Testimony of John Furlong
- Reference: MS 830, fols 271r-271v
- County: Galway
- Date: 18/6/1653
- Type: Commonwealth
- Nature of Deposition: Captivity, Military Action, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Succour
- How to Cite
fol. 271r
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I John ffurlong of Ballymcguise in the Com of Gallway doe beinge summond by the Court of Assizes to appeare at Boyle to Answer vnto all such questions as would be demaunded of me Concerninge Collonel Thomas Bourk which by reason of other speacial Commands layd vppon me by the Common wealth hath hindered me that I Cannot goe there, And notwithstanding I haue bene formerly examined Concerninge this matter, yet for the better manefestacion of the and openige of my knowledge in the same I doe testifie and declare as ffolloweth. That in the begininge of the Rebellion, after my beinge plundered of all that I had I repayred to the fforte of Gallway for the more safety of my life, and not long after the some difference hapned betweene the Towne, and forte, soe that my Lord of Clonerickard reconciled them, In pursuance wherof Capt. willoghby, sent a squadron of horse to giue the Countrey notice of the said agreement (whereof myselfe was one) and Comeinge to Oranmore, william Kinge desired vs to goe along with him to rescue his Cattle that some of the Countrey wher driveinge away wherevppon wee followed them, and ouertooke some Countrey men who tould that Collonel Thomas Bourk, with some others took them and beinge desired wherfore [
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fol. 271v
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But beinge wakeinge the night before as I hea r d and in a madd humor, denyed the request of the said Redmund, and the said Collonel Thomas Bourke wh{
I doe lastly certifie that I neuer knew or heard that the said Thomas drew any of the said Englishmens blood or any other since the Rebellion, and while when I was prisoner as aforesaid the sayd Thomas as I heard preserved my horse and furniture and [
John ffurlonge
This was signed and
acknowledged in our presence
the day aforesaid
H morgan
Walter Taylor
John ffurlongs certificate
H Morgan
Walter Taylor