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Court and Testamentary Business, 1643. 205
mr Secret And vpon the oath of the plf that at the Liber P. R. Sedent Ja: Neale. entry of this action on the 11. nov: last Angud baker ought him 300 l tob & that he had received since no more toward it then 200 l tob: the Court found that he should recover 100 l tob of the said Jo: rnottram.
Tho: Carey prayed to be admitted to make further proofe agst humphrey Chaplin, & produced the returne of the Com mission for the swearing of Anne Thomson: And vpon the reading of the evidence the Court found for the said Thomas Carey, that he should recover the service of humphrey Chaplin till the 14th of March next, and (with consent of the defts attorny Edw. packer) two months after the said 14th of march, (cont 58 dales) in recompence of damage for his absence since the last of Aprill.
Giles Brent Esq p attornat Edw. packer demandeth of Tho: wetherley 4. bushells of English meale, for wch he received as price thereof in hand, 2. hh. tob. cont 500' tob at the least; warrt to the defendt to shew cause at Court forthwith.
the said Tho: Wetherly came & saith that the tob was not merchantable, & the plf not being able to depose of the goodnes of the tob nor that the defendt tooke it for good or bad, the defendt was admitted to his oath, vpon whose oath that william Nauphone the seller of the tobacco did say to him of one of the hogsheads that it was as good below as at the top, wch the dept saw, & that it would make vp it selfe, & the rest that was good of the other hogshead; & that there was no more of it vsible then about 200 Wt
whereas nathan: Pope hath petitiond the Court that he may have the bodies of 3. maidservs of Sr Edmond Ployclon delivered to his custody to carry downe to St Edmond in virginea the Court can find it no way iust to allow his said petition in regard the petr can shew no authorisemt from Sr Edmond to demand or receive them; besides that by a letter of attorny to Giles Brent Esq dated 26. march last it appeares to the Court that the said Giles Brent is authorised by the said Sr Edmond to demand & take into his custody the said servants But by reason of mr brents absence in Kent no demand yet either by the said Giles brent or any other on the said Sr Edmonds behalfe hath beene made to this govermt for the said servants; and whensoever they shalbe lawfully demanded, the Court wilbe ready to doe for Sr Edmond, all that to right & iustice shall apperteine.
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