Court and Testamentary Business, 1648. 421

         Joane the Wife of Thomas Warre deposed, sayth, tht shee Liber A.

       was in the roome, when the Jury came in, to returne their

       Verdict. And tht shee heard, demanded of the Jury, if they

       were all agreed & tht shee heard the fforeman say, Yes; And

       Wm Styles, being behind the rest, shee heard him say, Noe. But

       whither it was to the question, demanded of the Jury, or not,

       shee knoweth not.

         Whereas Willm Styles, not expressing such a disassent, as

       the rest of the Jury, or Court did heare, or could take notice

       of, in caã supra. And yett uppon oath, he hath deliuered, That

       he did not consent. The Court being informed tht it was done

       by him Through Ignorance, & not Malice: hath taken into

       consideraon, to punish his sd offence noe further, then by adiudg

       ing That heareafter he shall be disabled to be of a Jury in this

       prouince; but when his Turne comes, hee shall bee att the

       charge, to hire another in his roome, to be nominated by the

       She rife.

         Whereas in caâ Supra The foreman of the Jury, brought in

       a Bill, & deliuered it in, to the Judge of the Court, & tht the

       Judge alowd, asked the Jury, If they were agreed of their

       Verdict, to wch diners sd Yes, & noe man was heard to say noe,

       by Judge or Court, or rest of the Jury. And whereas the Gour

       asked againe Who shall deliur in the Verdict, & some answered,

       the foreman, & noe man was heard to contradict it: And tht

       they deliuered in the Verdict in a written paper, wch was read

       alowd in the Court, & noe man of the Jury contradicted it, or

       signifyed his disassent, unto the Judge, or Court. Whereuppon

       sentence passed according to the sd Verdict. And whereas

       Wm Harditch plf, petitioneth not wthstanding this, to haue the

       sd iudgmt reuersed, uppon an allagaon tht one of the Jury, Wm

       Styles, not comming to the board spake the Word, Noe: in the

       hearing only of a woman, to what effect shee knew not, & p. 188

       Came not to the Judge, or Court, to expresse his disassent to

       the sd Verdict. The Opinion of the Court is, for the pnt, tht

       the sd Petn shall not bee graunted. But the Court will take time,

       to consider & informe themselues what ought to be done in the

         case.

            June 13th 1648

         Octobr 6o Nicolas Cawsine aged upwards 40 yeares, sayth

       uppon his oath, tht Edw: Commins of the lie of Kent, being att

       St Maries a Shallop, not long afore Ingle his raysing of the

       rebellion in this prouince, & being to returne againe for Kent

       he the sd Edward bought of this dept as much Bacon, as by

       agreemt he was to pay 150 l Tob & cask, for the yeare following:

       & further he deposeth not.

       Jurat. Coram Gour