154 Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.

         Liber B.  liam or his assignes Shall repossess the Said ffrancis of all his

               then known Estate to his own Sole use and property

        The Mark of Matthias Bryan         ffrancis Van-en-den

                        William Assiter aged 38 years or thereabouts at

                        the request of John Nunne Sworn and examined

                        the 21th of January 1651 Saith

                That about four or five years agoe Mr Cuthbert ffenwick

               came to this Deponent's house at New town and demanded of

               him ifour Score weight of Tobacco which he then owed him

               whereupon John Nunne being present Said and told Mr ifen-

               wick that he had a hogshead of Tobacco at West St Maries

               bidding him take it if Soe be he liked it, (the Said Mr ffenwick

               being then bound for Virginia) and pay himself the ifour score

               pounds of Tobacco out of it, and be accountable to the Said

               John Nunn for the Remainder in goods or Otherwise, And

               further he Saith not

        J urat coram me Wm Bretton              Wm Assiter

                           The Deposition of Christopher Walter aged

                          about 1 2 or 1 3 years Sworn and examd the

                          25th day of Octobr 1651 Saith

                That he was present yesterday in the afternoon when

               Thomas Lisle fell out of a tree in John Halfehead's this De-

               ponts Master's Plantacon at Patuxent River, And that his fall

               out of the Sd tree to the ground was about twenty foot or up-

               wards as this Deponent thinketh and that after the Said fall he

               Spake Some words and about half an hour after his Said fall

               dyed, And further this Depont Saith not:

                              J urat die & anno Supradict coram me

                                             Tho Hatton

                The Deposition of Thomas Hamper aged about 23 Years

               Sworn and Examined the 25th day of October 1651 Saith

                That yesterday in the afternoon this Deponent being at John

               Halfeheads, heard Christopher Walter his the Said John Half-

               head's boy being in the Plantacon cry out Master, Master

               whereupon this Deponent came forth to See what the Matter

               was, and then and there in the Said Plantacon he found Thomas

               Lisle lyeing under a tree with a hatchett lyeing by him having

           p. 288  his breeches much Rent, and this asking him how he did, he

               answered that he had hurt himself and was very Sore and not

               able to Stand And John Halfehead then comcing to the place

               where he Soe lay he Said John Halfehead and this Deponent

               endeavoured to help him up upon his Leggs, but Soc far as

               this Deponent could perceive he was not able to Stand and