Deposition of Richard Newberrie
- Reference: MS 836, fols 060r-061v
- County: Armagh
- Date: 27/6/1642
- Type: Dublin Original
- Nature of Deposition: Arson, Assault, Captivity, Killing, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Signs and Wonders, Words, Lost in Debts
- How to Cite
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Richard Newberrie of Creenaghe nere Loghgall in the Countie of Armaghe gent sworne and examined deposeth and sayth That since the begining of the presente rebellion vizt about the first of November last hee this deponent with his wiffe & fowre children and his wifes old mother in law (whose aged husband the rebells murthered) were expelled & forcibly deprived of the possession of his this deponents farmes of Creenaghe and Killamakenty which he had in leas thone of for one life in being worth clerely 40 li. per annum the other for 50 yeres in being <70 li. per annum> worth clerely 30 li. per annum vltra repris: The leases of which this deponents wife hidd in the thatch of an old howse & left them there but whether that howse be burned or noe he cannott tell; but if it be the leases are therewith all likewise burned as he feareth: And this deponent was then alsoe deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his other goodes & chattells of the values & to his present lo hereafter mencioned vizt Corne in the hagard worth CC li. Cowes oxen horses <450 li> sheepe howseholdstuffe vpon the 2 farmes aforesaid worth CCl li. And this deponent is alsoe by the Rebells expelled from his lands of Inheritance within the Countie of Monoghan which cost him <20 li. per annum> CC li.: & which before the Rebellion were worth fully xx li. ster & the per annum And this deponent was then and there alsoe deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his goods & chattells vizt oxen Cowes horses & Mares worth fowrscore pownds whereof 4 of those horses were strong & serviceable stoned horses fitt for service in the warrs and of Corne vpon the grownd worth threescore powndes: And further sayth that the Rebells at seuerall tymes inforced & tooke from this deponent the some of ffortie pownds at least in mony And this deponent hath lost in debts due vnto him (which before the rebellion were good debts) by such of the English as the Rebells have robbed <330 li.> & slaine One hundreth and fiftie pownds or thereabouts And further sayth that Elizabeth Pilkington his said mother in lawe after the death of her said aged husband was expelled & driven from her farme by part whereof she & her husband had an estate for their 23 lives and the rest she held by leas for 13 or 14 or 15 yeres to come worth
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<91 li. per annum> clerely above all charges and reprises Lx li. per annum and from a parcell of freehold land Joineing to the same worth clerely xx li. per annum and from another parcell of land part freehold and part in leas for 6 lives in being worth clerely xj li. per annum: And she was alsoe by the rebells deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of her goodes & chattells of the values following vizt 60 Cowes xij horses and Mares & Colts worth Cl li. Corne in the stack & in the grownd worth 100 li. at least: Howsholdgoodes and provition worth C li. Ready mony & plate worth fiftie pownds debts owing by seuerall me english men robbd and slaine by the Rebells <520 li.> Cxx li. = = or thereabouts: And further saith that the parties Rebells that robbed & dispoyled him and his mother in lawe as aforesaid were theis vndernamed vizt Manus <a> Mc Cane of the Grange nere Armaghe a Captain of the rebells Brian ô kelly late servant to the lord Cawlfeild another Captain Patrick o Mellan of Charlemont another late servant and souldjer to the Lord Caulfeild Shane ô Neyle Captain att Charlemont nere kinsman to Sir Phelim o Neile with a great number more of the sept and names of the Hagans the Quins and the Donnells all of or nere the Countie of Armagh <A.1.> whose names he knoweth not (And saith that the Rebells vizt first the said Manus o Cane tooke and imprisoned <b> him this deponent and divers others: & which in the Church of Loghgall & kept them there a few dayes. And then the said Manus o Cane & the rest of the Rebells, by warrant (as they said from Sir Phelim o Neile and the rest of their greate rebellious Comanders, told telling tould a great number of those poore prisoners that they shold goe into England) they gladly went out with those Rebells, amongst which prisoners one Mr ffullerton Parson of Loughgall: one Mr Scott of Massereene, gent and one Richard Gladdish: goeing along were murthered and slaine by the Rebells in the way short of Portadowne: and the rest of the poore protestant prisoners being like sheepe to the slaughter brought to Portadowne
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were all then and there forced or throwne of the bridge of Portadowne aforesaid by the Rebells into the River there when and where most of them (they being in all aboute sevenscore persons) were instantly drowned & some fewe swyming to or nere the shoare were most barbarously knockt in the heades (as divers that were eye witnesses parte have confidently affirmed to him this deponente And further <c> saith that one Tulogh ô Lurkan and Donnell ô Lorkan his brother both irishmen & late servants to this deponent, but now turned Rebells and servants soldjers vnto Toole Mc Cane at Portadowne aforesaid confidently affirmed to this deponent that their Captaine & the other officers repented that they & the rest hadd <A.> drowned soe many of the english at Portadowne: and were much affrayd ffor that presently after within a few dayes after their drowninge: when the Rebellious Comanders were together att Portadowne aforesaid the bodyes of the parties soe drowned showed and appeared plainly and showed themselues vnto the same Rebellious Comanders in the water nere the bridge there to all others then present which did strike them with much terror & amazement: And this deponent hath credibly heard that divers others protestants were by the Rebells cruelly putt to death some by drowinge drowneing some by hanging & some burned shott or otherwise massacred & slaine but the names of them (becawse he was still kept as a prisoner, he cannott tell And further saith that the Rebells burned and consumed with fyer the Churches and townes of Lowghgall and Armaghe, and all the or the most of the English mens howses & Corne betwixt the Newrie & Charlemont. And further sayth that during his imprisonment <d> hee often heard divers of the Rebells vizt Art ô Quin Coll ô Quin and divers many others of them say publiquely That one ô Cane a great man was comen over out of Spaine and that they daily expected the comeing and approach of one owen Mc A i rt Arte of the ancient Race Irish race out of Spaine into this kingdome to be their head or ruler
Richard Newberry
Jur 27o Junij 1642 Will: Aldrich
Joh Watson: Hen: Brereton
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Richard Newberys present losse cometh to 870 li.
His future losses come to ---------------------- 90 li. per annum
Elizabeth Pilkington present losses are -----610 li.
Her future losse [
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Richard Newberry
Jur 28o Junij 1642
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Henry Brereton
John Watson
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