120Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.








         Liber B the name of craford plantation with all the houses & priuilidges there-
              unto belonging unto him his heires exc administr & assignes freely
              for Euer & I doe acknowledge my self e to haue recd good Considerat
              in hand for the same & I doe bynd my selfe my heires &c to saue &
              keepe harmlesse & indamnified the sd John Ellis his heires or assignes
              & from any person or persons whatsoeuer that shall hinder the peace
              able & quiet enioment thereof foreuer: Acording to these follow
              ing bounds that is to say: begining at a small pond upon the bay
              side & soe runing easterly according as the markt trees runs up to a
              former fort unto a Chesnut stump: & then from A small markt popu
              lar southerly unto a great chesnut lieing upon the ground & soc to a
              small markt popular with six noches: & from east & by south into
              the woods unto the utmost bounds; the land adioyning unto the land
              of Robt Cooper southerly & to this agreement & to the true intent
              & meaning hereof I haue heer unto sett my hand & seale this 14th of
              September 1657          Tho: T Bradnox
              Signed sealed & Deliuerd    his signe
               in the prsence of
                   Robt Vaughan
                  Tho:  Hinson
                   Tho: Hill                Vera Copia: testis
              this bill of sale acknow: in Court Wm Leedes Clark:

               The deposithon of An Stanly aged 21 yeares or theare abouts
              sworn in court saith; the 2° of Nouemb: 1657
               That upon Saturday being the 17th of October 1657 yor depnt
              being in my Maisters house in the Entry; my Maister comming into
              the hail he seeing of John Salter he seeing of John Salter with my
               in the hall my Maister tooke her by the birth & haled her in a
              unhumane manner; & she calling to yor depnt for helpe & sd if I were
              a woman to come & help her & yor depnt came into the roome; & my
              Maister tooke my Mrs by the birth of the bed with boath hands
              & puld her upon the ground: yor depnt & Tho: Snockes tooke my
              Mrs & carried her into the shed chamber & theare she remained that
              night; & as yor depnt lay with my Mrs on the Sabboth day at night,
              She bid yor depnt haue a care, & sd jf I did sweare that I did see rime
              in ree between my Mrs & Salter that she would haue me whipt; &
              that was all the promping my Mrs used to yor depnt & further saith
              nott                       the signe of
                                           An Stanly

        [fol. 20] The deposision of Joseph Wickes aged 37 yeares or theare abouts
              sworne in Court the 2th of Nouemb saith
               That this depnt being at the house of Tho: Bradnox about the
              17th of October, being there first ariuall from Patuxent & deiiued a
              rundlett of drams unto the sd Bradnox that was sent by this depnt
              from Tho: Beicher & the forsd tyme of this depnts & Capt Vaughans