Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 445

an accknowledgem^t of an Assignm^t of six hundred acres of land lying
in Herring Creeke Baye aforesaid solde by me the said Edward
Carter vnto William Hunte of the aforesaid Herring Creeke Alsoe I
doe binde myself e by theis p^esents to make good the said Accknow-
ledgem^t of the aforesaid Samuell Chewe as if I myselfe were per-
sonally p^esent In Wittness whereof I haue hereunto sett my hand
and Seale this tenth day of November 1660 Edward Carter
Signed Sealed and deliuered in the p^esence of vs Jeremiah Shed-
man his mke + Daniell Ffeaste his marke H Henry Archer his
marke O

Liber
P. C. R.

Henry Pennington Complayneth ag^t Elizabeth Greene for that she

lays to hie wiues charge the receipt of stolne goods that is to say

Linnen Stolne by Francis Stockdell Seruant to Elizabeth Greene def^t.
The def^t denyes that euer she sayd any such words
The prt and def^t putts it to the tryall of the board
Nicholas Rawlins sworne in open Courte in the cause depending
sayth That Elizabeth Greene did aske Rachell Pennington why she
did receive Lynnen of her Mayd Francis Stockdell and Rachell
Pennington denyed itt and further sayth not
Andry Keyting sworne &c sayth That she did heare Elizabeth
Greene Say that her Mayd tould her she had given Henry Pennington
his wife some parte of the Lynnen and she sayd where some parte of
the Lynnen was she knew not but that there was the rest and at
another tyme she heard her Say that she had some of her Goods
aboute her, as a Cap vpon her head, and further Sayth not
Amy Hooper sworne &c Sayth That she sawe Francis Stockdell
Servant to Elizabeth Greene at Henry Penningtons howse she askt
of Henry Penningtons wife why she would suffer that Wench to be
there, within a while after the said Francis Stockdell went away and
further sayth that at Nicholas Keytings howse she heard the said
Elizabeth Greene Say that she did bid her Mayd and did as good as
force her Mayd to say that she had giuen .... Supposed to be stolne
vnto Nicholas Keitings .... because she would not haue had Rachell

Pennington
v. Greene

Pennington brought into any trouble And because that Keitings
Mayd being a Servant she should not be troubled therefore and
further sayth not
Jonas Eustas Sworne &c Sayth That he was at Henry Penningtons
howse when the Maide came in with the Cloth before her but whether
she left it behind her or tooke it with her he knoweth not and
further Sayth not
Francis Stockdell Examined in open Courte Sayth She Confesseth
she did Steale halfe a yard of osenbridge & gaue it to Henry
Penningtons wife
The Judgement of the Board is that it is a Slander to the plt and
the def^t to pay costs of Suite

P. 450