464    Court and Testamentary Business, 1648.

             Liber A. This Indenture made betweene Tho: Greene of St Maries, in

                   the pro: of Mary-Land Esqr on the one prty & Hannah Mathewes

                   of the same place, on the other prty. Wittnesseth tht the sd

                   Hannah is to serue the sd Tho: Greene his heyres & assignes

                   the full & iust tearme of foure whole yeares, beginning att

                   Christmas next, after the date hereof in all such seruices &

                   imploymts as bee the sd Tho: Greene his heyres or assignes

                   shall imploy her in, according to the custome of the Country,

                   in the like kind. In consideraon whereof the sd Tho: Greene

                   his heyres or assignes, is to find the sd Hannah, wth sufficient

                   meate drinke, lodging, & cloathing during the tearme of her

                   sd seruice, & att the end of her sd tearme of seruice, the sd Tho:

                   Greene his heyres or assignes, is to giue her fifty akers of

                   Land, & one yeares prouision, according to the Custome of

                   the Country. In wittness whereof wee haue hereunto inter

                   changeably sett or hands & scales this 25th day of Aprill 1647.

                   Signed in the prnce of Tho: Greene +

                      Nathaniel Pope.                   Lo: Sigilli

                                            Hannah Mathews +

                     The Condicon of this Indenture is such, tht if the sd Hannah

                   Mathewes pay or cause to bee payd att one intire paymt in St

                   Georges Ryuer one Thowsand weight of good merchantable

                   leafe Tob: & cask, & three barrells of good Corne unto Tho:

                   Greene of St Maries in the pro: of Mary-Land Esqr his heyres

                   or Assignes att or before the 25th day of Decembr next after

                   the date hereof, tht then the sd Indenture shall bee uoyd, & to

                   noe effect, & the sd Hannah acquitted from all obligaon of

                   seruice, shee allready stands ingaged for to mee by Indenture,

                   being two whole yeares & three quarters, & from all such

                   other dammages, as I might iustly pretend agst her, for her

                   unlawfull absenting her selfe, from her sd seruice, these two

                   yeares. And if the sd Tob. & cask & Corne, or any part

                   thereof, bee not truly & iustly payd in time, & manner aforesd

                   tht then the sd Indenture shall remaine in full force & uigour.

                   Reteyning eur unto my selfe my heyres & Assignes soe much

                   right & tytle in her prnt seruice dew by Indenture, as aforesd

                   That shee the sd Hannah shall not dispose of her selfe in

                   Marriage, or any wayes depart the Country wthout my knowl

                   edge, & consent, betweene this & the foresd 25th of Decembr

                   next. In wittnes of all wch wee haue hereunto interchangeable

                   sett or hands & scales this 25th of Aprill 1647

                                        Tho: Greene     +

                   Signed in the prnce of                  Locus Sigilli

                     Nathaniel Pope.    Hannah Mathewes   +

                     Walter Peakes demandeth of Wilmm Smoote 400 l Tob. &

                   cask for dammages uppon an accon of the case