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      his fellow servant should have all such tobaccos as were owing Liber Z.

      to him the said John Speed; & that out of the same he desired

      the said Richard Browne to pay such debts as he ought, as far

      as his tobaccos would reach.

          This was proved for the will of John Speed, and the said

          Richard Browne admitted to be exequutor.

      9th January 1639.                          p.90

        Thomas Gerard gent, and Thomas Hebden planter made

      oath, that at the request of John Lewger Esq exequutor of

      Richard Lee gent deceased, they were present at the making

      of the Inventary of all the goods & chattells wch were the said

      Richard Lees at the time of his decease; and that they verily

      beleeve that all the knowen goods of the said Richard Lee

      were putt into the Inventary; and they further say vpon their

      oath aforesaid that they praised the said goods at the full

      worth & value as they thought them to be worth in their con

      science, all things considered as in praisements of the like kind,

      vse & ought to be considered

      Taken before mee              Thomas Gerrard

      John Lewger Commissary &c.    Tho: hebden

        Cecilius &c. To Or henry bishop & Simon demibiel, greeting

      &c. whereas Leonard Leonardson late of St Leonards hundred

      within the Province of Maryland planter, at St Leonards afore

      said on 24. march 1640 did make and ordeine his last will &

      testnt, & the same did cause to be written, & after the writing

      therof & hearing the contents of it did approve, signe & deliver

      the same for his last will, in the pnce & hearing of waiter

      Cottrell of the same place planter as we are informed by the

      oath of the said walter; wch writing is of this tenor [In the

      name of God Amen. I Leonard Leonardson doe constitute &

      ordeine this to be my last will & testnt ffirst I bequeath my

      soule to his Creator. next my body to be buried in xtian buriall.

      And next I give vnto Alice Cales my mother one thousand

      weight of tobacco wth caske, & in case she be dead, to my

      brother, or to the next of kinne if both be dead, and the tobacco

      to remaine in my cxequutors hands vntill such time as that they

      goe or can conveniently send it. next I make Henry Bishop

      & Simon demibiell my true & lawfull exequutors to have all

      the remainder of my estate moveables & immoveabies all debts

      dues and demands whatsoever to me belonging that they can

      lawfully make appeare. So ffarewell in Or Lord Jesus xst witnes

      my hand the 24th of March Anno dni 1640] now know ye that

      we have and hereby doe approve of the said writing to be the

      last will & testnt of the said Leonard, & doe receive & admitt