460     Court and Testamentary Business, 1648.

            Liber A. Edw: Commins complayneth agst Edw: Hudson for deteyn

                  ing a Gun from him, wch was bownd ouer to him, in leiu of a

                  Debt of 200 l Tob. dew from John Deere.

                    wart ret Ut suprâ.

                    Edw: Commins demandeth of Henry Clay 900' Tob & cask

                  dew by Bill & acct

                    wart ret, ut Supra.

                    Edw: Commins demandeth of Will” Lant 600 l Tob & cask

                  dew by Bill.

                    warr ret ut Supra.

              Decembr 11th           Capt Robt Vaughan complayneth

                  This accon is wthdrawen         .      —

                 by the Complt 12 Decembr agst Tho: Bradnox in an accon of

                        1648 Conspiracy & dammage to the ualew

                  of 10000 l Tob & cask. ffor tht the sd Thomas Bradnox, some

                  time in Aprill in the yeare 1647 came in company wth the

                  Rebells of Kent in armes att 2 seuerall times, & assaulted the

                  howse, where the Cornplt lyued. Two guns being shott att tht

              p. 223   time att the Coffipit by him the sd Tho: Bradnox, or some of the

                  company. By whose meanes the complt lost 2 seruts And allso

                  for tht the Sd Tho: Bradnox uiolently & contrary to all right &

                  justice, deteyned the Coffiplt prisoner, in the howse of the sd

                  Tho: Bradnox, for the space of 3 weekes, or thereabouts; not

                  prmitting him att any time to goe to his owne home, wthout

                  gyuing Bond of 5000 l Tob, for his returne uppon demand.

                  In wch time of his imprisonmt the Complt had 4 hogsheads of

                  I'ob burnd by those Rebells, & susteyned other damages,

                  during the sd time, to tht ualew, as hee shall make appeane.

                    wart to the Sheriffe of Kent & St Maries ret Jan Court next.

                  Nouembr 20th 1647.

                    The Depn of Mr Nicolas Browne taken in an Enquiry made

                  by Mr ffrancis Brookes concerning some cattle escheated to the

                  Ld propr

                    This Dept sayth That about flue weekes since hee heard

                  Henry Morgan of Kent declare how tht Willm Lant had

                  sayd, tht somtime in summer last, there was a Steere killd att

                  Broad Creeke, wch had apperteyned to John Abbotts estate.

                  ffurther he deposeth not.

                  Jurat. Coram Giles Brent.

               p. 224 Nouembr 20th 1647.

                    The Depn of Mr Isaack Hine aged 28 yeares or thereabouts

                  taken in a cause betweene Mr ffrancis Brooks, & Rich. Span

                  both of the hle of Kent.