Deposition of Richard Duff
- Reference: MS 834, fols 024r-024v
- County: Louth
- Date: 2/4/1642
- Type: Dublin Original
- Nature of Deposition: Military Action, Investigative
- How to Cite
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The Examinacion of Richard Duff Esquire eldest sonne vnto Sir Thady Duff of Dublin Knight taken by vs the persons vndernamed the second of Aprill 1642
<T> Being asked when hee was at Dublin last, & when hee ca{
Hee saith That hee came from Dublin some Three daies before Christmass last, & that the reason of his comeing was to goe along with his mother the Lady Duf{
<X> Hee confesseth, That hee hath bein twice in dundalke since his comeing from to Dublin, & that Sir Phelym O Neale & the Lord of Lowth were both in Towne the last tyme hee was ther{
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Some Forces of the Rebells in the Towne, but that he he knew <Y> nothing thereof vntill hee was in the Towne; & denyeth, that hee had any other discourse with the Lord of Lowth, but that his lordship asked how his vncle (meaneing the aforenamed) Richard FitzWilliam did. Being asked, whether hee knewe before his goeing to dundalke, that the Towne was kept & maintained by the Rebells against his Maiestie Forces, hee denyeth that saith that he knewe that the Towne was vnder the Commaund of the Rebells.
<Z> Being demanded the Question, whether any of the Rebells or the officers or Commanders of the Rebells had frequented his said Brother in Lawes howse since his comeing to the Cuntrey, hee saith, That Coronell Plunckett was there & that Roger Moore (now [
<A> Hee saith & confesseth further that one Tirlogh og ô Neale a Coronell of the Rebells, came to his said Brother in Lawes howse about Two Monethes since, & that hee this Examinant with his said Brother in Lawe did likewise eate & drinke with the said Tirlogh./
Richard Duffe
Taken by vs
Rob. Byron
Ric: Thorland
Wm Cadogan
fol. 25r
fol. 25v
2 April 1642
Mr. Richard Duffs
Examinacion taken 2o April 1642
Rec 5 April 1642
Richard Thorland
Robert Byron
William Cadogan