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Deposition of Andrew Prowse

  • Reference:  MS 829, fols 263r-263v
  • County: Limerick
  • Date: 25/7/1642
  • Type: Bisse
  • Nature of Deposition: Robbery, Lost by debts
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    • fol. 263r



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    Andrew Prowse late of Gally Arta in the parish of [Kilfenan] Kilfenan and barony of Cl[ ] Cosleagh & within the County of Limericke gentleman (a brittish protestant) duly sworne and examineth vpon oath by vertue of &c for and in the behalfe of himselfe and both in behalf of himself & his sisters Sicily Prowse widdowe & Ellinor Prowse (being partners) deposeth and saith That on or aboute Christmas last thisey deponent and the said Sicily & Ellynor haue lost were robbed & forceably dispoiled of their goods and Chattles to the seuerall values following vizt worth 460 li. Part consisting
    Of Cowes heiffers & other yong Cattle horses mares and sheepe to the value of two hundred three score & ten pounds Of their houshould stuff to the value of three score pounds Of hay & Corne in the haggard to the value of foure score pounds The deponent likewise saith that he & the said Sicily and Ellynor were expelled & driuen away from their said farme & house where they left in Corne in Ground to the value of twenty pounds which this depon e nt conceaues to be lost He further saith that by meanes of this presente rebellion they were dispossessed of the said farme of Gally Arta aforesaid wherin they had a lease of [one] & twenty yeeres to come woorth Coibus annis aboue the land lords rent [ ] pounds per annum the same being well Imp roued with building fenceing & quick setts which lease this deponent [ ] to be woorth a hundred pounds Of debts which they accounted good debts before the begining of this rebellion amounting to the sume of thirtie pounds due from Dauid Condon of Balli mc Pat: & others of tenants of the said Dauid whose names he canot remember for the presente The totall of their losses amounts to fiue hundred & [ ] pounds to foure hundred & three score pounds & that they were so robbed by the hands and meanes of Sir Edward ffitz Harres & diuers others of his company whose names he knoweth not
    Andrew Prowse
    Jurat coram nobis
    25o July 1642
    Phil: Bisse
    Thomas Ellwell

    fol. 263v



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