450     Court and Testamentary Business, 1648.

            Liber A,   to his answere the next Court. the sd Robt Vaughan not

                  appearing now, unto wch the hearing & determinaon of the

                  sd cause is referd. Ordered by Capt Giles Brent who was

                  appoynted Judge in tht cause.

                    Vnto the complt of Jno Dandy Edw: Commins appeared &

                  alleged tht the plf had neyther prosequuted his suite, att this

                  Court nor the last, & therfore desyreth to be dismissed wch was

                  granted.

                    Vppon the Petn of Anthony Rawlins he was requyred to

                  produce euidence tht the Bill specifyed in the Petn was gyuen

                  for the price of the Beast therein specifyed. Whereuppon he

                  produceth the Oath of George Manners clearely to tht effect.

                  Vppon wch the Court adiudged his sd Bill to bee deliuered in, to

                  the sd Rawlins. wch was done in open Court.

                  To the worll Tho: Greene Esqr Gour &c:

                    The humble Petn of Anthony Rawlins.

                                  Sheweth

                    That yor Petr passed his Bill to Jno Sturman in consideraon

                  of a heighfer (to the ualew of 475 l Tob & cask) wch sd heighfer the

                  sd Sturman assured unto yor Petr & gaue Bill of Sale therfore.

                  But the heighfer is now taken out of yor Petrs posse & deliuered

                  into the possn of Capt Giles Brent. by order of this Court, untill

                  the sd Sturman shall make appeare tht the sd heighfer is iustly

                  belonging to him.

                    Hee humbly therfore craueth tht hee may not be sued for

                  the sd Bill, nor impleaded therfore, unlesse the s4 heighfer bee

                  assured unto yor petr

                                       And he shall eur pray &c:

                    Vppon the Complt of Edw: Commins, uers. George Manners

                  deft in an accon of defamaon, & dammage to the valew of 20000 l

                  Tob. The deft denyeth tht bee hath any waies defamed him, or

                  charged him wth any such felonious action as it alleaged

               p. 215 The Depn of Robt Holt aged 28 yeares or thereabouts taken

                  23th Octobr 1648 This Dept sayth tht George Manners did

                  desyre Hen: Clay to speake to Edw: Commins to send him

                  his Pestle tht he stole. Whereuppon this Dept told him, tht it

                  was a hard matter to taxe a man wth such a thing. But the sd

                  Manners made answere againe, tht bee did taxe him & would

                  tax him. These words being spoke in this Depts hearing som

                  time in May last. And further bee sayth not.

                                                    Robt R Holt

                  Jurat Coram Robt Vaughan.