432     Court and Testamentary Business, 1648.

            Liber A. Walter waterlin demandeth of Jno Thimbleby admistrator of

                  Peter Makarells estate 300 l Tob: & cask dew by Bill.

                   Walter Beane demandeth of Walter Coterill an Anker of

                  drams or satisfaction therfore to the valew of 300 l Tob. &

                  cask.

                   warrt to the Sheriffe ret Decembr Court.

                   Humphrey Howell demandeth of Anthony Rawlins 340 l Tob.

                  & cask being the price of a gun, wth the sd Humphrey payd to

                  the Anthony wch sd gun was taken from the sd Humphrey

                  he consenting thereunto wch attatchmt by the Sheriffe & de

                  liuered to Wm Smoote, who made just claime thereof. where

                  uppon the sd Humphrey humbly requyreth tht the price of the

                  sd gun may be againe repayd him, by the sd Anthony.

                   warrt to the Sheriffe ret Decembr Court.

                   Willm Smoote deposed, sayth That hee sold to Geoffrey

                  Power of Virginia a Pin nace (sometime the last winter) And

                  tht the Geoffrey finding fault wth the leakines thereof, after

                  he had bought the same. Hee this Dept profered the sd Geoffrey

                  to take her againe. But the sd Geoffrey would not forgoe his

                  former bargaine. Whereuppon att the passing Bill for the

                  paymt thereof unto this Dept This Dept told the sd Geoffrey,

                  tht the Bill being payable in Virginia this Dept made doubt,

                  touching the recouery or paymt thereof, because he could not

                  be there in prson to demand the same. To wch the sd Geoffrey

                  made answere, & willed this Dept to assigne the Bill to whom

                  soeur he should please, & he would satisfy it.

                  Jurat Coram Gour               Willm Smoote

                    Copie to Robt Kedger.

                   40 Nouembr Anthony Rawlins Petth tht his Bill of 475 l Tob

                  & cask wch he passed to Jno Sturman for a heighfer (wch sd

                  heighfer is taken out of his possesn by auth. of this Court) may

                 not be pleadable, unlesse he may be assured of his bargaine.

                   Ordered according to the Pete

               p. 199 Robt Sharpe (att the request of Rich: Bennett) sayth upon his

                  oath, That Gour Caluert & his company spent of Rich: Bennetts

                  Corne about 4 barrells, during their uoyagc for the reducing

                  of Mary-Land. And further tht the sd Bennett killed an year

                  ling for the foresd uoyage & company, & some poultry of his

                  allso; but what quantity of eyther Beife or poultry was spent

                  during the sd uoyage, by the sd company, he knoweth not.

                  And further he sayth, tht hee saw the sd Bennett deliur some

                  5hott, to some one of the Company, for the sd Mr Calurts use,