294 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659.

Liber
P. C. R.

can instruct mee concerning the Law. Whereuppon this Depon^t sayd
th^t this Act was acted before any Law was prouided for such cases, &
therefore according to the usvall Custome, the womans Oath would
stand agst him, & further this Depon^t sayth That hee heard the s^d
Turner say That hee could loue her as well, as euer hee did his owne
Wife, & th^t it was by her faythfull promise unto him to bee his Wife,
th^t made him act what hee did, & further requested this Depon^t to
beare him company the next morning, to goe & see, whither hee could
win her to bee his Wife, who went to Pikayawaxent w^th him, There
desyring to breake a question & not hauing opportunity ( for John

P. 257

Morris requested her absence) Hee being gone, this Depon^t told the s^d
Lucie Stratton, th^t M^r Turner was come to make her satisfaction,
saying yo^u haue layd yo^r Child to him (w^ch shee did not disowne) &
therefore hee is come to tender both p^eson & Estate, if shee would
take him to bee her husband. And the s^d Lucie replyed, Saying, th^t
shee had suffered enough by him, & th^t shee would not marry him if
shee suffered Death for it, Saying That hee was a Lustf ull man a uery
Lustfull man & th^t shee neuer could bee quiett for him, Why Lucie
replyed the s^d Turner it was by thy faythfull promise unto mee to bee
my Wife th^t I acted it, W^ch shee denyed, Whereuppon the s^d Turner
asked her, who was most lustfull yo^u or I ? saying, yo^u came to my
Bed, when I was in bed & putt yo^r hand under the cloaths, & tooke
mee by the priuate parts, Whereuppon this Depon^t left them, & told
the s^d Turner th^t hee should find him att Robert Hundleys & further
sayth not. The f ores^d Depos^ns being read in open Court, & considered :
& it appearing to the Court, th^t Arthure Turner, supposing himselfe
ffather of the Child begott of Lucie Stratton, profered the s^d Lucie
mariage & shee refusing the same: as euidently is shewed in the
foregoeing oaths, The Judgm^t of the Court is That the s^d Lucie ought
to prouide for & meinteine the s^d Child her selfe, w^thout any allow-
ance therefore from the s^d Turner. And soe Ordered accordingly.

Hall v.
Hamond
vid. Writt
fol. 229

Whereas Walter Hall Adfhistrato^r of the Estate of Henry ffox
Deceased, tooke out writt of Scire facias agst Anne Hammond for
1166^l Tob to shew cause &c :
The deft in answere thereto sayth th^t that Debt was due to M^r
Land, & th^t shee hath seuerall Receipts or acquittances therefore from

Exeqⁿ
issued 17^o
June 1659,
Vid. fol. 275

the s^d Land, for all or most part of the Debt. But it appearing th^t
the former Order of Court, was obteyned att the suite of Henry
ffox, & to him alone; w^thout any mention of the s^d Land, And the deft
not prouing, th^t any thing in consideraon of the s^d Order was satis-
fyed formerly by her, to the s^d ffox, or his assignes. It is therefore
Ordered th^t the plf haue Exeqⁿ according to the writt, & former
Order of Court.

Re Browne

Whereas Daniel Browne hath Petitioned the Gouerno^r & Councell
for Reliefe & meintenance, hee being att p^ent in soe extreame sickly