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Deposition of Edward Saltenstall and George Littlefeild

  • Reference:  MS 836, fols 069r-079v
  • County: Armagh
  • Date: 1/6/1642
  • Type: Dublin Original
  • Nature of Deposition: Arson, Assault, Captivity, Killing, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Stripping, Words, Lost in Debts
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    Edward Saltenstall late of the Grange in the parish & County of Ardmagh gent being sworne and examined deposeth that in the time of this rebellion this deponents father John Saltenstall was robbed & dispoiled of his goods & chattells to the values followeinge vizt household stuffe and provision to the value of lxxx li. ster Corne vizt wheate in barley & oates to the value of CCCl li. ster Cattle vizt Oxe twenty oxen worth lx li. threescore & sixteene Cowes heiffers & ballocks worth are l fourescore & ten pounds ster thirty horses & mares & coltes worth at least Lx li. ster Corne in ground vizt a hundred acres of wheate rie & beare barly all sowed before the begining of the rebellion which the deponent valueth at CC li. ster alsoe this deponents said fathers dwelling house together with seuerall outhouses as barnes malthouses stables [corn]houses & other houses of office were all burned by the rebells which cost the deponents said father in buildeing at least Cxxli. Alsoe this deponents said father hath by occasion of this rebellion lost the benefit of the a lease for lives of the quarter of land of Grange whereon the said houses were built wherein there were two lives in being at the begining of the rebellion which quarter of land was {worth} to the deponents said father xij li. per annum besides the rent which he paid thereout, Alsoe this deponents said father hath by occasion of this rebellion lost the benefitt of another lease for lives of another quarter of land of the Grange aforesaid wherein there were three lives in being at the begining of this rebellion which was likewise worth to the deponents said father xij li. ster per annum besides the rent which he paied thereout Alsoe this deponents said father hath lost the be by occasion of the present rebellion

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    the benefitt of a lease of halfe a quarter of the land of Grange aforesaid for one life then in beinge at the begining of the present rebellion which was worth to the deponents said father vij li. vj li. ster per annum besides the rent which hee paid thereout alsoe this deponents said father hath lost by occasion of the present rebellion the benefitt of a lease of the towne land of the vpper Ballymcilmurragh wherein there was to come vnexpired xxix yeares xxviij yeares which was worth to the deponents said father xx li. ster per annum besides the rent which he paid thereout, and for which this deponents said father had about two yeares since paid a hundred pounds fine. alsoe this deponents said father hath by occasion of the present rebellion lost the benefitt of a lease of a house & tannhouse in Ardmagh <a> wherein there were Liiij yeares ye t to come which lease cost the deponents said father xxx li. ster & was worth to him per Annum besides the rent which he paid thereout iij li. xiij s. iiij d. ster A Alsoe this deponent saith that his said father about since the begining of this rebellion hath hid in the earth within his said dwelling house the summe of threescore pounds ster which this deponent verely beleeveth was found & taken away by the rebells at the time when the said house was burned And this deponent further saith that his said father had at the begining of this rebellion severall debts due to him amounting to five hundred pounds ster which this deponent beleiveth are vtterly lost for that some of the parties debtors are nowe in rebellion & the rest by occasion of this rebellion disabled to pay or make any satisfaction <Soe that his presente losse cometh to 1700 li.: & the future to 150 li. per annum for longe termes in being> And this deponent saith that the cheife of the rebells who soe robbed his father were Sir Phelim o Neale knight <a> Torlagh o Neale his brother Manus o Cahane late of the Grange aforesaid gent Tirlagh o Neale mc brian mc Henry oge of Ballybetagh in the County of Ardmagh gent Alexander Hovenden of the same gent
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    <b> Art b mc Hugh boy o Neale of Glasdromin gent Rose ny Neale mother to the lord Magwire & [S]awe ny Neale of wife of Art mc Con mc shane o Neale late of Clabboy in the County of ffermanagh Patrick mc Phelim o Donnely of Knockacunny in Com. Ardmagh gent Patrick mc Shane o Donelly of ffarrall in the same County gent Con o Neale late of Ballivickarne yeoman, Shane O Neale late of killnaman in Com. Tirone gent Randoll mc fferdorrogh mc Connell late of Dongannon in Com Tirone gent all which persons were in open rebellion at Ardmagh & at seuerall other places in the said County about the first of Aprill last <c> And that The partyes that oue th are in Rebellion are these which oueth some of these deptes
    are phele mc Parde of terscaen yeoman
    tirilaugh Ô tullaughan of killiline yeoman
    Tirilaugh Ô kameskee of terscaen yeoman
    patterike Ô Mallan of Ardmagh gent
    Ouen mc koddan of the same yeoman
    Richard mc Coddan of Ardmagh Captain
    Manus Ô Cahane Colonell of the grange <d> in the County of Ardmagh
    <B> And this deponent, and George Littlefeild of Loughgall in the Countie of Ardmagh aforesaid gentleman (whoe is likewise sworne & examined say That the said Manus o Cahann of the grange in the said County of Ardmagh Collonell of the Rebells Brian ô kelly of Charlemont Captain of the Rebells & Patrick ô Mallan late of Munioy in the County of Tirone another Captain of the rebells cawsed to be gathered
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    together and putt into the Church of Loughgall in the said County of Armagh threescore and tenn persons all english protestants and there kept them twoe dayes and nights and after sent them away with one hundreth souldjers to Clencamje And the Rebells did in Clencami aforesaid likewise suddenly gather[ed] all the English and there together and drove them to the bridge of Portadowne, & threw them all of the bridge into the water they beinge in all one hundreth and ffiftie persons protestants which were then and there most miserably drowned And that after the three Rebells Last above named had given the rest of the English a passe to goe into England that they whoe were left behynd should <B> not be affraid
    <d> And further saith That the said Manus ô Cahann <C> and Brian kelly and shane ô Neile and Neile oge ô Neile gent, did take william Blundell of Grange in the County of Armaghe yeoman & putt a roape about his neck, & threw him into the blackwater nere Charlemont and drew him vp and downe the water to make him confesse his money whoe there vpon gave them xxj li. yet within 3 weekes after hee and his wiffe and six Children were drowned by the Rebells & one more of his children being left behynd in the howse was afterwards taken by Patrick ô Donnelly of knockaConey in the County of Ardmagh gentleman out of the same howse [ ] whoe cawsed it alsoe to be drowned, And further saith that Samuell Law of Grenan in the parrish of Adrmaghe yeoman, was forceably taken out of his howse at Grenan aforesaid, by the rebells Neile <f> oge ô Neile and donoghe ô Hagan and Phelim o Malley all of Grenan aforesaid, & brought him to a wood
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    wood, and then putt a with about his neck and therewith drew him vp and downe by the neck vntill he was glad to <g> promisse to give them x s., And further saith that Art mc <2> Hughe Buy ô Neale, And Neile Moder ô Neile both Captaines of the Rebells cawsed divers of the inhabitants of Ardmaghe to be putt to death vizt and namely James Chappell gen Esquire Tho: whitacres gentleman Thomas Clever gent Mr Starky and his 2 daughters William Wollard yeoman Tho: Collier hatter Crispian Symondes shoomaker And there were alsoe divers other persons by the rebells putt to death as namely William Marrett and his sonn and Robert Spring all of loughgall gentlemen which were in deed hanged vpon the butchers stalls before theire dores and their howses sett on fyer & burned, And the Rebells alsoe murthered william Glave Galven and his brothers wiffe & children Tho: Sadler John Keighley & Peter Keighley Samuell Birch Tho: ffoster, and James Borrall Robert Borrell Patrick duncan John Griffin James Roen and <3> John Bartlet all of Ardmagh And further saith that one <h> Loughlin mc Art Atee of Hockly in the County of Ardmaghe bouldy affirmed that he killd Tho: woodward of Hockly with the blow of a staff and that he made a woman to helpe to hang her husband And further sayth that the Rebell Patrick Mc Phelome of Ballimoilmorrey in the Countie of Ardmagh did forceibly and cruelly throw one John Hayle of Ballimcroome into a River, whoe swymeing over to the other side the said Patrick Mc Phelome run over a peece of wood that lay over the River & with an ax knockt out the said Hayles Braines, And alsoe <i> saith that Neile ô Hagan Halagan william ô Halagan & Patrick ballagh o Donnelly all of Tergardan in the parrish of Ard kilmore & County of kil Ardmagh yeoman did maliciously kill and Murther Richard Roe of kilmanine in the County of Ardmagh yeoman becawse he had iustly cawsed some of their frends to be hanged formerly And that Phelomy mc Cowell and Edmond Roe [of Remley] ô Gremley both of BalleheRerna in the County of Armagh yeoman did take their Maister Henry Pilkington gent out of Loughgall aforesaid professing much kindnesse to him becawse he was their Maister and sayd they wold keepe him with meate and clothes But asso{one}
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    assoone as they had gotten him within lesse then a quarter of a myle from short of his owne howse they thincking he had mony hidden thereabouts tooke his owne garts & tied them about his neck to make him confesse money But becawse th he wold not confesse any, they hanged or st r angled him in the high way and stript him of all his clothes and putt his head into a ditch and there left him And further <k> saith that the said Manus o Cahan & Brian o kelly receved at one tyme from one William ffullerton Parson of loughgall xxxv li., vpon promisse to send a Convoy with him and one Richard Gladwith to Lisnegarvy, and gave the said William ffullerton a Rebells passe to goe saffe and sound But when as the Convoy of Rebells hadd carried or brought them about 2 myles on their way, they cutt of both their heads: And the said Rebells < l> did alsoe take and imprison James ô Donnelly and Hugh mcManus both of dromoly in the County of Armagh gentleman did take & imprison John Richardson gentleman and Christofer Blake ffrancis Hill butcher and Ambrose Castlelman baker All of Loughgall in the said County of Armaghe vntill they were forced to fetch them all the mony they had & then promissing to give them a Convoy to the Newry at length hanged them when they had gott the money hanged the poore men. And further saith that one George Lawlis a Rebell of Lowghgall in the said County yeoman resolving to kill John Coroders, told him he wold kill him but did bidd him first say his prayers the M wherevpon the said Coroders kneeling downe to pray the said Lawlis then instantly cutt of his head as he was vpon his knees, And one <m> Patrick ô Donnelly of knokocony in the County of Armagh gent (being cured of a wound (which he had in his arme) by William Wollard of Armagh Chirurgion) within a weeke after most barbarously and vngratefully killd the said wollard And the rebell Hughe ô ffarrel of Munjoy in the County of Armagh gentleman did most barbarously murther one Alexander Coroders and Richard Humfrey & his wife after they had given them all their mony & wealth, And further say that Hugh o Quin and art ô lorkane both of Armaghae in the County of Armagh gentleme n rebells most cruelly murthered William [ ] lovedrein of dromheReeffe in the County of Armaghe yeoman when
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    he was naked and his wife & children lookeing on and alsoe killd one John Prockter of Balmatron in the parish of Ardmagh was killed by the said Hughe becawse they cold give them noe monie But before they killd the said Lovedreme [Loudevrame] they kept him in the Court of gard till he was scarse able to goe then they lett him out; cutt of his head, & held it vp to his wife & children But after the Rebells were gone away his sorrowfull & poore <n> wife burying him in her garden one Patrick ô Daly a Rebell tooke vp his Corps & threw them into a ditch And that Patrick ô kelly Hugh ô kelly Patrick Williams Patrick mc Earny Shane mc Coddan Ann ny Coddan all of Clouedan in the County of Ardmaghe cawsed xxiiij of the poore. English (which were servants to Brian ô kelly Captain of the Rebells) to be drowned bet becawse 2 English men that were in her husbands company at the seige of drogheda fled into the Citty from <D> the Rebells. And theis deponents heard divers of the Rebells often say That if Owen mc Art shold not ere long come out of Spaine Then they wold make Sir Phelim ô Neile their Kinge
    Edward Saltinstall
    signum [mark] Geo: Littlefeild
    Jur 1o Junij 1642
    William Aldrich
    Will. Hitchcocke

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