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him and gain him, and for that purpose went to Coli. C. Blount's quarters, de- siring that Coli. B. would take said P. to one Grove's house without South gate, and swear him, whieh B. did, and P. came to town next day with what horse of his own he could make, aud said the reason he did not stay in town that night was because he would secure his family plate and money (who otherwise would have been exposed to ruin by the Irish and Inchiquin's army), and acted faithful until Lord Broghill and C<;>ll. Phair came with relief. Feb. 20, 1654.-Coll. Richd. Burnell* exam 4 , aged 38, Eng. Prot., now resident at Ballivar, co. Limerick, at the rendition of Corke, cap. of a foot comp. in the towne, said, that Lieut. Thos. Murphy went from C. towards Toomonth with in- tention (as he said) to bring his compY;which he had the command of from Lord Inchiquin; which he did with much hazard to himself, and brought them to C. about 12 days after the rendition. Burnell further said on behalf ofCap. Jos. Cuff, that about 12 a clock at night at Corke, the people being called out of their beds, he saw said C. come up t.o the main guard of the towne where Coli. Townesend and the rest of the field officers were, and was ready to assist, and C. desired liberty to goe into Carbery where the horse he commanded lay, with a promise to bring them to C., next day he brought about 20 men and horse.- Rica•. BuRNELL. Feb. 23, 1654. -Ensign Rich 4 • Ledwitch exam 4 , aged 40, now resident at Abbyony, co. Limerick, acted at declaring of C. for Parlt, Ens. in Cap. Burnell's Reg'. (Repeats the story about Fletcher mentioned in Cap. Cary's evidence.) Feb. 21, 1654. - · Lieut. Peter Granyer exam 4 , now of Kilrush, co. Clare, aged 28. In 1649, Ensn. to Lt.-Coll. Dan'. Cufford, of Major-Gen. Sterling's Reg. of foot of Lord Inchiquin's army, was sent by Coli. wm. Reeves to deliver certain weapons to Coli. Townsend and Coli. Warden then prisoners, three swords or rapyera, at one Lt. Gravener's in the Citty, who readily received them, when Townesend clapped them under the boulster of his bedd, as Gyfforde was not there but was gone out of north gate, but a little time after deponent heard that G. was come in at the gates and was at Bettridge's; where he repaired to furnish him with a weapon, which he would not receive, but told him he would keep secret.-PEETER GBANYEB. Feb. 21, 1654.-Capt. Joseph Cuff of Mungret, co. Limerick, aged 30, exam• on behalf of Lieut. John Tanner, Cornet to Capt. William Bryen, of Lord Inchiquin's Reg. of Horse, said, the night that Cork surrendered this Cornet went south of the Citty with dep' to assist in conveying 16 of dep• troop of horse, and both returned · to C. with said horses and about 6 men.-Jos. CuFFE. . Capt. Rich~ Burrell was further exam• about Fletcher. (Exam 0 as before.) Feb. 22, 1654.-Capt. Thos. Bowles, aged 46, exam•. (Nothing of interest.) • Richard Burnell, Esq., of Garranes, co. Cork, died in 1664, leaving four daughters. In his will he mentions his sisters Elizabeth Campion and Mary Graham. His four daughters received a grant of lands in the county of C?rk in 1666, including Garranes : of theae, Mary married Thomas Lane, Gent., of Kanturk, m 1697-he was one of the overseers named m her father's will ; another, Sarah, married in 1676 Edward Hoare, merchant, of Cork.
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