Deposition of William Cock
- Reference: MS 821, fols 118r-119v
- County: Tipperary
- Date: 0/11/1642
- Type: Bisse
- Nature of Deposition: Robbery, Stripping, Lost by Debts
- How to Cite
fol. 118r
990
William Cock late of the Towne and parish of Cahir barony of & within the County of Tipperary yeoman yeoman (a brittish protestant) duely sworne & examined before vs by vertue of &c. deposeth and saith. That on or aboute Christmas last & since the begining of this presente rebellion in Ireland he lost was robbed and forceably dispoiled of his goods and Chattles to the seuerall values followeing vzt value of 30 li. Part being debts oweing by
Of Cowes and swine to the value of seaven pounds foureteene shillinges. Of houshouldstuffe to the value of two pounds seaven shillinges. Of corne in the house to the value of three pounds. Of debts amounting to the sume of seaventeene pounds due from William mc James Adam William ffennesy of Bally mc Adam in the said County gentleman Phillipp ffennesy of Cahir aforesaid smith & diuers others whose names he doth not remember And although he accounted the same goode debts yeett in regard the said parties whoe are out in open & actuall rebellion therefore this deponent canot gett satisfacion from them. The totall of his losses amounts to thirty pounds besides the losse of the benefitt of three clerksh ipps of the parishes of Cahir d onnahamore & Moragh in the said County woorth Comunibus annis ten pounds per annum which he leaues to consideration He was robbed of his goods aboute the same time by the hands & meanes of Richard Butler of Cahir aforesaid husbandman Paule Brennock of the same husbandman Dauid mc Cnoghor lonergan of the same (sarieant to the lord of Cahir) whoe took away. This deponents wife Grace Cock was then & there stripped by the rebells but their names he knoweth not. And further he deposeth not
William Cocke
Jurat coram nobis
No: 1642
Phil: Bisse Ric Williamson
Thomas Ellwell
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Tipperary
The examination of
William Cock
C
Re
Philip Bisse
Richard Williamson
Thomas Elwell