466Court and Testamentary Business, 1656.

         Liber B. piece of the Swallow fork is quite gone away, My Son will

         No. 3 depose that a yeare after the Cow was driven out of the neck

             She Came thither again to Calfe and then that piece was

             hanging at the Eare of the Cowe.

               Luke Gardnor Sworn and Examined Saith that to the best

             of your Deponents Iudgment the Cowe that mr Gerrard

             Shewed your Deponent, is not directly of the Same mark that

             the rest of the Cattle that mr Gerrard & his Son & Slye

             Shewed yor Depont And further Saith not. Luke Gardnor

               Walter Pake Sworne and Examined Saith, That yor De-

             ponent Comeing from the Court to Capt Mitchells house, your

             Deponent found mr ffrancis Brooke lying with his head in his

             wifes Lap very Sicke and yor depont asked the Said Brooke

             how he did, and he told your Depont that he having the flux,

             thought that Capt Mitchell would be the Death of him, in

             forceing of him to go to Court to Sue for the wages due for

           216     his wifes Service, Notwithstanding he either had or was to pay

             him two Cowes for the Remainder of the time his wife had to

             Serve, And further Saith not Walter Pake

        p.   That when mr Potts and mr Standly Choosed mr Brookes

             and my Self to be Arbitrators, to the difference depending

             between mr Potts and the aforesaid Standly, it was found by

             the Arbitrators that Standley had received the Chattle, and

             marked the Calfes of his own marke and likewise the Said

             Standley, did put in the milke of the Said Cowes to mr Pott

             towards his dyett, onely mr Potts was hound by the Arbitrators

             to transport the Chattle of the Said Standleys with all Con-

             venient Speed upon the plantation of the Said Standleys, the

             Arbitrators did likewise find that a bull Calfe that was dead

             formerly belonging to the aforesaid Chattle did properly

             belong to mr Standley, and that mr Potts was to have of

             Standley for the Transport of the aforesaid Chattle two hun-

             dred weight of Tobacco and this we are able to declare upon

             our Oaths James Langworth

                                           the mark of

                                           ffrancis Brooke

      p. 220        At a Provinciall Court held at Putuxent the

                      20th of October 1656

                                          mr Mich: Drouke

                 Present Mr Richard Preston mr John Pott

                       mr Woodman Stockley mr Wm Parrott

               Whereas George Mee demandeth a debt of 2401 of Tobacco

             and Caske out of the Estate of Capt John Barriffe deceased