Deposition of Ann Sherring
- Reference: MS 821, fols 181r-181v
- County: Tipperary
- Date: 10/2/1644
- Type: Dublin Original
- Nature of Deposition: Assault, Multiple Killing, Robbery, Signs and Wonders, Stripping, Words, Suicide
- How to Cite
fol. 181v
(folio is bound in and numbered back to front)
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<A> Ann P the late wiffe of John Sherring late of [
fol. 181r
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or most of them into a deepe hole (formerly made) one vpon another Soe that none of those 23 men women nor children escaped death Howbeit one Tho: Ladell a Scotish man & one Tho: Gallop George Kelly (whoe then and there endured and had many greivous woundes & being left on the ground for dead: crawled vpp (after the Rebells were gone away) and with much difficulty escaped with their liues And further saith that such was Gods Judgment vpon the said Hugh Kennedy for that bloudy fact, That he presently fell into fell into a most desperate madnes & distraccion & could not rest day nor nighte Ter yet Coveting to doe more mischeefe vpon the English, and <A> but being prevented & denyed to doe it He about a weeke after drowned himself in the next River to the Silver works But his barbarous & wicked souldjers went on in their wickednes, And afterwards bragged how they had Killed a minister & his wiffe & 4 children nere the Citty of Limrick: And this deponent is too well assured that those and other irish Rebells in that part of the Cuntry exercised and comitted a great number of bloudie murthers robberyes and outrages against the persons & goodes of the protestants: soe as very fewe escaped with their liues & none at all saved their goodes: And further saith That all the popish gentry [
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Jur xo ffebr 1643
Hen Jones Hen: Brereton
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Henry Brereton
Henry Jones