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362Court and Testamentary Business, 1654.
Liber B. The Same Court Continued p. 571 11 April Anno Domini 1654 Present as the day before
The Deposition of mr John Pile taken in open Court at St Maries in the Province of Maryland the 11th day of April 1654 upon Oath saith That about nine or ten years agoe Argall Yardley of the County of Northton in Virginia Esq. being indebted to him this Depont twelve hundred pounds of Tobacco and Caske or thereabouts did give this deponent a bill or Note Under his p. 572 hand whereby he ingaged himself to pay unto Capt William Stone Esq Now Governour of this Province the Said twelve hundred pounds of Tobacco and Caske for the Use of Thomas Cornwallis Esq upon this Deponents Accompt, And this De- ponent further Saith that he Never received any Satisfaction otherwise touching the Said twelve hundred pounds of To- bacco & Caske from the Said mr Argall Yardley or any other then by the Bill or Note before Mentioned. And further Saith Not Jurat Ut Supra Coram Nobis: Willm Stone, Tho Hatton
The Deposition of mr Nicholas Gwyther aged 28 Years or thereabouts taken in open Court at St Maries in the Province of Maryland the 11th day of April 1654 Upon oath Sayth. That he this Deponent was Servant to Tho: Cornwalleys Esq when one Thomas Harrison Came into this Province in the year 1641 (as this Deponent taketh it) with the Said Capt Cornwalleys as his servant, and lived in the house with this Depont one yeare or thereabouts before the arrivall of one Richard Ingle which was in the year 1644 or thereabouts at which time the Said Harrison was Sent by Cuthbt ffenwick then Attorney to the Said Capt Cornwalleys with one Edward Mathews his fellow Servant to assist one Andrew Monroe to bring a Pinnace (that then ridd in the Mouth of St Inegos Creek (as Near as Conveniently could be to the house of the Said Capt Cornwalleys which Said Servants (as they did report themselves) were Commanded aboard the Ship of the Said Ingle, she riding in the Mouth of the Said Creek, which Said Mathews was there detained prisoner, And the Said Harrison tooke up Armes in the assistance of the Said Ingle, and the Said Harrison never after returned to his Said Masters Ser- vice as this Deponent Ever Saw or heard, the terme of time of the Said Harrison's Service was unknown to this Deponent, but he hath heard the Said Harrison Say that the Said Capt Cornwalleys would abate Some of the time of his Service for
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