58 Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.

        Liber A.   with pay vnto the Complaynant ffifteene Hundred and Sixty

              pounds of Tobacco and Caske. 8 March Execuc. ad satis-

              faciend

              Edward Hall plte    The plte sues for twelue hundred weight

              Robt Brooke Esqr deft of Tob: and Caske due to him from the

              deft 26 decembr last by Bill and payable on St Georges River

              and one hundred and twenty pounds of Tobacco and Caske p

              Accompt To wch the defendt (appearing by his Attorney) in

              Answere saith and confesseth that the pke had his Specialty

              for 1200 weight of Tob. and that hee owed him over and

              aboue for two bushells of Onyons wch he valued at 120 l more.

              for wch hee said bee would make him over a manservant bound

              for foure yeares. bee giving the deft the Remainder in Tobacco

              or paying as much to his Credditors as would make it 2400' of

              Tob: wch the deft conceived was a faire satisfaccon And soe

              desired the suite might bee dismissed. Vppon wch confession of

              the defts in his Answere It is ordered that hee the said deft

              shall forthwith pay vnto the Complte Thirteene hundred and

              twenty pounds of Tobacco and Caske.

              Robert Kedger plte  The pltes suite being for 820 l of Tob:

              Robert Brooke Esqr deft and Caske due to him from the deft by

              Bill the 10th of November last. and 167 l of Tob: & Caske more

              p Accompt for 33 l and an half of Butter sould him. To wch the

              deft (appearing by his Attorney) answered onely that the plte

              had dealt very vnworthely with him for that hee had promised

              to stay for his Tobacco till the next Cropp And that the deft

              had proofe thereof. To wch the Compite Replyed that true it

              was hee made the deft a condiconall pmise to forebeare soe as

              hee would assigne him over Bills for his debt somewhere vppon

              or neere St Georges River And the defts sonne Mr Charles

              Brooke being examined said the pite did make such a pmise

              as was menconed in his ffathers Answere but it was soe done

              vppon some further Agreemt wherevppon it is thought fitt by

              this Court and soe ordered. that vnles the defendt shall by the

              next Court either assigne over to the plte good Bills for his

              debt vppon or neere St Georges River payable the next Cropp

              or then shewe good Cause to the contrary hee shall then with-

              out further order or Judgmt herein forthwith pay vnto the

              Compite Nyne hundred eighty seaven pounds of Tobacco and

              Caske Noe Cause shewed this being the 8th of March 1651

              John Buttery pite   the plte sues for paymt for five weekes

              Robt Brooke Esqr deft worke being a Carpenter after the rate of

              450' of lob, and Caske p moneth by Agreemt The deft by

              his Answere confesseth hee hired him for 450' of Tob.