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        Liber A.   that purpose. And the Bill is to bee deposited in Court till full

              satisfaccon therevpon bee made as aforesaid, and then to bee

              cancelled, Wch is ordered accordingly

                                   Mr Jo: Pille prsent, cum cetis,

          Tho: White plte    The pltes suite being for 120 l of Tob:

              James Walker Execr and Caske due from the decedent Tomp-

              of Jo: Tompson defentd) son The deft by Rich: Browne his Attorney

              denies the debt wherevpon Geo: Manners who as hee averred

              vppon oath in open Court being ymployed by the plte as his

              Attorney to receive the said Tob: of Tompson about a yeare

              or somewhat more before his death, the said Tompson did not

              deny the paymt thereof but said if hee had come sooner hee

              should haue had it for his Tob: was then all gone And the

              defts Attorney agreeing to bee bound by the pltes oath for that

              purpose. The Complte deposed in Court that neither hee nor

              any other by his direccon (soe farr as hee ever knewe) ever

              received the said debt of the decedent or any other or any

              other, It is herevppon ordered that the deft shall pay vnto the

              plaintiffe the said 120 l of Tob: and Caske. If there bee Assetts

              Jo: Slingesbie plte The pite sues for six hundred pounds of

              Rich: Browne deft Tob: & Caske due by Bill payable in November

              last And the deft acknowledging the debt Hee is ordered forth-

              with to pay the same to the Compltes

                                20 mo No. Execuc ad satisfaciend

              Georg Manners plte The Compltes suite being for 1050 l of

              Paul Simpson deft Tob: and Caske due by Bill The defts At-

              torney Lt Willm Lewis Ingaging himself that the deft shall by

              himself or his Attorney either answere the suite the next Court

              or pay the debt The Court vppon his mocon doth respite the

              further hearing of the matter till that tyme

                        Tho: Greene Esqr prsent cum ceteris Vt ante

              Henry Brookes plte According to the direccon of an order of

              Nichas Cawseene deft the of June last made in this Cause the

              deft this day brought the Gunne in question into Court to bee

              veiwed. And Richard Cole being sworne and examined in

              open Court vpon his oath saith. That the Gunne nowe pduced

              in Court was about 4 or 5 yeares since (as hee remembers)

              taken by Governor Calvert deceased from the pite vpon pmise

              to redeliver the same to the plte at his returne from Kent.

              And Lt Willm Lewis in open Court averred vpon oath, that

              Governor Calvert acknowledged hec had a Gunne of the pltes

              and promised to deliver the same againe to the plte at his

              returne from Kent being about 4 or 5 yeares since (as hee