20 Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.

         Liber A. 25o Junis Robert Kadger his Marke for Cattell & Hoggs

             viz: The left Eare cropt and two slitts in the Cropp. and the

             right Eare slitt in the middle onely

               25 Junis Wifim Brough his Marke for Cattell & Hoggs

              viz: The right Eare overkeeld and the left vnderkeeld

               25o Junis Humfry Atwick his Marke for cattell & Hoggs

              viz: The right Eare cropt and the left vnderkeeld throughout

              the Eare

               25o Junis Thomas White appointeth Georg Manners his

              Attorney in all Causes in Court till hee shall otherwise declare

               25o Junis ffrancis Poesey appointeth Mr Richard Browne his

              Attorney to psecute & defend all causes concerning him this

              prsent Court on his behaulf

          p. 34' 25o Junis Mr Edward Tompson doth desire. & authorise

              Mr Thomas Hatton his Lopps Secretary to recover and receive

              for him from Mrs Margarett Brent or her Attorney the cattell

              menconed in an order of Court made this prsent 25th of June

              betwixt him and the said Mrs Brent witnes his hand

                                           Edward Thomson

              Wittncs Mathcw Stone

               June 20th 1650 These prsents witnes that I William Bretton

              of Newtowne Gent, haue sold and delivered, and by these

              prsents doe sell deliver and make over one black Heifer about

              two yeares old marked with myowne proper Marke viz: Over and

              vnderkeeld the right Eare, and cropt the left Eare, having two

              little small white spotts vnder the Belly, vnto Charles Maynard

              of Newtowne aforesaid planter And I doe hereby avouch the

              sale of the said Heifer vnto the said Charles his heires or

              Assignes, and will mainetaine the same against all iust claymes

              in lawe whatsoever

               Witnes my hand                Willm Bretton

              Witnes Willm Evans

               The deposicon of Mr Paul Simpson Marriner aged 60 yeares

              or thereabouts sworne and examined the 28th day of June 1650

              Saith. That about March last hee being with Lt Willm Lewis

              at Appamattocks in the County of Northumberland in Virginia

              then and there heard Mr John Hallowes his wife say to the

              said Lt Lewis, that she suspected hee had inveigled and in-

              tended to carry away one Willm Greenestead and Thomas

              Meredith who shee said were servants that had run away or

              absented themselues from theire Mrs service or to that effect