Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50.59

       the moneth but saith hee hired him for two monethes, and Liber A.

       that hee worked with him five weekes of those two monethes

       and then went away vppon some distast. It is therefore vppon

       the defendts confession ordered that hee the said deft shall

       forth with pay vnto the plte foure hundred and fifty pounds of

       Tobacco and Caske for one monethes worke.

       Wm Andrewes Esqr Skipper Jacob derrickson

       Lewis ffroman & Henry Adams, Luke Gardiner pltes

       James Lindesey Thomas Mathewes & John dandy

       Robert Brooke esqr deft The plte Mr Andrewes sues the defendt

       for 34001 of Tob: & Caske p Bill & damages The plte der-

       rickson for 385 l Tob: & Caske or thereabouts p Bill Lewis ifro-

       man & Henry Adams for 2008 l of Tob: and Caske p Bill. Luke

       Gardiner for 2651 of Tob: for Cowpers worke James Lindsey

       for 310 l Tob. & Caske p Accompt Mr Thomas Mathewes for

       1629 l of Tob. and Caske p Bill and 2001 Tob. p moneth for

       Storage p Accompt. and John dandy sueth to bee releived

       against the defendt for 700 l of Tob. and Caske due to him p

       Bill and as Assignee of John Hallowes for 1251 l Tob. & Caske

       p Bill and for 164 l of Tob & Caske p Accompt for worke

       Vppon all and every of wch the said Compltes severall Mocons

       and vppon relacon to the former pceedings it is ordered that

       vnles the said deft having notice thereof shall at the next gen-

       erall Court to be held for the County of St Maries the 20th day

       of March next shewe good Cause to the contrary hee shall

       then be adiudged to pay vnto every of the said severall

       Complts respectively soe much as they shall then make appeare

       to bee iustly due vnto them by the said defendt.

         70 Marcij 1650. Raphe Beane this day countermandeth and p. 388

       revoketh a former Lre of Attorney to Georg Manners and

       appointeth his Brother Walter Beane to bee his lawfull

       Attorney in all Causes in Court and to all other intents &

       purposes witnes his hand

                                The marke of

       Tester Tho: Hatton       Raphe P Beane

         7o Marcij. ffebr 17th 1650. Knowe all men by these prsents

       that wee John Shercliffe and Henry Spinke doe bynde our-

       selues our heires execrs Admrs & Assigncs to pay or cause to

       bee paid to Raph Beane or his Assignes the full and iust some

       of Three thousand and Three hundred pounds of good mer-

       chantable Leafe Tobacco and Caske at or before the tenth of

       November next ensueing the date hereof And for better

       security of the aforesaid debt wee the said John and Henry

       doe binde over vnto the aforesaid Raphe Beane all our right

       title and Interest of our House plantacon stock of Hoggs