540   Court and Testamentary Business, 1649—50.

            Liber A. Vppon the Mocon of John Hatch one of the Administrators

                  of Tho: Allen deceased who pressed the passing of an Accornpt

                  touching the Administracon But some question being made

                  by some of the Credditors whether the charge of redeeming

                  Allens Children from the Indians ought to bee allowed It is

                  therevppon Ordered that the passing of the said Accompt bee

                  respited till the next Assembly And that all pceedings against

                  the said Estate for any debts not already adiudged bee for

                  borne till then

                  John Hatch pite     The plte sueth to bee releived against the

                  Wm Handwich deft deft in an Accon of the Case for carrying out

                  of the Province Edward Hull who was indebted to the plte

                  234 l Tob: and Caske, according to the Act in that Case pro

                  vided. The defendant denyes hee carryed him away but saith

                  hee hired him in this Province and it appeared bee went hence

                  in company with him Whereby the Court conceived bee

                  occasioned his departure. It is therefore ordered that if the

                  defendant doe not returne or cause the said Hull to bee re

                  turned into this Province before the departure of the Shipps

                  nowe in St Georges River whereby bee may bee lyable to

                  Justice, the said deft shall pay vnto the plte the said two hun

                  dred thirty fower pounds of Tobacco and Caske complayned

                  for being 205 l Tob: and Caske p Bill and 29 l of Tob by

                  2 o br Assumpcon from Edward Hall as the pite averred vppon

                  7 ffe Oath Execuc inde ad satisfaciend con stat & pson in

                  defect &c 27o ffebr

                  John Sturman plte Mrs The plaintiff craveth to bee releived

                  Margaret Brent Attorney touching a Cowe by him heretofore sould

                  of Capt Giles Brent deft ) to Anthony Rawlins out of whose posses

                  sion shee was taken by vertue of an Attachmt at the suite of

                  Capt Giles Brent vppon informacon that she had beene reputed

                  the said Capt Brents Cowe And afterwards by order of the

                  sixt of december 1648. in regard the plte nor his father had

                  not appeared to make proofe It was ordered that the said

                  Capt Brent should keepe the said Beast as his owne And the

                  plte alledging bee had not any notice of that order nowe pro

                  duced two Oathes wch are as followeth viz:

                    Thomas Youll being examined and sworne saith, that the

                  Cowe that Anthony Rawlins had in his possion did not belong

                  to Capt Brent, and the Calf of the said Cowe wch did belong to

                  the said Capt Brent is dead and was black with a great Starr in

                  the forehead And further saith not

                                                    Tho:  Youlle

                  Jurat in Cur teste me Ro: Sedgraue cI de Corn Northumbland