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        Liber A. Whereas I Charles Rawlinson am informed that ffrancis

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             Brookes maketh some clayme to a Cowe wch not long since I

             sould to Mr John Hallowes and wch about 2 yeares since I

             received of Mrs Margarett Brent in part of satisfaccon of my

             wages as one of the ffort Souldiers I doe here vppon my oath

             depose that when I received the said Cowe of Mrs Brent shee

             was of his Lopps Marke, and also of his Lopps stocke for

             ought I knowe to the contrary, and that the mark of the said

             Cowe was never altered at the Crosse or elsewhere by mee or

             by any other (soe farr as I knowe) nor never had any other

             marke then the marke shee had when I soe received her as

             aforesaid (soe farr as I knowe) nor never belonged to James

             Cauther or ffrancis Brookes to the best of my remembrance, or

             soe farr as I knowe or ever heard, otherwise then by the

             clayme the said Brookes nowe (as I heare) makes vnto her

             before meconed And further deposeth not

                                          Charles Rawlinson

              Jurat coram me 6o March 1649

                           Tho: Hatton

               Charles Rawlinson maketh oath that about 2 yeares since

             (as this depont remembers) Thomas Waggate comeing to the

             Crosse House, there informed Mrs ffenwick then wife to Mr

             Cuthbert ffenwick that there was a Cowe and a Calf at St

             Inegoes ort that belonged to Capt Cornewalleyes Wth was

             disposed of as one of his Lopps, or to that effect, wherevppon

             at the said Mrs ffenwicks request this depont and the said

             Waggate did fetch the said Cowe & Calf from the said ffort

             to the Crosse House, and that the said Cowe hath ever since

             remayned in the possion of Mr Cuthbert ffenwick as this

             deponent taketh it, being the same (to this deponhs best

             remembrance) wch this morninge Willm Smoote veiwed in this

             deponts presence at the Crosse House, and whereto hee layeth

             clayme as the said Smoote informed this depont Wch Cowe

             when this depont soe fetched from the said ffort as is before

             menconed (to this deponts best remembrance) was cropt on the

             left Eare short and vppon the right Cropt somewhat long and

             two slitts in the Cropp And this depont doth not knowe that

             the said Cowe did ever belong to his Lopp or was any of his

             stock, nor to whom the said Cowe did or doth pply belong

             And this depont further deposeth that soe farr as hee remem-

             breth the foremenconed Calf of the said Cowe was marked of

             Capt Cornewalleys Marke after it was soe brought from the

             ffort as aforesaid, but whether it bee nowe in Mr ffenwick's

             possion or yet living this depont cannot depose And this depont

             never did alter the Marke of the said Cowe nor doth knowe