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Court and Testamentary Business, 1648.
Henry Morgan deposed in open Court, sayth That he heard Liber A. ffrancis Brooks relate tht Mr Cox told him, somtime a little afore his death, That he had fifteene head of neate cattle, of his owne cleare stock, wch he had gyuen to his children. And tht hee heard Mrs Cox in her death sicknes appoynt Mary Martin should haue a yeareling heifer of their owne cleare stock. & further he deposeth not. Att a Court held att Henry Clay deposed in open Court, Edw: Corn mins howse savth That he neuer knew Tho: Munday att Kent 27o Junij Prnt5 Gouernor or other of his howshold, or this Depont Mr Brent himselfe to kill any swine, since his com
ming uppon this Iland, belonging to Henry Morgan, or any other of this Iland. And hee sayth further tht during the time he liued in Mundays howse, there were fowre barrowes (to the best of his knowledge, of Munday's, wch he brought from St Maries) killed in the howse. And tht of those there were made six or seauen Hitches of Bacon. The rest was spent in Porke. And further hee sayth, That there was another Sow killed, of Mundays att the howse, for porke. p. 166 But whether it was killed afore the barrowes, or floe, he knoweth not. But to the best of his knowledge it was since his goeing away, & leauing of Mundays howse & further he sayth not.
Robert Short deposed in open Court, sayth That he saw in the howse of Thomas Munday nine Hitches of Bacon in ffebruary or March last. & tht the Bacon was greene Bacon.
Vppon the complaynt of John Dandy, Edw: Commins appeared & denyeth any such goods to be taken by him. The plf desyreth the cause to be respited till Nouembr Court, for want of euidence to proue. wch was granted by the Court.
Henry Morgan demandeth of Edmund Lennin nine hundd pownd weight of casked Tob: dew by Bill & acct & The sd Lennin not be resident in the Country, desyreth an Attatchrnt uppon his estate. Attatchmt to the Sheriffe ret. Nouembr Court.
John Howard demandeth of Tho: Bradnox one thowsand pownds of Tob: & one barrell of Corne, & to the valew of halfe a suite of broad-cloath, dew for seruice, by couenant The Deft acknowledgeth seauen hundd pownds of Tob: to be dew to the plf, & denyeth the rest. And The Court fownd for the plf nine hundd & seauenty pownds of Tob: & one barrell of Corne, to be payd this ensuing Crop.
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