Court and Testamentary Business, 1649 50.81

      appraismt or imploy the Same for the maintenance of her the Liber B.

      sd Mrs Warren as before is Expressed.

      The Court this day gave direction to his Lordps Secretary to p. 179

      examine Wittnesses touching Capt Mitchell's administring of

      Phisick to Mrs Warren being with Child, that the Court May

      receive right Information therein.

      Mr Cuthbert ffenwick plt  Upon the plts motion It is Ordered,

      John Nunn Defdt     that the Order made in this Cause the

      20th of March last be renewed to all intents and purposes for

      the next Court to be held the 20th of October next or at any

      time afterwards

      Thomas Gerrard Esq plt The Complaint Sueth to be relieved for

      Lt William Lewis Deft 12 barrells of Corne Rent and his damage

      2500 l Tob value, and for a frameing Sawe valued at 100 l Tobo,

      and for 8001 Tobacco for a boat Sent by the plt and not deliv-

      ered, and for 2000 l of Tobacco as he can make appear upon

      account which by the award of Thomas Copley Esq to whome

      the matter was referred as the plt alleadged was to have been

      paid unto him the Defdt To which demand of the Compit the

      Defdt by his Answer pleads a former Judgment of Court of

      the 5th of January 1647 whereby all the plts demand was deter-

      mined Saving the 12 barrells of Corn the Sawe and the

      Boate, And as touching the demand concerning the boat the

      Defend' denyeth the Charge, but Confesseth he had a Saw of

      the plt and for the Rent Corne which the Complaynt claimeth

      as due to him for a Tenement for four years at 3 barrells Rent

      p annu The Defdt acknowledgeth to have held a Plantation

      of the plt by a verbal agreement one year only and a Tennant

      of his Some part of the plantation two years for which the Said

      Tcnnant paid to the Complaynt two barrells of corn he being

      himself forced out of the Province by the late troubles in

      regard whereof he hoped the Court would not Compell him to

      pay rent for the time he could not make use of the Plantation,

      alleading that the whole time he and his Tennant held the

      Plantation was but three years and That the whole Rent was p. 180

      but 2 barrells p annu But the Complaynant Saith the Rent

      was 3 barrells yearly and that he enjoyed or might have en-

      joyed the Plantation 4 years, Confessed the Tennant paid him

      two barrells of Corne for two years for his part of the Planta-

      tion And was not able to prove that the Defendant his Ten-

      nant enjoyed the Plantation any longer then three years, nor

      to prove his demand concerning the boat, not denyeing that

      the Defendt was hindred that he could not enjoy the Plantacon

      Some part of the time by reason of the late troubles, And .the