210 Court and Testamentary Business, 1643.

Liber P. R. plf without any diminution as he knoweth of, saving 1. peice of

                  line to the quantity of about 2. fathoms.

                    Eod: John Nuttall being demanded of the meanes how

                  Roger oliver came by his death, saith that he saw no assault

                  made by any one vpon the pson of the said Roger; nor doth

                  know by what meanes he came by his death; but abovt 6.

                  houres or thereabouts as he imagineth after he was slaine, this

                  depont saw the said Roger lying in the hold of the vessell,

                  with onely one wound in his throat, & a gap vpon his chin,

                  wch he supposeth was made wth the knife that wounded him in

                  the throat, & saw a dutch knife lying close by him, bloudy, &

                  broken close by the hand, & more he knoweth not.

                    John hollis likewise demanded, saith that being vpon the

                  deck, & called by Thomas Boys to helpe Roger oliver, he

                  leaped downe into the hold, & saw an Indian & the said Roger

                  strugling together, whervpon this dept knocked the Indian on

                  the head wth the barrell of a gonne, & presently after he saw

                  the said Roger fall downe by a wound w± the Indian had given

                  him as he supposeth; & being distracted for some time wth

                  perills of his life in the hold with other Indians as soone as he

                  looked vpon the said Roger he saw him dead, & more he

                  knoweth not of the meanes how he came by his death.

                    14. Vpon the sheriffs returne that he had served derrick

                  Geritzon wth the writt to appeare this day, & that he said he

                  would not appeare, but would pay the corne to the plaintif,

                  Secret: the Court that the plaintif should recover 2. barrells

                  mr Neale of corne.

                    Peter dray demandeth of William howkins, 6. bbrels of corne

                  due the last cropp.

                    Secret: 1 5. appeared John Transon to the suit of Giles Brent

                  Esq. & acknowledged 547' tob due to the plf. and the Judge

                  considered that the plf should recover.

             febr 16            August 23. Exequution to highe Constable of

                  copie of the  St Clements.

                  iudgmt

                  & 25 l charges

                           1 7 William Eltonhead gent made oath that about

                  the beginning of June in the yea: 1642 in ifetter lane London,

                  in the hearing of this dept Jane & Eleanr Stevenson did con

                  tract wth Sr Edmond Ploydon Knt in certaine conditions of

                  service to this effect, viz that they were to serve him for 5.

                  yeares from that time in New Albion in delaware Bay, & were

                  to have 50s sterling p annum, & they to find themselves