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Deposition of Edward Braxton

  • Reference:  MS 831, fols 060r-061v
  • County: Sligo
  • Date: 8/1/1644
  • Type: Dublin Original
  • Nature of Deposition: Captivity, Military Action, Multiple Killing, Robbery
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    The Examinacion of Edward Braxton of Sligo in the Countie of Sligo gent taken
    Being duely sworne vpon the holy Evangelists and examined sait{h} that his Mother Mary Braxton, and this deponent were in the Month{s} of October, November, December, January and ffebruary 1641 (or in some of those monthes) despoiled and robbed of the Rents and profi{ts} of their farmes and landes to the value of Threescore poundes per Annum, and of their goods and Chattells to the value of Six hundre{d} Sixtie fiue poundes or thereabouts, by the Captains of the Rebells an{d} their confederates of the Counties of Sligo and Letrim And saith that these vndernamed persons were at the seige and taking of Sligo (vizt) Teige o Connor Sligo reputed generall of <A> the Rebells in those parts, Captain Bryan ô Connor, Captain Charles ô Conn{or}and Captain Hugh ô Connor brothers to the said ô Connor Sligo Captain Bryan mcDonnogh, Captain Patrick Plunkett, Captain Donnell mcBryan Darroghe ô Connor, Captain Teige boy o Connor, Captain Roger mcfferdina{nd} ô Connor, Captain John o Crean, Captain Bryan McSwine, Captain Roger mcOwen mcSwine Captain Phelim o Connor, Captain Teige o Connor of the Glan, Captain Con ô Connor of the same Collonell owen ô Roirke <B:> Captain Owen oge ô Roirke his sonne, Captain Bryan ballagh ô Roirke Captain Teige mcBryan ballagh ô Roirke, his sonne, Captain Hugh ô Donnogh, Captain Robert mcCounee, Captain William oge mcPhelim mcGlonnagh of the Dartry in the Countie of Letrim Captain Teige mcPhelim mcGlonnagh of the same, Captain William mcGlonnagh {of} the same, Captain Owen mcRoorey ô Connor, Mr Kedagh o Bannagh Mr James ffrench, and Jeffrey ffrench his sonne, Edmond mcSwine Guardian of the Dominicans in the Abby of Sligo and Cormock mcGuire Seriant to the said Captain Hugh ô Conn{or} and severall others whom this deponent cannot remember who devided the goods and Chattells of this deponent, his mo{ther} and the rest of Brittish Protestants in the said towne of Sl{igo} <A>And this deponent further saith that the said towne of Sligo was {in} the month of December 1641 taken by the aforesaid Captains {of} the Rebells and their confederates and quarter was there given to William Braxton this deponents brother, William Walsh, and Elizabeth Walsh this deponents sister and the re{st} of the Brittish Protestants in the said towne of Sligo
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    to the number of Thirtie eight persons or thereabouts, who were afterwards (on the 13th of January 1641) put into the goale of Sligo by the said o Connor Sligoe directions, and were about midnight inhumanely murthered by the said Charles ô Connor <A> and Hugh ô Connor, and their confederates. He this deponente cause of knowledge is, for that he was crediblie informed of [ ] the said murther by Mr owny o Cullen, who heard it related by the said Collonell ô Roirke who was in the said towne of Sligo that night when the said murther was comitted, and soe fled for his saftie to Newtowne in the Countie of Letrim to Mr Robert Parks house, where this Examinant staied for a while as a souldier, and went thence to Mannor Hamilton. And further saith that there were in the month of december 1641 taken vnder the protection of the said Colonell Owin ô Rourk, one John Moore a minister this deponents brother in law and one [JuDale] Ware a brittish protestant, and kept in saffty (as they conceived, within a myle of the said Colonell Owin ô Rorks howse, But in about Midnight some of the said Colonells souldjers fell vpon them and most barbarously & cruelly murthered them both. The deponent being then in restraint amongst the irish and within half a myle of the place where they were murthered
    <Dr J: Mr B>
    Edward Braxton
    Jur viijo Jan: 1643
    Hen: Jones
    Hen: Brereton

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    Edward Braxtons
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    Jan: 1643
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    Henry Brereton
    Henry Jones



     

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