Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.  49

             At a Court held  the Governor Liber A.

             at St Maries 7 prsent Tho: Greene Esqr

             Novembr. 1650 Capt Jo: Price

                        the Secretary

         Vppon consideracon this day had of a Peticon exhibited

       vnto this Court by the Inhabitants of the County of Kent

       Whose names are therevnto subscribed, and of the publick

       annoyance therein menconed The Court conceiving the first

       occasion of the running Wild of the Cattell in the Peticon

       menconed to bee the late troubles happening in this Province.

       Jt is ordered by and with the consent of Mrs Margarett Brent

       nowe prsent in Court on the behaulf of herself and as Attorney

       for Giles Brent Esqr her Brother, both interessed in the said

       Wild Cattell (as she alleadgeth) That as well shee the said

       Mrs Brent and such of the said Inhabitants as any others who

       clayme any Interest in the said Wild Cattell makeing theire

       right thereto appeare in the County Court at Kent bee at lib-

       erty by themselues or whom they shall imploy therein to gett

       vpp the said Cattell as is desired, And (if they thinke fitt) to kill

       all or any of the wild Bulls in the Peticon menconed The p. 380

       Beefe whereof (saving what may bee necessarily spent about

       the getting vpp of the said Cattell) they are to prserue or bee

       answerable for in value, And for the better division & distribucon

       thereof, and of the rest of the said Cattell & Jncrease, The

       psons interessed as aforesaid are to make it appeare particu-

       larly by proofe or otherwise either in the County Court at

       Kent or to this Court what Cattell every of them had wch ranne

       wild amongst the said Cattell and when. Wch being done and

       Certified This Court will therevppon or otherwise pceed to

       make such division & distribucon in the prmisses as shalbe fitt.

       Vnless all the parties interessed as aforesaid doe amongst

       themselues agree vppon a iust and fitt division & distribucon

       therein. And in that case such division & distribucon is con-

       firmed by this prsent Order Provided that in all theire pceed-

       ings aforesaid there bee noe wrong done to his Lopp in any

       thing iustly belonging to him, ffor wch purpose Mr ffrancis

       Brookes whom his Attorney hath authorized on his

       behaulf therein is too bee at liberty as well as any of the rest

       to make clayme on his LoPPs behaulf by proofe or otherwise to

       any share or proporcon of the said Cattell or Increase And

       this Order and the power therein given is to stand in force till

       the tenth of January next and noe longer

           To his very loving ffriend Mr Willm Smith

                         these prsent

       Sir

         Since I had the happines to see you in London I haue

       taken resolucon for a more speedy voyage then I formerly