Deposition of Symon Lightfoote
- Reference: MS 821, fols 067r-067v
- County: Tipperary
- Date: 10/8/1642
- Type: Bisse
- Nature of Deposition: Apostacy, Robbery, Stripping, Words
- How to Cite
fol. 67r
892
Symon Hight=foote Lightfoote late of the Towne & parish of Tubred in the parish of & barrony of E ff a & O ff a & within the County of Tipperary clerk (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined by vertue of his Maiesties Comission beareing date &c deposeth and saith That on or aboute the second day of ffebr January last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost he was robbed & forceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles worth 35 li. 6 s. to the seuerall values followeing vzt
Of one horse at Tubbred aforesaid tre woorth one pound thirteene shillinges. Of houshould stuffe & houshould prouision to the value of seaven pounds & one shillinge. Of ready mony two & twenty shillinges Of linnen woollen & weareing apparell to the value of seaven thirteene pounds eighteene shillinges. Of bookes to the value of twenty shillinges. Of Corne in the haggard & house to the value of Eleaven pounds The totall of his losses amounts to the sume of eight nyne & twenty fiue & thirtie pounds foure six shillings besides the losse of his cures of Cahir, Oughtragh, Murtelstowne Churchliueing woorth Comunibus annis foure & twenty thirtie pounds per annum which he leaues to consideration . T he deponent further saith And that he was soe robbed by the meanes of James mcTibbot Butler of Ruscoe in the said County gentleman, And This deponent likewise saith that Richard mcTibbot Butler of the same brother to the said James tould this deponent (when he & the rest were stripping of him) that all the gentleman in Ireland must turne the English off their land & turne them ouer into England or woords to that effecte. He lastly saith that Richard Busher late viccar of Kilronan & his wife, Thomas Groues of Ballinroch gentleman & his wife are since this rebellion turned papists & further he cannot depose
Simon: lightfoot Clerke
Jurat coram nobis 10. August 1642
Phil: Bisse Jam: Wallis
fol. 67v
893
The examination of
symon Lightfoote
Tipperary
Reu
James Wallis
Philip Bisse