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A23833 An Abstract of some few of those barbarous, cruell massacres and murthers of the Protestants and English in some parts of Ireland, committed since the 23 of October 1641 collected out of the examinations taken upon oath by persons of trust in the beginning of the rebellion, by vertue of severall commissions under the Great Seal of Ireland ... : sent over to the Parliament in a letter from the commissioners of Parliament in Ireland and the generall and field officers there, and read in the Parliament the 19 day of May, 1652. 1652 (1652) Wing A123; ESTC R7443 6,464 20

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woman hanged one of them having a sucking child desired it might be buryed with her knowing it would suffer afterwards but it was cast out and starved to death William Sibthorpe Parish Clerke of Mullingar hanged Edmond Dalton and Mr. Mooreheads son murthered County of Galway MR. Adam Nowell and six more hanged and murthered by the Lord of Clanmorris Hugh Langridge murthered near Loughreagh having received 16 wounds and his son having nine wounds and left for dead yet recovered Mr. Corbet an old Minister had his head cut off by two young Cow-heards near Loughreagh The son of an English-man murthered a child so beaten that it died within three dayes Threescore and five Protestants some say eighty some ninety many of them Ministers and amongst them the Bishop of Killalagh for the most part all murthered at the Bridge of Shreele very few escaping County of Longford MAny-ornelly murthered in Longford after quarter promised William Steele and four others hanged at a Wind-Mill which is near unto Rackleen The wife of Henry Mead hanged the said Henry himselfe being placed in a ring amongst the Rebells each stabbing of him as he was forced to flee from side to side and so continued untill his Shoulder and Breast were cut in two with a Bill-hook George Foster with his Wife and Child and the Wife of John Bizell murthered at Ballinecor One other drowned Some children there buryed alive County of Roscomon SIxteen English hanged at Ballileague Nine murthered at Ballinefad whereof foure were children and one woman great with childe through whose belly the Rebels thrust their Pikes as she was hanging because the childe should not live William Steward had Collops cut off him being alive fire-coals put into his mouth his belly ript up and his intrails wrapt about his necke and wrists of his armes County of Sleigo THirty eight Protestants put into the Gaole of Sleigo all except two or three murthered there the same night by divers breaking in upon them at midnight A Frier with some Souldiers undertaking to conduct Mr. Tho Walker a Minister his man and two Gentlewomen from Roserk to Abby Boyle the Frier riding away they fell into an ambush laid for them where Mr. Walker being on his knees at prayers they cleft his scull to the mouth killed his man and stript the women naked one of the women being afterwards murthered at Ballemoat Thirty five men women and children murthered neare Ballesekerry Foure murthered in the streets of Sleigo and Isabel Beard great with childe pursued by one of the Friers men into the River where he murthered her the very childes feet appearing through one of the wounds be gave her Mr. William Ollifant Clerke stript and halfe hanged and after dragged with a rope about his necke at a horses heels up and downe because he would not turne Papist Another Minister the same time murthered At Ardneglasse Skreene about thirty Protestants men women and children murthered Ten men women and children buried alive near Titemple alias Temple-house County of May ABout seven and twenty persons besides children drowned in the Bay or harbour neare Killalagh by the instigation of the Friers Thirty or forty English formerly turned Papists driven and forced into the Sea neare Lillalagh and drowned A young boy killed by one that had been his School-master a man wouuded and buried alive a Minister murthered after he had gone to Masse another hanged near Ballehen At the Moine fifty nine Protestants stripped naked and after barbarously murthered William Gibs and his wife both very old murthered at the Moine One hundred and twenty men women and children stript naked and after murthered at Bellick About the 20. of November 1641. George Buchanon having received many wounds was after buried alive About August 1643. the wife of John Gardiner of the Barrony of Carragh having leave and two Irish-men for visiting her children at Belleck was by the said Convoy on the way cruelly murthered County of Tipperary FIfteen men and women Protestants were murthered at the City of Cashel and near Cashel were three or four children murthered by a Convoy Twenty foure English at the Silver-mines after they had revolted to Masse murthered County of Leitrim MR. William Lifton and Mr. Thomas Fullerton Clerkes kept two dayes without meat or drink then murthered near Mannor Hamilton An English childe taken by the heels and its braines dashed out against a blocke of Timber County of Clare CHristopher Hepdich and sixteen more English Protestants murthered at or neare the Castle of Inchicrony County of Tirone RObert Bickerdick and his wife drowned in the Blacke-water James Carlile and his wife also murthered Thomas Carlile put to death and so were about fourscore and seventeen more Mr. John Mother and Mr. Blithe both Clerks murthered in or neare Dungannon although Mr. Blithe had Sir Phelim Oneals protection and threescore families of the Towne of Dungannon murthered About three hundred murthered in the way to Colraine by direction of Sir Phelim Oneale and Turlogh his brother In and about Dungannon were murthered three hundred and sixteen between Charlemount and Dungannon above foure hundred murthered Drowned at the River of Benbarke and the Blackwater two hundred and six Thirteen murthered in one morning by Patricke Mr. Crew of Dungannon and two young Revels did murther one hundred and forty women and children the wife of Brian Kelly of Loughgal murthered five and forty with her owne hands At a Mul-pond in the Parish of Killamon were drowned in one day three hundred Eighteen Scottish Infants hanged on Clothiers Tenterhooks and one young fat Scotchman murthered and candles made of his grease Another Scotchmans belly ript up the end of his small guts tied to a tree then he drawne about till his guts were pulled out that they might try said they whether a Dogs or a Scotchmans guts were longest County of Ardmagh PRotestants in multitudes forced over the Bridge of Portadowne whereby at several times there were drowned in the River Ban above one Thousand Great numbers of Protestants drowned at Corbridge and Kinnard Mr. Fullerton Clerke Mr. Awberry Mr. Gladwich murthered in the way towards Portadowne Many others murthered five murthered soone after the beginning of the Rebellion one hundred and forty or one hundred and sixty drowned at Portadowne fifty murthered at Blackwater Church twenty drowned near the water of Callon and severall others murthered Mr. William Blundel drawne by the necke in a rope up and downe Blackwater to confesse money and three weeks after he with his wife and seven children drowned forty four at several times murthered A wife compelled to hang her owne husband with severall other notorious murthers At Scaruah bridge an hundred some say an hundred and twenty drowned more eighty more sixty more fifty more sixty twenty seven men murthered Twelve murthered whereof Mr. Robinson the Minister and his wife and three children were part Many Protestants put into a thatcht house and there burnt alive The Lord Caulfield murthered Many burned in