Citation: Trinity College Dublin, 1641 Depositions
Date: 22nd September 1642
County: Fermanagh
Deposition Type: Dublin Original
Nature of Deposition: Arson, Robbery, Words
Commissioners: Henry Brereton, John Watson, William Aldrich
Deposition Transcription:
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William Baxter late of Rathmoran in the halfe Barony of Clankelly and County of
ffarmannagh gent eldest sonne and heire apparant of Martin Baxter late of
Carndallan in the County of Cauan Clarke deceased: being duily sworne
and examined, deposeth & saith that on the 23 day of October last
this deponents said father was lawfully possessed as in his owne right as of
his owne proper good{s} of & in sixscore head of Catle in the mannour of Armagh
on the lands of Rathmoran in the County of ffarmannagh worth 180 li. of 20
horses and mar{es} worth 40 li. of howsehould Stuffe at Rathmoran aforsaid worth
10 li. of Corne sowne worth 100 li. of corne in the hagyard at Rathmoran
aforsaid worth 30 li. of debts & areares of rent in the said County due from
such as are in rebellion or robbed by the Rebells and unable to make
satisfacteon 48 li. This deponent further saith that his said father was
then seized of the mannowr house & proportion of lands of Armagh beeing by
estimation a Thowsand acres more or lesse lieing in the said barony & County of
ffarmannagh beeing purchast lands of inheeritane of the cleere value & yearly
rent of 200 li. per annum to his said fath{er} beesides all under
estates held in the said mannowr of Armagh of his said father, and worth
(to haue beene sould at the beeginning of this rebellion) som 2000
li., which it cost this deponents father but a little beefore this
rebellion, And that hee beeing theroff so seized & the whole estate goods &
lands beeing in the hands & mannageing of this deponent vnder his <a> said
father. Vpon the 23 day of 8ber last Rossemc Art mc Guire of the said
County with other rebells to the number of Ten or upwards by {name?} m e
unknowne unto this deponent apprehended this Deponent at Rathmoran
aforesaid seized upon his house land cattle corne & howshould suff abouenamed
turned this deponent & his sister out of dores {hardly?} suffering them to
escape with their liues & saing that they (meaning the Irish) had killed all
the English in that half barony & that they had a broad seale from the king for
their so doing, and were every one for to enter upon their owne lands,
wheroff they or their predecessors had beene by plantation dispossessed, like
as the said Rosse mc Guiere then entered upon the said lands of Rathmoran
challenging them to have belonged to his father before the said plantation. This
deponent further saith that hee hath credibly heard that by reason of
this rebellion and to hinder the Rebles from harbour Sir William Cole of
Enniskillen knight hath burned this deponents house to his damadge of at least
60 li. soe that this deponent hath in the said County of ffarmannagh sufered the
loss of 468 li. besides one yeare and an halfe losse of his
rents there beeing 300 li. in all to his present losse of 768 li.
besides <200 li per annum>
Tis deponent further saith that his said father was robbed and dispoiled in the
County of Cavan by the Rebells his neghbours at and of the land of the Carne of
househould goods to the value of 40 li. corne in the Hagyard 100 li. horses
worth 25 li. Cowes worth 30 li. but the names and number of the rebells
that soe robbed him he knoweth not, for that he this deponent hearing
of theyr approch before, they came to the Carne aforesaid fledd away,
This dep{onent} further saith that his fathers bookes being worth about 40 li.
{were car}ried to the house of Denish o Shraiden minister
Clerke in the said {Countie?} where hee feareth they will be lost, and never
recovered out {of that?} Rebellious County, & that hee this deponent
left in the County of {Cavan at?} the house of James Gray of the said towne of
Cauan {at such time} as this deponent with others bee { }
638
plate which hee had made up in the the cariages of one that came out of
the said Castle but turned backe worth [] li. 10 s. This deponent
further saith that their was taken from his unckele John Warren of
Belturbet as he was comming towards Dublin neare the Cauan, cloath stuffe
and wearing apparrell belonging to this deponent and his sister worth 10 li. soe
that his whole certayne losses in the County of Cauan susteyned
amounteth to 280 li. 10 s. in both Counties to 1048 li. li. verily
feareth he shall susteyne to 583 li 10s. in all in that
county to 197 liof his uncertayne losses which he besides
his losse of the rent of his lands till a peace be settled and which will not
then answer to neare the value that it stands him in1048 li.
And saith that Ja: Brady of the Tullagh of the aforesaid County is in Rebellion
and oweth him 30 li. of the aforesaid 48 li.
William Baxter
Jurat Sept 22d 1642
John Watson:
Will: Aldrich
Henry: Brereton
Fermanaghe
William Baxter Jur xxijo
Sept 1642
Fermanagh
William Baxter Jury 22nd Sept 1642
Deponent Ful lname: William Baxter
Deponent Gender: Male
Deponent Occupation: Gentleman
Deponent County of Residence: Fermanagh
Mentioned Non-Deponent Full names: Martin Baxter, Rosse Mc Art Mc
Guire, William Cole, Ja: Brady, Denis OShraiden, James Gray, John Warren
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