394     Court and Testamentary Business, 1648.

             Liber A.  Octobr last: wch 2000 l Tob: dammage for own paymt of the sd

                  Corne, as afore.

                    wart to the Sheriffe ret 230 June.

                  Att a Court held Henry         Robert Holt demandeth of his LPS

                  Morgans howse att        Attorney Two barrells of Corne, or the

                  Kent 230 Junij.

                  Prnt Gouernour      ualew of it, as it is now Sold, borrowed

              Capt G. Brent           of him, by the Gour for the use of his

                  LPS ffort of St Inego's: & 500 l Tob: dammage, for the want of

                  the sd Come.

                    His LPS Attorney acknowledgeth the Corne to be dew, but

                  denyeth the dammage & the Court fownd for the plf 300 l of

                  casked Tob:

                    John Salter & Henry Clay demand of his LPS Attorney fowre

                  barrells & a halfe of Corne, dew for wages, or the ualew

                  thereof.

                    His Lps Attorney acknowledgeth the demand to be dew. &

                  the Court fownd for plfs 675 l of casked Tob.

                    Capt Giles Brent complayneth agst Capt Robt Vaughan, for

                  deteyning from him a heyfer & her increase, & for dammage

                  of Dead-freight 150 l casked Tob.

                    The Dft made answere, tht he had the sd cattle, by order of

                  Justice, tht then was uppon the Iland, & deteyneth them by

                  uertue of tht Justice.

                    The Plf replyed, tht those that pretended to haue authority

                  att tht time, to be Rebells, & had noe lawfull authority to

                  keepe Courts, or exercise any other authority of Judicature: &

                  soe consequently the sd cattle to be wrongfully taken &

                  deteyned from him.

                    Tho: Bradnox sayth uppon his oath in open Court, tht att a

                  meeting att Thomas Kains howse, he heard Capt Vaughan

                  demand a debt of Jno Abbot. And Jno Abbot replyed, tht he

                  was forced to take Mr Brents cattle, for Mr Brents debt. And

                  tht this debt was Mr Brents debt; & therfore hee should haue

                  of those cattle for his debt. And further this Dept sayth, tht

               p. hee in his conscience uerily beleiueth the heifer now in dispute

                  betweene Capt Brent & Capt Vaughan to be the proper goods

                  of the sd Capt Brent.

                    The Gout being sufficiently informed, tht those tht were then

                  present uppon the Iland, & tht did hold Courts, & exercise acts

                  of Judicature to be Rebells, & their iudgmt to be utterly illegall

                  & uniust agst the estate of Capt Giles Brent. & therfore

                  passeth Judgmt tht the plf should haue the heifer deliuered

                  him againe, wth her encrease, by the deft. And for dammage