Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658. 219

Cap^t Thomas Cornewalleys sayth, That the horse now in dispute
was allwayes reputed M^r Starkeys horse, & th^t hee this Depon^t tooke
up that horse in Company w^th M^r Mathews horses.
The Deft produceth the following testimonies.
Will^m Mill aged 30 yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined this
31 January Sayth That M^r ffenwick had a ffeabitten mare th^t fold a
horse Colt in June or July the summer before the hard winter, w^ch
Colt was then of a Rone couler, & a white streake downe the face &
2 or 3 white feete a little way up his leggs, to the best of his know-
ledge, And att the fall of the yeare, th^t mare & foale went to S^t
Maries, hearing the same from seuerall poeple that they were both
there, And M^r Trueman bringing up the Mare this Depon^t asked
him where the foale was, & M^r Trueman answered hee did not see
it when he brought the mare away, but hee thought it was left att
Cap^t Stones. About 2 yeares agoe this Depon^t being att S^t Maries
in Cap^t Stones Cow pen he there tooke up the fores^d Mare: & there
was another Mare w^ch had two Colts following her, & asking Griffin
whose yowng horse th^t was M^r Starkeys, & the Mare & the other
Colt allso, & the biggest of the Colts had a white face from one
eye to the other, & 3 or 4 white leggs a good way up, & further
sayth not.
Sworne before me Tho: Sprigge Will: Mill

John Bigger aged 24 yeares or thereabouts sworne 14^o January
1658 Sayth that formerly he used to trade much in horses, in
buying & selling them for many yeares together, & being desyred
by M^rs ffenwick to looke in her Roand' horses mouth doth declare
th^t the s^d Roand horse is fiue yeares old, next foaling time, accord-
ing to this Depon^ts best skill in the age of horses, & further sayth
not.
Sworne before me Hugh Stanley John l Bigger

George Reade aged 27 yeares or thereabouts sworne this 29^th
December 1658 sayth That the Roand horse now in the possesⁿ of
M^rs Jane ffenwick is ffiue yeares old next foaling time, according
to this Depon^ts best skill in the age of horses.
Sworne before me Tho: Sprigge George [X] Reade

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Will^m Kenede aged 30 yeares or thereabouts sworne 1^o January
1658 Sayth th^t M^rs ffenwicks Roand horse is betwixt 4 & 5 yeares old
to the best of his iudgm^t & further sayth not
Sworne before me Tho: Sprigge. Will^m M Keneda.

Henry Thickpenny aged 26 yeares or thereabouts sworne 29
Decemb^r 1658 Sayth That the horse w^ch should or did belong to M^r
Starkey, is not yett 4 yeares old untill the next May
Sworne before me Tho: Sprigge. Henry G Thickpenny

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