376    Court and Testamentary Business, 1647—8.

             Liber A.   acquittance of the sd Ingle, for soe much receaued. & tht the sd

                   Ingle signed this the acquittance wth his owne hand in this

                   Depts prnce.

                    Recd of Walter Beane flue hundd thirty eight pownds of Tob:

                   for a debt tht the Sd Walter Beane did owe to Cuth: ffenwick

                   wittnes my hand.                Richard Ingle.

                    And further this Dept sayth tht about a fortnight or more

                   before Rich: Ingle came to plunder the country he this Dept

                   payd to Mr ffenwick 6 hogsheads of Tob: for the use of Capt

                   Cornewalleys or his owne he knoweth not: but he certainly

                   remembreth tht he recd 1300 l att tht time to Capt Cornewalleys:

                   the remainder he cannot depose to whether of them it belonged.

                   And after tht Ingle came vp, he the sd Ingle sent to this Depts

                   house 11 men to fetch the sd 6 hogsheads aboard his ship. wch

                   this Dept denyeth to deliur vnto them, together wth other

                   Tob: then in his howse, wch he sent for in like manner.

                   Whereuppon the Skipper in the Boate sent 2 or 3 of the com

                   pany to certify the sd Ingle thereof. who uppon returne brought

                   a note from the sd Ingle, & told this Dept that the contents

                   therof were, tht Capt Ingle gaue them order in case the Dept

                   would not suffer the Tob: to be brought aboard, to take away

                   by force, tht Tob: wch was in cask & to burne the Tob: howes

                   & this Dept not being able to wthstand them, they forceably

                   tooke those 6 hogsheads, & all other Tob: wch was in cask in

                   the Tob: howses of this Depts & carryed it aboard Ingles ship.

                                                 Walter x Beane

                   Jurat Teste me Willm Bretton Clk.

               p.  March ffeb. 40 Nouerint uniuersi per prntes me Thoma

                   Weston ciuem et Ironmonger London teneri et firmiter obligari

                   Thomae Stones Ciui et habr London in quadragintis libris

                   bonae et legalis moneta Angliae. Soluend eidë Thomae Stones,

                   aut suo certo attorn. executor. vel admistrator suis. Ad qua

                   quidë soluone bene et fideliter faciend. Obligo me, hered. exe

                   cutor. et admistrator. meos per prntes Sigillo meo Sigillat. Dat.

                   Vicesimo die Julij Annis Regni Dni nri Jacobi Dei grä Angliae

                   ffran: & Hibern. Regis fadei Defensoris &c: decimo nono.

                   Ac Scotiae quadrigesimo quarto 1641 Tho: Weston

                   Sigillat. et delibrt. in prntia

                   mei Henr. Lawrence Ser

                        John Hutton.

                    The Condicon of this obligaon is such That if the wthin bownd

                   Thomas Weston his Exequutors admistrators or assignes doe

                   well & truly pay, or cause to be payd to the wthin named

                   Thomas Stones, his exequutors admistrators or assignes, the

                   sume of Three hundd pownds of lawfull money of England, att