30 Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.

        Liber These prsents witnesseth that I Willm Bretton of the County

              p. of St Maries in the Province of Maryland gent, for & in con-

              sideracon of a valuable some by mee in hand received haue

              bargained & sold vnto Phillip Land of the same place gent his

              heires or Assignes one blackish browne Heifer of my owne

              pper Marke that is, the right Eare vnder & overkeeld, and

              the left Eare cropt, and her naturall Marks are a browne

              Mussell, & brownish about the Eares, and whitish browne

              about the vdder & betweene the hinder Leggs. Wch Heifer is

              little more then one yeare old. Which Heifer with her Increase

              I doe hereby alienate bargaine and sell vnto the said Phillipp

              Land his heires or Assignes forever as his owne proper goods

              And further I doe hereby binde my self my heires or Assignes

              to saue & keepe harmeles the said Phillipp Land or his

              Assignes from any pson or psons that shall lay any just

              clayme vnto the said Heifer or her Increase In witnes

              whereof I haue sett my hand this 27th day of June 1650

                                               Wm Bretton

              Signed & delivred in the prsence of Nichas Gwiter

               30 Sept. John Hatch his marke for cattell & Hoggs viz.

              The right Eare slitt in the midle and the vpper part taken

              away neere the bottome of the slitt, and the left Eare slitt and

              hollowed the vnder part hanging downe.

           p.     352 11 Sept John Wheatley his marke for Cattell and Hoggs

              viz A Hole in the right Eare the left Eare swallow tayled and

              the lore part cropt off.

               110 Sept Nichas Banister his Marke for Cattell and Hoggs

              viz: The right Eare swallowe forked and the left Eare cropt

              and a slitt in the Cropp.

               7o Sept An Administran is this day granted to Mr Robert

              Clarke of all the goods chattells debts and personal Estate

              within this Province of James Warrington deceased vppon

              oath to exhibit a true Inventory by 1 Marcij vnles &c And to

              keepe and make a true Accompt when &c And that the

              decedent made noe will & that hee is greatest Credditor to his

              knowledg & knowe not of any of kindred &c

          P 353 23o Sept Mr Tho: Hatton his Lopps Secretary his Marke for

              Cattell & Hoggs viz On both Eares, the hinde part cutt of

              from a little beneath the Tipp on the fore part sloapeing

              somewhat neere the roote on the hinder part making both

              Eares appeare short & picked