Volume 4, Page 417 View pdf image (33K) |
Court and Testamentary Business, 1648. 417
use of the sd Nicolas: But as yett he this dept neur receaued Liber A. any thing towards it from the sd Esqr And further he sayth not. Jurat Corã Gout Cuth: ffenwick Copie Eod to Nicolas Cawsin.
Thomas Hebden (in caâ Wm Harditch supra att the request of Capt Jno Price) sayth uppon his oath, tht he this dept was prnt when Gour Caluert sent the sd Capt Price to bring all tht had bene in Rebellion to the ffort of St Inego's. Bidding the sd C. Price bring any other things, wth he thought fitting for the Soldiers, And uppon motion of sack, the sd Gout replyed, bidding him bring sack, if he fownd any & further he sayth not. Jurat in curia.
Mrs Margarett Brent complayneth agst Mr Peter Knight p. 184 Mercht for tht shee being possessed by deeds sufficient in the Law, bearing date sometime in the yeare 1644: & registerd uppon the Records of the County of Kent, from his brother Mr Giles Brent of a stock of neat-cattle, certaine draft Oxen wth waines plowgeers &c: wth other things therein expresd. As likewise of Kent Mill & Kent ffort, wth all the Land, howsing & appurtenances thereunto belonging. Hee the sd Peter Knight sometime in the yeare 1646, unlawfully entred into the sd Kent Mill, & all the profitts thereof, from tht time, unto the time tht the Gout Mr Leon: Caluert tooke the Ile of Kent, conuerted to his owne use the sd profitts, being dew to her the sd Mar garett Brent, & amounting to the ualue, as the sd Mill hath beene heretofore sett to 3000 l Tob. wth cask. Likewise tht some time in the sd yeare the sd Peter Knight, bearing himselfe as the Capt of a rebellious crew, to defend the sd Ile agst the Gout made his garryson of her howse of Kent ffort. And during the sd time, conuerted all the profitts of the sd land to his owne use, or theirs by himselfe & then killed diuers of her cattle wth gun shott & otherwise & made the rest wild, to the dammage of her the sd Margarett Brent aboue 8000 l Tob. fyred diuers howses to Kent ffort belonging to the dammage of 6000 l Tob. Likewise a wayne & wheeles to the ualew of 600 l Tob. used, tooke away & dispersed her plowgeeme to the ualue of 1000 l Tob. & being after forced to fly by the Gout By himselfe or his agents tooke away all the iron worke of the sd Kent Mill, 03000 l tht could be taken away wthout fyring her, thereby 08000 decaying the Mill, to the value of 10000 l Tob. & att the same time departing from the sd Kent ffort howse, ruined 01000 the howse in taking hinges & locks from the doores: & in taking away doores & defacing the sd howse to the —— ualew of 2000 l Tob. & cask. ffor all wch seuerall dam- 30600 mages & losses susteyned by the sd Peter Knight, shee the sd Margarett Brent bringeth her suite.
|
||||
Volume 4, Page 417 View pdf image (33K) |
Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!
|
An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact
mdlegal@mdarchives.state.md.us.