Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.123

       Puddington Mr James Cox and Phillip Hyde or any of them Liber B.

       for Ordinaries at the Assembly held at St Maries in the years

       1649 and 1650 or at any other time Wittness my hand this 17th

       day of ffebry 1651

       In the presence of John Metcalf    ffrancis Vanenden

       Nicholas Gwyther

              Att a Court held at St Maries the 20th of

              Janry 1651.

       present   Mr Thomas Hatton Secretary Mr Wm Eltonhead

              Wm Stone Esq Governor Capt John Price

       Henry Adams one of the Trustees     The Complt as ffeoffee in Trust

       of Thomas Green Esq deced plt of the Estate of Thomas Green de

       Mr Phillip Land Defdt    ceased Sueth to be relieved against

       the Defdt for 500 l ‘fob and Caske remaining due (as he

       alleadgeth) upon a Bill of 1470 l Tob and Cask dated the 23th

       of November 1649 and payable upon demand, and arbitrated

       at 1200 l Tob and Cask, To which Mr Land the Defdt acknowl-

       edgeth the Bill and Arbitracon but denyeth anything to remain

       due thereupon, And being not able at present to make proofe

       of payment desires time till next Court for that purpose, which

       is Ordered accordingly and in default of Sufficient proofe then

       to be made, the Court will then proceed to give the Com-

       playnt reliefe.

       Wm Hardwich p John Sturman     The Complaynt by his Sd Attorney

       his Attorney pitSueth to be relieved agt the Deft for

       Mr Phillip Land Defdt    five hundred and forty pounds of To

       bacco and Caske due by Bill dated 10th Octobr 1650 which

       Tobo was the remainder of a Lavy and assigned by ffrancis

       Vanenden to Mr Hallowes Anno 1648, And the Defdt Con-

       fessing the Debt It is Ordered that he shall forthwith pay unto

       the Sd Complt his Said Attorney or assignes the Said ffive

       hundred and forty pounds of ‘fobacco and Cask with Court

       charges

         Execuco mde ad Satisfaccend. Satisfaccon is reced upon

       this Judgment of Mr Land according to the plts appointmt

       byrne

                           Tho Hatton Secr Sept 1 1652.

         Memorandum That in the Margin of the Orriginall Record p. 253

       book opposite to the Last foregoing Entry, is entred as

       followeth viz

         I acknowledge Satisfaction upon this judgmt and take Mr

       Hatton for my paymaster 22 Novemb 1652.

                                        Wm Hardich