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       Creator hoping to be saued by his death & passion, My body                            Liber A.

       to the earth to be decently buried. And of tht wordly estate,

        Allmty god hath made me steward of in this world I doe

       giue & bequeath in this manner

         Impr All tht Tob: wch Mr Tompson oweth mee, wch is about

       1 200 l I freely giue vnto him.

         It. One Cow, 1. steere, & yeareling calfe, I desyre shall be

       equally deuided betwixt the foresd Mr Tompson, & Joseph

       Cadell.

         It. One yeareling heyfer (wch I bought of James Johnson)

       I doe giue to Mr Tompson's child.

         It. My bed I giue to Mr Tompson.

         It. My hogs to be diuided betwixt Mr Tompson, & Joseph

       as aforesd only one yowng sow to be gyuen to Phillip Awther.

         It. That Tob: wch Joseph Cadell oweth mee, wch is about

       800 l I doe bequeath unto him. Only my will is tht he satisfy

       out of it, what I owe to Edward Smithson in Virginea, wch is

       under a hogshead, the just summe I know not.

         It. My debts I desyre should be payd wch I owe Viz to

       waiter Beane 100 l & to Ralph Beane the like quanty or there

       abouts, & other debts to be payd betwixt both my Exequutors

         It. One old suite of cloathes I doe giue to Matthias Briant.

         It. That Crop of mine in the grownd my Exequutrs to

       dispose of.

   Testes being prnt      This is my last will wittnes my hand

       Willm Bretton Clk.

  Thomas Jackson.           The mrk of Robert Tuttey.

         The Will of Robt Tuttey, exhibited & approued by Willm

       Tompson & the admistraon committed to the sd Willm Tompson

       having made oath to bring in Inventary wthin 10 dayes and

       acct afore the i of Decembr next. Vnlesse further time gyuen

       & to cause the estate to be appraysed by oath of Walter Beane

       & John Medley.

         ffrancis Pope authorized by the Gouernor to admister oath

       unto John Medley & Walter Beane to make a true & faythfuil

       appraysmt of all goods, lands, debts, goods, & chattells, wch

       shall be brought before them, by Willm Tompson wch were of

       Robt Tutteys.

         June 23th Edmund Hudson demandeth warrt to bring                                p. 69

       Thomas Munday before the Gouernor for tht the sd Munday

       did run att the sd Hudson wth a naked sword, & charged him

       to depart out of the howse, wch doth belong to the sd Hudson.

       And sueth him in an Action of Battery.

         warrt to the sheriffe to bring the Thomas Munday forthwth

       before the Gouernor