494    Court and Testamentary Business, 1649.

             Liber A.  for her that Humfry Atwick should deliver the Cowe vnto him

                  and then Ebden delivered a Bill of sale vnto him this depont

                  to bee kept betwixt them both, and when the 300 l of Tob: was

                  paid Ebden said hee would assigne over the Bill of sale vnto

                  Robert Robins.

                    Humfry Atwick sworne and examined in open Court the

                  day and yeare aboue said on the pltes behaulf in the said Cause

                  deposeth as followeth viz:

                    That Thomas Hebden did some time in January last desire

                  this depont to deliver vnto Robert Robins a Cowe of the said

                  Hebdens then running at William Smootes House, hee

                  this deponent promised to doe when ever the said Robins

                  should come hither for her. And further hee saith that the said

                  Robins comming afterwards in Aprill followeing to the said

                  Smootes for the said Cowe, hee this depont sought vpp and

                  downe for the said Cowe but could not finde it, and soe the

                  said Robins departed at that time without the said Cowe.

                  And further hee saith not.

                                            Coram me Tho: Greene

                    But this Court being credibly informed that the deft by

                  reason of sicknes could not attend the hearing and vppon re

                  quest made on his behaulf, that the hearing might bee respited

                  till the next Court It is ordered accordingly, and hee is then

                  to appeare pemptorily

                   Smoote Willm Smoote moved the Court that hee might

                    et have the benefitt of an order of the 7th of december

                   ffenwick) last, wch order being read, Mr Cuthbert ffenwick

                  alleadged hee had not any notice of the said order It is

                  therefore ordered that if Mr ffenwick shall not within a ffort

                  night make sufficient proofe to his Lopps Secretary that the

                  Cowe in question is iustly his, then the said Smoote is to take

                  the benefitt of the said former order

                  George Manners plte This Cause being by order the last Court

                  Mrs Marg Brent deft respited till this Court the plte being then

                  vnprovided of proofe did nowe (the defendt being prsent) pro

                  duce the deposicon of John Hallowes being as followeth viz.

                    4th of May 1649. Mr John Hallowes being examined and

                  sworne saith That Mrs Margarett Brent did write a Lre vnto

                  this depont sometime about Michas last 1648 That this depont

                  should make paymt of 500 l of Tob and Caske vnto Capt Ed

                  ward Hill for 1 00 Armes length of Roanoke wch the said Mrs

                  Margarett Brent owed vnto Capt Edward Hill and promised