222 Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.

         Liber B.   true and Lawfull Attorney to all intents and purposes as if

               I my Self were personally present as Wittness my hand this 17

               January 1652.

                                  the mark of Thomas Connerye

               Wittness Cuthbert ffenwick

               Thomas Cornwaiiis Esq plt     The Complaint Suit being for one

               Waiter Beane Administr of hundred pounds of tobacco by ac-

               William Brough deceased deft) count due from the Estate of the

               decedent Broughe Anno 1642 the deft agrees that upon mr

               ffenwicks Oath to be taken that the debt is not Satisfied he will

               be responsible for it out of the decedents Estate

               Richard Bennett Esq Govr of virga   The Complt Sueth for one

               By mr Thomas Hatton his Attorney plt    thousand forty nine pounds of

               James Linsey defendantTobacco and Caske, with four

               hundred and twenty pounds of Tobacco Interest for five yeares

               due formerly from the defendt to Epaphroditus Lawson and

           p. 392   assigned by him to the Complt, The defendt by his Answer

               acknowledgeth the parcells mentioned in the Accornpt but

               alledgeth they did not amount to the Said Sume of one Thou-

               sand forty and nine pounds of Tobacco, but having noe proofe

               to the Contrary, It is ordered that the defendt forthwith pay

               unto the Compit his principall debt of one thousand forty and

               nine pounds of Tobacco and Caske with Court Charges, but

               for the plantiffs demand of Interest the Court doth not thinke

               fitt to allow the Same

                 The Complaint Sueth upon a Bill of

               1 ho: Connery by his Attorny

               ffriendship Toung pite   three Hundred pounds of Tobaccoe and

               Edward Claxton by Mark   Caske dated the 3d day of ffebruary

               Phepo his Attorney deft

               1650 the defendant by his Attorney

               Craveth a respite, but the Court being Satisfied concerning the

               Justness of the debt, It is ordered that the defendt pay pay

                       fortwith, to the Compit or his Assignes the Said

               Bill Cancelled

                       three hundred pounds of Tobacco and Caske, and

               the Bill is to be delivered up to be Cancelled, which was

               Entred into by Claxton to Edward Hudson Attorney of Robt

               Holt and by Holt assigned to Connery.

             Ult. ffebr 1652 Execuc inde ad Satisfaciend

                 His Ldps Attorney Generall Mr Thomas Hatton informing

               the Court that Some dispute, was made by divers of the In-

               habitants of this Province, whether his Ldps Rents were pay-

               able here, from the time of the Survey or the delivery of the

               Grant, and whether any Rent ought to be paid for the Same