Court and Testamentary Business, 1648—9.    475

      ffeb. 10th 1648.                            LiberA.

       ffebruary 1 2th Know all prsons to whom this prnt writing

      shall come; That I Margarett Brent of Mary Land Spinster

      haue sold, & by these prflts doe sell, unto Barnaby Jackson of

      the same place Taylor one gray stone horse for & in con

      sideraon of 1700 l Tob. wth true sale & lawfull possesn by me

      sold & deliuered I doe hereby auouch, & meinteine the sale

      thereof agst all person or persons, wtsoeur & agst all claime or

      clairnes wtsoeur, in Law made, by any person wtsoeur Wittnes

      my hand the day & yeare aboue written     Signed

      Signed & deliuered in  Margarett Brent

         prnce of

            Willm Bretton

         June 10th 1648                           p.238

       Bee it knowne unto all men by these prnts tht I Tho: Gerrard

      Esqr doe by these prnts constitute ordaine & make my freind

      Capt Giles Brent, my true & law full Attorney for mee & in my

      name, & to my use to aske, demand, sue for, recour & receiue

      of Robt Vaughan all such summe & sumrnes of Tob. debts,

      dues, & demands, tht doe belong to mee, by uertue of a lre of

      Attorney, & a lre of admistraon assigned to mee & further I

      doe giue power to my Attorney to make any other Attorney &

      what bee shall doe in this shall stand in full force as I my selfe

      were prnt. wittnes my hand the day & yeare aboue written

                                      Tho:    Gerrard

      Wittnes     Endorsed

    Edw: Hill          ffor my Sister Mrs Margarett Brent.

       Cuth:    ffenwick

         To all prsons to whom these prnts shall come Greeting.   239

       These prnts wittnes tht I Edmund Smith of the prouince of

      Mary-Land Plantr for a ualuable consideraon in hand all ready

      receaued, haue bargayned, sold & alienated, & by these prnts

      doe bargaine, sell, alienate, & make our unto Cuth: ffenwick of

      the same prouince Gent” his heyres or assignes for eur all my

      right tytle & interest, in all such Lands, goods, debts or chat-

      tells whatsoeur wch are now att this prnt, or might of right, or

      shall hereafter happen to bee any wayes apprteyning & doe

      now, or might, or shall hereafter of right apperteine to mee the

      sd Edmund Smith, eyther by Inheritance, deed of gwift, or any

      other wayes whatsoeur wthin the Kingdome of England as

      wittnes my hand this 10th day ffeb. 1648

      Signed, Sealed & deliueredEdmund Smith

         in the prnce of Vs Locus + Sigilli.

           Phillip Land

      Willm Bretton Clk & Register

       of the prouince of Mary Land.