the presence of this deponent and others (when the said rebels had taken the said castle) that they had the kings warrant for what they did And further deposeth not
    Roger Sedley
    Jurat coram
    nobis 27o
    7bris 1642
    Hen: Rugge
    Thomas Ellwell

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    Limerick
    The examinacion of Roger
    Sidlet of new Castle in
    the County of Limericke gent
    27o 7bris 1642

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    Reu



    Henry Rugg
    Thomas Elwell



     

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