218 Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.

         Liber B.   Mr John Ashcomh plt Upon the plfes motion, It is Ordered

               Ismaell Wright deft that the Defendant doe forbeare to Cutt

               down or alter any the marked Trees of the Complts bounds or

               otherwise to disturb bin in his possession of the land in

               question, till the hearing of the Cause be Ended upon paine of

               the Censure of the Court in case of his Contempt in this par-

               ticular

                 Thomas Bennett against whom a Speciall Warrt had issued

               out for his apprehension as Servant to mr Peter Langdell

               Clarke, appearing this day moved the Court, informing that

               he was a freeman haveing Served out his time and Desireing

               to be discharged from the Said Warrt And Thomas Gerrard

               Lsq Langdells Attorney not being able to prove to the Con-

               trary, It is ordered that Bennett Continue with mr Gerrard 6

               months, and that if the Said mr Langdell upon Notice Shall

               not in the meane time, Satisfie the Court by proofe that the

               Said Bennett is his Servant, he Shall at the end of the Said

               Six Months be freed, and mr Gerrard will in that case allow

               him meat drink and Clothes during that time, and a Suit of

               Clothes and 3 Barrell of Corne at the Expiration of that Time.

               Thomas Cornwallis Esq plt A Petition was preferred by the plan-

               Thomas Gerrard Esq deft tiffe to have reliefe against the defcndt

               pretending that the defendt had unlawfully possessed himself

               of the Complts Estate, Assigned to him by Capt Richard Ingle

               as by the peticon upon Record Appeares, The defendant An-

               swers that he possessed himself of floe part of the Said Estate

         p. 386     but by a Just and a Legall Course as he can make appeare if

               the Court will allow him time to produce his writeings for that

               purpose, It is Thereupon Ordered that the further hearing

               hereof be respited till a Court to be held the Second day of the

               next Assembly, In case an Assembly be appointed to be held

               for this Province before Aprill next, And if not then till the

               tenth of that Month And the Court will then proceed to the

               further hearing thereof as shall be thought fitt.

           p. 387 Thomas Cornwallis Esqr     The Complaint as Attorney & As-

                Thomas & John Sturman defts J signee of Richard Ingle, Marriner

               Sues for Tobaccoes Claimed to be due from the defendant to

               the said Ingle which the deft John Sturman by his Answer

               denies to be due, It is ordered that the hearing be respited till

               the next Court, and the Records to be Searched in the Meane-

               time whether any Act of Attender were passed here against

               the Said Ingle.

         p. 388     Thomas Cornwallis Esq plt The plantiffe Sues to be relieved

               John Sturman defendt touching a Cow of his & alledged to

               have been mismarked by the defendant in the time of the late