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        Liber B.   hands, and if it appear that he hath Sufficient thereof, to Satisfie

              the pltes Said Debt of 19 1/2 l of beaver mr Gerrard is desired to

              Cause Soe much thereof to be attached by the Constable of

              his Mannor who is hereby Impowered for that purpose as will

              be responsible upon the hearing next Court for Satisfaction of

              the Said Debt Court Charges and Damages.

                The Court rising the Governour appointed the Next generall

              Provinciall Court to be held the tenth day of Aprill next.

                    Inter Thomam Cornwalleys Armigrum querent

                    et Thomam & Johanem Sturman Defendtes

                According to a Submission and ingagement of Cap' Thomas

              Cornwalleys Esq on the one part and mr John Sturman on the

              behalf of himself and mr Thomas Sturman his ffather on the

              other part made in open Court the first of this Month as appears

              upon Record. We the Arbitrators therein Named for a full and

              finall End and conclusion of all differences betwixt the Said

              parties Mentioned in the Said Submission and Ingagemt Viz.

              All differences betwixt them either now or heretofore depend-

              ing in Court or referred to Assembly Do Arbitrate and Award

              that the Said Thomas and John Sturman Shall and doe Satisfie

              and pay to the Said Capt Cornwalleys by the tenth day of No-

              vember next, Three hogsheads of Tobacco every hogshead to

              Conteyne three hundred and fifty pounds of Sound Neat pickt

              Tobacco without Ground leaves, and also one hundred pounds

              of Tobacco in Liew of the tenn pounds of powder Charged by

              Bill. And upou the paymt of the Said Tobacco, Capt Cornwal-

              leys is to deliver up to them or one of them the two Bills

              entred into to mr Richard Ingle concerning the Said Powder

              and a Gunne, And the Said John Sturman on the behalf of

              himself and his Said ffather is to pay all Court Charges touch-

              ing the premisses. Given under our hands this Sixt day of

              March Anno Dni 1653

                                              William Stone

                                              Tho:    Hatton

                  The Deposition of John Deare aged 31th yeares or

                  thereabouts Sworn & Examined 18th of March 1651 Saith

                That Sometime about Christmas last was a 1 2 Month mrs

              Mary Brent Caused one wild Bull unmarked to be killed upon

              kent, and that Since that time before She went off the Island

          p. 552   after Christmas last She Caused five More Unmarked Bulls to

              be killed upon the Island and one Bull of m Coxes Marke,

              and one Marked Bull of one mrs Geirids which Liveth on the

              Westerne Shore, mrs Brent pretending the Bull to belong unto

              her, because it was Croped of both the Eares But this De