Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.67

       of his ffathers wch hath beene made over to mee as aforesaid Liber A.

       And doe hereby give him the said Mr John Lewger the yonger

       full power & authority to take possesse & dispose of the same

       and every part thereof to the best advantage with the advise

       and consent of Mr Thomas Hatton Ratifyeing & confirming

       what hee shall doe in or about the prmisses with the privity

       advise & consent of Mr Hatton aforesaid for good & effectuall

       In witnes whereof I haue herevnto sett my hand the 28th day

       of August 1650                 Richard Bennett

       In prsence of Mathewe Stone.

               Richard Bennett merchant sworne & examined the

               28th of August 1650. Saith

         That Mr Copley about two or three yeares past sent to the

       depont for certaine goods. Wch were delivered vppon this

       Agreemt That if the depont did like of some Tobacco that lay

       neere to Capt Burbage his Plantacon hee should receive it But

       if hee did not approve thereof when bee had opportunity to

       goe that way to looke after it, that then Mr Copley should pay

       him at the next Cropp followeing in or about Nansinum River.

       This depont enquiring after the same according to Agreemt

       three or fower dayes after or thereabouts was tould by one

       John Piper and another man or two in whose house the

       Tobacco lay and who said they knewe well what the Tobacco

       was, that the same was rotten & decayed long before. And

       not long after about three weekes or a moneth or thereabouts

       the depont went to the House of Capt Burbage intending to

       goe to see the said Tobacco But the said Capt Burbage and

       his wife tould him, that they knewe and had heard soe much

       concerning that Tobacco, that they were certaine hee should

       loose my labour, And that mr Copley either knewe or had

       heard soe much long before. Vppon all wch Relacons & infor-

       macons at severall times and by severall persons not interessed

       therein, this depont gave over to look after or meddle any more

       about it And hee further deposeth that hee never had nor

       received nor made vse of one pound or leafe thereof Neither

       did bee this depont make any other promise or Agreemt but

       this or to this purpose But onely a Bill taken & accepted for

       paymt of the Tobacco           Richard Bennett

                Jurat die & Anno Supadict coram me

                                Wm Stone

         Whereas some differences haue lately arisen betweene Capt

       Willm Mitchell and Mr Thomas Hatton his Lopps Secretary

       concerning his the said Mr Hattons late boarding and enter-

       tainemt of the said Capt Mitchells servants and the alloweance

       demanded for the same & otherwise The said parties are p. 393