16 Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.

       Liber A.   Raynolds and Thomas Haills that her husband should cure the

             aforesaid Boy and shee would returne him againe as soone as

             the Boy was cured, and Mr Trussell by Agreemt was to pay

             Walter Pakes his wife 100 l of Tob. And further saith that

             when the said Pakes wife was questioned by Mr Trussell what

             power shee had to make any such Agreemt shee made answere

             that shee had a Lre of Attorney from her Husband to doe any

             busines whatsoever. And further saith not

                                               Hugh Lee

               William Raynalds aged 42 yeares or thereabouts sworne

             and examined saith that the abouesaid deposicon is the reall

             truith, onely this depont remembreth that Walter Pakes his

             wife was to returne the abouesaid Boy within a moneth or 6

             weekes at the furthest and further saith not Wm Reynalds

               Thomas Haills aged 39 nyne yeares or thereabouts sworne

             & examined saith That both the abouesaid deposicons is the

             reall truith. And that the woman abouesaid was soe impor-

             tunate that Mr Trussell could not bee ridd of her till shee had

             the aforesaid Boy and shee promised to bring him over againe

             within a moneth or six at the farthest. And further saith not

                                               Tho:  Haills

             J urat coram Jo: Mottram

                      Tho:  Speke

               vppon pvsall & con sideracon of wch deposicons, and it being

             alleadged by the plte that the deft had before lived sometime

             in Virginia at the next House to the place where the said Boy

             was kept and never made any clayme vnto him as his owne or

         p. 338   otherwise, wch the deft was not able to disprove. And for that

             Thomas Greene Esqr one of his Lopps Counsell nowe prsent in

             Court averred that the deft not long before Easter last had

             tould him that hee rather conceived the said Boy was the

             Child of one John Winchester, then his owne wch the defendt

             confessed Though the Court bee very tender & circumspect of

             depriving any one of his Child if either by proofe or probable

             circumstance it were made appeare Wherein the defendt was

             defective And it further likewise appearing to the Court by

             the deposicon of Mr John Pile taken in open Court that the

             deft wife had lately tould him that word had beene sent to Mr

             Trussell by her or her husband that if hee would pay 300 l of

             Tob: to the deft the Boy should bee delivered to him It is

             therefore ordered that the deft shall deliver the Boy in question

             to the plte The defendt expressing in open Court bee desired

             noe satisfaccon for keeping of him

               April 19th 1650. I John Trussell doe hereby assigne and

             put over from mee my heires Execrs Admrs or Assignes all my