180 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.

comming in hither & Michael Baysey told him That if hee thought
hee could gett his fredome he had best goe to M^r Preston; & his
Clerke would draw him a Petⁿ to that intent & purpose. And ail-
though the s^d Hottskeys was putt to him, to doe him seruice, yett
hee would exspect noe seruice from him, till hee saw wither hee
could obteine his ffreedome or noe.
John Anderton deposed allso Sayth, That hee heard the Boy
complaine th^t hee was wrongd, And heard Michael Baysey tell the
Boy, That if hee thought hee could obteine his freedome, hee would
not be his hinderance And (to the best of his knowledge) the s^d
Baysey promised him to goe along w^th him to M^r Preston's
M^r Henry Coursey allso sayth, That (being the Gou^ra Attorney)
Edw: Hottskeys went out of the Custody of Michael Baysey, to the
howse of M^rs ffenwick (as this depon^t heard) And being up the
Riuer he heard th^t M^rs ffenwick & M^rs Eltonhead were goeing ouer
to M^r Michael Brooks, w^th whom was this Boy goeing ouer to com-
plaine agst the Gouerno^r, This Depon^t writt a Lre, to lett M^r Brooks
know the Gouerno^es tytle to the Boy in part, That hee should doe well
to haue him whipt, & sent to this Depon^t, But hee thought not fitt
soe to doe, And uppon his Complaynt, a Warr^t issued out, & this
Depon^t arrested as Cap^t ffendalls Attorney to answere the s^d Hots-
keys suite, The Deport pleading the Act of the Boys dowbling his
time as a Runaway, And the Court att th^t time refused him, Saying,

That hee had liberty to complaine w^th out being tcarmcd a Runaway

(or words to th^t purpose)

Penalty on
Officers

refusing
commissions

Vppon motion of his L^ps Attorney, whatt ffine shall passe uppon
those who refuse to accept of their Commis^ns, & serue their Country ?
It is Judged & Ordered that they pay each of them seuerally soe
refusing one Thowsand pownds of Tob, And the account of the
same to be gyuen to the Sheriffe to be gathered together w^th the
Country Leauies.
And the Gouerno^e appoynted the next Prouinciall Court to be
holden on Twesday the 14^th day of Decemb^r next

Re Elton-
head's
Estate
Vid. fol. 135
This
Deposⁿ was
taken by
Charles
Calvert Esq^r
9th Aprill,
1664 & Ac-
con^d. Lib.
1664 & not
found on the
Records
befor th't
yea re
Wm Bretton

The deposⁿ of John Anderton

This Depon^t aged 36 yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined,
Sayth, That about the 28^th of March in the yeare 1655, att Seau-
erne M^r Will^m Eltonhead called to him this Depon^t, & desyred him
to take notice, th^t what he then sayd, as to the disposing of his
Estate, Was & should stand for his Last will, Hee being a Prisoner,
& not hauing the Benefitt of paper & inke: w^ch caused him to declare
by word of mouth, to w^ch this Depon^t was a Wittnes as ffolloweth.
Imp^e. That hee left his Land & p^esonall Estate to his Wife, att her
disposing & further did desyre his s^d Wife ....