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A95614	The Irish rebellion: or, An history of the beginnings and first progresse of the general rebellion raised within the kingdom of Ireland, upon the three and twentieth day of October, in the year, 1641. Together vvith the barbarous cruelties and bloody massacres which ensued thereupon. / By Sir Iohn Temple Knight. Master of the Rolles, and one of his Majesties most honourable Privie Councell within the kingdom of Ireland.	Temple, John, Sir, 1600-1677.	1646 (1646)	Wing T627; Thomason E508_1; ESTC R201974	182,680	207

without any further delay to march on and presently surprise the same These false rumours being unluckily spread and by some fomented out of evill ends exceedingly increased the present distractions of the people and raised such a panick fear among them as about seven of the clock at night the Lords Iustices and some of the Councel being then in the councel-chamber within the castle there came in to them a Gentleman of good quality who having not without much difficulty as he pretended recovered the gate of the castle caused the Warders then attending to draw up the bridge assuring them that the Rebels gathered together in great numbers had already possessed themselves of a good part of the Town and came now with great fury marching down the street that leads directly towards the castle gate But this feare was quickly removed by Sir Francis Willoughby who being that day made governour of the castle caused the draw-bridge to be let down and so found this to be a false alarum occasioned by some mistake fallen among the people who continued waving up and down the streets prepossessed with strange feares and some of them upon some slender accident drawing their swords others that knew not the cause thought fit to follow the example and so came to appeare to this Gentleman who was none of their company as so many Rebels comming up to enter the castle These were the first beginnings of our sorrows ill symptomes The Lords Iustices and Councell consult what course to take for the suppressing this rebellion and sad preparatives to the ensuing evils Therefore the Lords finding by several intelligences though some purposely framed that the power of the Rebels was suddenly swollen up to so great a bulk and likely so fast to multiply and increase upon them thought it high time to consider of the remedies and in what condition they were to oppose since they could not prevent so imminent a danger The rebellion now appeared without all manner of question to be generally raised in all parts of the North and like a torrent to come down most impetuously upon them besides it was no wayes improbable that all other parts of the kingdome would take fire and follow their example they had the testimony of Mac-Mahon positive therein The first thing therefore which they took into consideration was how they were provided of Mony Arms and Munition Then what Companies of Foot and Troops of Horse of the old Army they were able to draw presently together No money in the Exchequer as also what numbers of new men they could suddenly raise For the first they had this short accompt from the Vice-treasurer That there was no mony in the Exchequer And certainly it was a main policie in the first contrivers of this Rebellion to plot the breaking of it out at such a time when the Exchequer should be empty and all the Kings revenues both certain and casuall due for that half year as well as the rents of all the British throughout the kingdome should be found ready either in the tenants or collectors hands in the country and so necessarily fall under their power as they did to their great advantage For Arms and Munition the Stores were indifferently well furnished at this time Besides severall Peeces of Artillery of divers sorts most of them fitted for present service there were Arms for near 10000. men 1500 barrels of Powder with Match and Lead proportionable laid in by the Earle of Strafford late L. Lieutenant not long before and designed another way but so opportunely reserved for this service as the good providence of God did exceedingly appeare therein but principally in the miraculous preservation of them out of the hands of the Rebels who made the surprisall of these provisions then all within the castle of Dublin the common store-house of them a main part of their designe The old standing Army as appeares by this List consisted only of 41 Companies of Foot and 14 Troops of Horse A List of His Majesties Army in Ireland 1641. Before the Rebellion began Foot-Companies consisting of six Officers viz. Captain Lieutenant Ensign Chirurgion Serjeant and Drum and fourty four Souldiers each Company LORD Lieutenants Guard 45 Sir Robert Farrar 44 Sir Thomas Wharton 44 Sir George Saint-George 44 Cap. Francis Butler 44 Sir Wil. Saint Leguer 44 Lord Docwra 44 Lord Blaney 44 Sir Robert Steward 44 Lord Viscount Rannelagh 44 Lord Viscount Baltinglas 44 Sir John Vaughan 44 Cap. George Blount 44 Sir Hen. Tichbourne 44 Sir Frederick Hamilton 44 Lord Castle-Stewart 44 Sir Lorenzo Cary 44 Cap Chichester Fortescue 44 Sir John Gifford 44 Cap. John Barry 44 Sir John Neutervile 44 Cap. Thomas Rockley 44 Sir Arthur Tyringham 44 Cap. Philip Wenman 44 Cap. Charles Price 44 Sir Charles Coote 44 Cap. Thomas Games 44 Sir Francis Willoughby 44 Sir John Borlase 44 Cap. Robert Bailey 44 Sir Arthur Loftus 44 Cap. Wil. Billingsley 44 The Lord Esmond 44 The Lord Lambert 44 Sir George Hamilton 44 Lord Folliot 44 Sir Wil. Stewart 44 Cap. Robert Biron 44 Sir John Sherlock 44 The Earl of Clanricard 44 Cap. John Ogle 44 These Companies contain Officers 246 In all 2297 Souldiers 2051 In all 2297 Horse-Troopes THE Earl of Leicester Lord Lieutenant generall his Troop consisting of Captain Lieutenant Cornet and Horsemen 108 The Earl of Ormonds Troop like Officers and Horsemen 107 The Earl of Straffords Troop like Officers and Horsemen 58 Lord Dillons Troop like Officers and Horsemen 58 Lord Wilmots Troop like Officers and Horsemen 58 Sir Wil. Saint-Leguer Lord President of Munster the like 58 Lord Viscount Moore the like 58 Lo. Viscount Grandison the like 58 Lo. Visc Cromwell of Lecale the like 58 Cap. Arthur Chichester the like 58 Sir George Wentworth the like 58 Sir John Borlase the like 58 Lo. Viscount Conway the like 58 Sir Adam Loftus the like 58 These Troopes contain Officers 42 In all 943 Horsemen 901 In all 943 These were so strangely dispersed most of them into the remote parts of the kingdome for the guard of severall Forts and other places as it fell out to be in a maner most impossible to draw a considerable number of them together in any time either for the defence of the City or the making head against the Rebels in the North and besides it was much to be suspected the companies lying severally so remote and ill furnished with munition could with little safety march to Dublin Yet the Lords sent Potents presently away to require severall companies of Foot and some troops of Horse presently to rise and march up from their severall garrisons towards the city of Dublin And now it was held high time to give an accompt unto His Majesty then at Edenburgh in his kingdome of Scotland and to the Lord Lieutenant continuing still at London the Parliament still sitting there of the breaking out of this Rebellion Letters from the Lords Iustices and Councell to the Lord Lieutenant

amongst the British Protestants being beaten from their owne Lands and were never satisfied with their blood untill they had in a manner seen the last drop thereof affrighting Sir Phelim O Neale every day with their numbers and perswading him That whilest they meaning the Protestants lived there would neither be roome for them nor safety for him It was easie to spur on the cowardly and bloody Rebell yet no sooner were the Protestants cut off but contrary to their expectation the meere Irish tooke present possession of their Lands and Houses whereat the Pale English much grumbled and said Sir Phelim had not kept promise with them howsoever they were forced to swallow those and many other injuries And further saith that he knew one Boy that dwelt neere unto himselfe and not exceeding fourteen yeers of age who killed at Kinnard in one night fifteen able strong men with his Skeine they being disarmed and most of their feet in the Stocks Another not above twelve yeers of age killed two women at the Siedge of Augher Another that was a woman and Tenant to this Deponent killed seven men and women of her fellow English Tenants in one morning And it was very usuall in all parts for the Rebels children to murther the Protestants children and sometimes with Lath-swords heavie and well sharpned they would venture upon people of riper yeers cruelties not to be beleeved if there were not so many eye-witnesses of them Deposed 22. of August 1642. Henry Brereton William Aldrich The EXAMINATION of Dame Anne Butler The Province of Lemster wife unto Sir Thomas Butler of Rathealin in the County of Catherlagh Knight duly sworne Deposeth THat after Walter Baggnall of Dunlickny in the County of Catherlagh Esquire Walter Butler with a great number of men had in a violent manner entred this Deponents House they not able to resist they set strict guard over this Deponent her husband and family and brought them from their setled dwelling unto Loghlin-Bridge where they kept her selfe her husband and children in restraint for two weekes and from thence conveyed them with strict guard to the towne of Kilkeny and there were brought before the Lord Mount Garro where Walter Bagnall James Butler brother to the Lord Mount Garrot did use all meanes possible to move the said Lord to put this Deponent her husband and family to death and torture alledging that they were rank Puritan Protestants and desperately provoking used these words saying There 's but one way we or they meaning Papists or Protestants must perish To which malicious provocation the said Lord did not hearken And this Deponent further deposeth that Walter Baggnall with his rebellious company apprehended Richard Lake an English Protestant and his servant with his wife and foure children and one Richard Taylor of Loghlin-Bridge his wife and children Samuel Hatter of the same his wife and children an English-woman called Jone and her daughter and was credibly informed by Dorathy Renals who had severall times bin an eye-witnesse of these lamentable spectacles that she had seen to the number of five and thirty English going to execution and that she had seen them when they were executed their bodies exposed to devouring Ravens and not afforded so much as burial Another English-woman who was newly delivered of two children in one Birth they violently compelled her in her great paine and sicknesse to rise from her childe-bed and tooke the infant that was left alive and dashed his braines against the stones and after threw him into the River of the Barrow and having a peece of Salmon to dinner Master Brian Cavanaghs wife being with her she the said Mistris Cavanagh refused to eat any part of the Salmon and being demanded the reason she said she would never eat any Fish that came out of the Barrow because she had seen severall infants bodies and other Carkases of the English taken up in the Weare And this Deponent saith that Sir Edward Butler did credibly informe her that James Butler of Finyhinch had hanged and put to death all the English that were at Gorane and Wells and all thereabouts And further Deposeth that she being in Kilkeny a prisoner in restraint and having intelligence that some of her owne Cattle were brought thither by Walter Bagnall she petitioned being in great extremity to the Lord of Mount Garrot to procure her some of her own Cattle for her reliefe whereupon he recommended her suit to the Major and Corporation of Kilkeny who concluded because she and her family were Protestants and would not turne to Masse they should have no reliefe Jane Jones servant to the Deponent did see the English formerly specified going to their execution and as she conceived they were about the number of five and thirty and was told by Elizabeth Homes that there were forty gone to execution Anne Butlar Jurat 7. Septemb. 1462. John Watson The EXAMINATION of Joseph Wheeler of Stancarty in the County of Kilkenny Esqu Elizabeth The Province of Lemster the relict of Lieutenant William Gilbert of Captaine Ridgwayes Company Rebecca Hill the relict of Thomas Hill late Lieutenant to the said Captaine Ridgway Thomas Lewes late of Kilkenny Gent. Jonas Wheeler of Stancarty aforesaid Gent. and Patrick Maxwel of the Graige in the same County Gent. sworne and examined depose and say THat about Easter 1642. one Richard Phillips and five others who were old Garrison Souldiers then under the command of Captaine Farrell a Captaine on his Majesties party were by the command of the Lord Mount Garrot at the end of a house in Kilkenny hanged to death by that cruell and bloody Rebell and Provost Marshall Thomas Cantwell of Cantwell-court Esquire or some of his servants or Souldiers in his presence who would hardly suffer them to say their prayers after they were taken out of the prison before they were put to death those poore men dying very patiently and resolutely in the maintainance of the Protestant Faith but one of them because he was an Irish man was offered his life if he would turne Papist but he chose rather death which he quickly had with the other five And further saith that a little before Christmas 1641. Master William Hill of the Abby of _____ in the Queenes County Esquire and the said Lieutenant Thomas Hill his sonne comming to Kilkenny to fetch home Mary Hill the wife of him the said William Hill and the said Rebecca one of these Deponents were then and there sent for by the Lord Mount Garrot and by him committed prisoners to the Goale of Kilkenny where they continued in a dark dungeon bolted for two moneths but were offered freedome if they would joyne with the Rebels and become Papists but they refused and after the said Lord Mount Garrot was gone into Munster with his Forces which was an example to call the rest of the wicked Irish there to rise into Rebellion one Florence Fitz Patrick of Castletowne in the Queens County Esquire a Captaine