380     Court and Testamentary Business, 1648.

              Liber A. Ed: Packer   Robt Sharpe,        Tho: Mathewes,    Jno Hatch

                   mr Clark         mr Wyatt            Mr Pyle Tho: Hebden    Mr Wiseman

                   ffr: Posey       Robt Smith,         Tho: Allen   Ant. Rawlins   G. Manners

                                                        Nic: Keytin.

                    Vppon the demand of Wm Harditch agst Tho: Copley Esqr

                  for deteyning one blackish pyed browne Cow &c: Tho:

                  Mathewes attor. of the sd Tho: Copley denyeth tht any such Cow

                  is deteyned from the sd Harditch, & desyres tht he may proue

                  his claime to be just

                  Interogatories to be demanded in the behalfe of Thomas

                      Copley &c:

                    1.  What is the marke of Thomas Sturman. How long

                  hath he gyuen tht marke & how doe you know tht it is his

                  marke?

                    2.  What kind of Beast is this wch he claimes. When was

                  the Beast marked wth his marke & are you sure the marke is

                  prfectly his marke, & the Beast his?

                    3.  How many Beasts had the sd Tho: Sturman before Ingle

                  came & raysed the Rebellion in this pro: & how many Cowes

                  or other cattle hath the sd Sturman carryed out of the prouince?

                    4.  Since the comming of Ingle, & tht Rebellion, did Tho:

                  Sturman neuer turne, or cause to be turned any of the marks

                  of the Beasts of Mr Tho: Copley, into the marke of the sd Tho:

                  Sturman. And did the sd Tho: Sturman neuer take any of

                  the cattle of the sd Tho: Copley?

              p.  5. Vppon the returne of the late Gour Mr Leon: Caluert

                  was not the sd Tho: Sturman by agreemt to haue restored to

                  euery one his owne, as it was before the Rebellion, under for

                  feiture of treble dammages, & hath the sd Tho: Sturman eur

                  since pformed the sd agreemt?

                    6.  Can you certainely auerre tht the pyed Beast now

                  claymed, to haue bene Tho: Sturmans, & marked out of Popes

                  marke, into Sturmans proper marke, was truly & properly the

                  sd Sturmans calfe, when it was in Popes marke & how doe you

                  know tht it is soe?

                  The Depn of Jno Sturman in answere to the foresd Interroga

                      tories.

                    To the ffirst. This Dept sayth tht this Beast belonging

                  formerly to Tho: Sturman, now Willm Harditch's is markd.

                  Cropd on the right eare & 2 slitts in the crop, wth the left eare

                  slitt, wch is the proper marke of the sd Tho: Sturman & tht this

                  Ten yeare he hath had this marke. And tht he this Dept

                  knoweth it to be his marke, for tht he hath continually lyued

                  wth him.

                    To the 2d That shee is a blackish browne pyed heyghfer,