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Worsley Batten of the Citty towne of Droghedah & the County of Lo{wth} Es{quire} sworne & examined deposeth and saith That about the last daie o{f} October 1641 Hee this deponent was forceibly deprived & dri{ven} from his farme of Ballintragh alias Baltrae in the County {of} Lowth worth at least xx li. per annum, And that his howses thereof {} afterwards burned & spoiled which had cost him 120 li. sterling {On} about the said last daie of October 1641 he this deponent at t{he} farme aforesaid was alsoe forceibly deprived robbed & dispoiled o{f} Corne worth 1000 li. Cowes and oxen worth Lxvj li., horses Mares geld{ings} Colts worth 100 li., howsholdstuff & provision worth 60 li., Cart plowes Waynes Carrs & vtensells worth 40 li. hay worth 24{li.} [] worth 40 li. Of all which this depon e nt was deprived robbed and dispo{iled} by Christopher Plunkett ( Brother of James Plun ckett of Carristowne County of Lowth Esquire ) an absolute Rebel and his servants and partakers whose names he know e th not And that he was robbed of his said Corne Cattle & horses <A> by Patrick Barnwell of Ratheskar in the County of Lowth Esquire a Colonell of Reb ells a s he was informed by his servant s which Patrick Barnwell gave the same Corne to William Plunckett of Bewley { } of Lowth Esquire And his Cowes & other cattle were taken from him by the said William Plunkett <deliuered in trust> And at the same tyme vizt about the said {last} day of October 1641 hee this deponent was forceibly expelled & {} from another farme called Ballygaddren, & from another farme there adjoineing both in the County of Lowth & within about 3 or 4 myles off {} which before the Rebellion began was worth to him 100 li. per annum {} buildinges there since wasted & demolished by the Rebells) which cost him 200 {li.} And this deponent about the later end of the November 1641 had a {} pulled downe without the walls of Tredart Droghedah aforesaid for {} the Rebells to make vse thereof worth 20 li., And euer since the begin{ing} of the present Rebellion (which is nere 4 yeres past) this deponent by {meanes} of the same Rebellion hath been deprived of and lost the proffitts {} of his places of fearcher gager & packer in Droghedah Dunda{lk and} Carlingford worth per Annum 120 li., & of the Towne Clearks {} of Droghedah worth alsoe 40 li. per annum: And this deponent f{urther} saith that about the middle of december 1641 this divers {} & specialities of his this Deponents & for debts due vnto him amounting to about being brought by sea to {the} {} Du {blin} {} there foirceably surprized and taken {} the deponents servant John Elliott, by {}
