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Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.207
John Dandy plant The plantiffe Complaineth to the Court Liber B. Mr William Newgent agst the defendant upon a Bill of four hun- Defendant dred pounds of Tobacco and Caske the de- fendant not Appearing, It is ordered that in case the defendant (being arrested) Shall not Some time this Court or the next by himselfe or his Attorney appeare and answer the plant Suit according to the writt the Sherriffe Shall be then responsible for the debt as the Court Shall adjudge Capt Thomas Cornwallfs Esq pite According to the direction of a Mrs Kathorne Hebden by Willm former order of this Court ofMarshall her Attorney deft 2 22th of this Month made in this
Cause the defts Attorney produced the Testimony of John Cage who deposed in open Court that he had heard mr Cuthbert p. 369 ffenwick confesse that he had received from Capt Robert Vaughan five hundred pound of Tobacco, and one hundred and twenty from William Wheatley upon the defts accompt and it Appeared by a receipt under mr ffenwicks hand that he had received of Richard Willane two hundred Sixty four pounds of Tobacco, and of the Sheriffe out of the Levy, four hundred and two pounds of Tobacco as before, being in the whole twelve hundred eighty Six pounds of Tobacco and Caske, which being deducted out of the Principall debt of two thousand five hun- dred pounds of Tobacco, there appeares to remaine due to the Complainant twelve hundred and fourteen pounds of Tobacco and Caske. It is therefore Ordered that the defendant Shall forthwith pay to the Said Compit the Said Twelve hundred & fourteen pounds of Tobacco and Cask, and in Case the Said Defendt Shall hereafter make appeare to the Court that mr ifen- wick the plantiffes Said Attorney hath reced any more Tobaccos or other Satisfaction towards the payment of this Debt than is before Expressed, the Said mr ffenwick Shall be Answerable for the Same to the defendt
Memorand: that in the Margin of the Orriginall Record Booke opposite to the foregoeing Entry was thus written vizt Thomas Cornwallis Esq acknowledgeth Satisfaction in open Court the 2d day of March 1653 upon this Judgment Wittness his hand Tho: Cornwalleys At a Court held at St Maries the 25thThe Governr Colonell day November 1652Present J ffrancis Yardley Capt John Price mr Tho Hatton mr Job Chandler Upon the Complaint of Robert Kedger by Capt Willm Mitchell his Attorney, Shewing that Whereas there was
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