276 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659.

Liber
P. C. R.
p. 239

Anne Cranly sayth uppon oath in open Court th^t the deft did not
putt her of, of her plantaon: but told her th^t shee should not bring
another to Hue there w^th her; for by th^t meanes hee mought bee eate
out of howse & home, & shee further sayth th^t the Lease was
missing, or lost halfe a yeare before her husband Gregory dyed.
Michael Cranley deposed likewise sayth, That Two yeares agoe
hee saw Tobaccho stalkes uppon th^t plantaon or grownd formerly
belonging to Thomas Gregory, But saw not the Tob growing there,
yett he beleiueth th^t eyther Michael Baysey himselfe, or some other
planted there th^t yeare.
Rob^t Macklin deposed allso sayth, That uppon th^t grownd w^ch was
Gregories there was cleared grownd for about fiue thowsand plants,
& th^t the Corne grownd was fenced together w^ch Michael Bayseys.
The Judgm^t of the Court is th^t the plf, being Adrnistrato^r to the
fores^d Thomas Gregory, ought to haue the benefitt of the Lease.
Ordered therefore th^t the deft pay unto the Admistrato^e 200^l Tob,
& Two barrells of Corne, for the two yeares he made use of the s^d
Gregories grownd: & make the plf satisfaction for the time remayn-
ing of the s^d Lease, or ells to deliuer quiett posses" of the Land
according to the Lease unto the plf.

Aprill 20th
1659
Husbands v.
Cooke

I miles Cooke, master or Comder of the ship Baltemore, doe hereby
constitute & appoynt my louing ffreind Will^m Coursey gentⁿ my true
& lawfull Attorney, to answere to all suites or accons w^ch any wayes
concerne mee this p^ent Court, And what my s^d Attorney shall doe
herein, I doe hereby ratify & confirme, as if I were personally
present, Binding my selfe moreou⁶ to pay all dammages, in w^ch my ^sd
Attorney shall be cast in, wittnes my hand
Wittnes, Will^m Bretton Miles Cooke

To the hon^ble the Gouerno^r & Councell

The humble Petⁿ of Rich: Husbands Sheweth, That yo^r Pet^r
hauing about seauen yeares since transported diuers Scotts into
Virginia, sent them from thence into this prouince in his sloope, by
Cap^t Cooke then yo^r Pet^rs mate, Who when hee came into this
prouince, landed them att the howse of Will^m Edwin, where they
remayned some time, the charge whereof yo^r Pet^r satisfyed to the s^d
Edwin. Yett soe it is, th^t about a yeare or two after, the s^d Edwin
arrested Captaine Cooke, for the Charge the s^d Scotts had putt him
to (yo^r Pet^r being then out of the Country) & thereuppon obteyned
& serued an Execuon uppon Three hogsheads of Tob aboard of the
ship goulden ffortune Cap' Tilghman Comander, for th' debt form-
erly satisfyed by yo^r Pet^r as afores^d to yo^r Pet^rs greate dammage.
In tender Consideraon whereof yo^r Pet^r humbly prayes th' hee
may haue satisfaction for the s^d Tob, w^th such dammages susteyned