1641 Depositions

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Deposition of Mary Marriott

Reference: MS 834, fols 125r-125v
County: Monaghan
Date: 17/1/1642
Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Death, Robbery, Stripping, Words

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Mary Meritt Marriott of Cluncurran in the parish of Clownis Clownis & County of Monaghan wife to Richard Mariott of the same nowe gone downe a souldier in his maiesties service to drogheda vnder the commaund of Captaine Edward Aldrich, shee being of the Age of thirty seaven yeares or thereabouts beinge duely sworne deposeth that her said husband was Robed and despoyled of his all his goods of the seuerall vallues followeing in Cattle worth thirty pounds, in Corne worth twenty pounds in household goods, provition for the house & other goods worth tenn pounds, in Mony worth three pounds, And further deposeth that her father [ ] Richard ffoard late of Cluncurran aforesaid was possessed of & lost by the Rebellion a personall Estate of in Cattle mony & goods worth one hundreth pounds which vpon his death bedd he did bequeath vnto his sonne Thomas fford, this deponent, Anne another of the daughters of the said Richard, Alice Lord wife to Edward Lord & Margarett wilson wife widowe the said Estate to be Equally devided amongst them, the Estate of this deponents said husband in all amounting to the some of ffowerscore <a> & three pounds. By & by the meanes of Rory oge mc Rosse mc Mahon of the Barrony of dartry & County of Monaghan gent: [ ] Edmond ô Luiney of Clanmore in the parish of Clownis & County aforesaid gent: Edmond ô higgan of the same gent: And other Irish Rebells of the company of the said Rory oge mc Rosse mc Mahon to the Number of fforty or thereabouts, the three & twentieth day of October last about seaven of the Clock in the Morneing. And further deposeth that some of the said company of Rebells did Stripe this deponent herselfe her husband & two Children & tooke away all there weareing apparell the six & twentieth day of October aforesaid sayeing that for what they did they had good Authority better then themselues

Mary [mark] Meritt her marke
Jur 17th January 1641 coram
John Sterne.
William Aldrich

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Mary Marriott
Monoghan Jur 17o Jan
1641
Cert fact

John Sterne
William Aldrich