Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 477

insisting vpon the words of the order (to see Judgem^t done therein) I
did conclude that they might with safety grant an Appeale Where-
upon It is ordered that the def^t give in security to appeare at the
next Provinciall Courte the Eigth of October next And that he see
the plt to be there and appeare (he being his Seru^t) and in case he be
cast to pay double damages and Costs of Suite
Walter Hall Clk.

The Deposicon of Judith Loue aged twenty two yeares or there-
abouts Sworne the fourth of October 1661 Sayth that she this depon^t
was p^esent at M^r Gerrards Quartering howse at Mattapenny when
Captaine Hinfeild brought thether certaine Irish Servants to sell
vnto M^r Gerrard And this depon^t further sayth that she did see the
said Hindfeild threaten the said Servants with his Kayne and say to
them that they should serue fifteene yeares and this depon^t Sayth
that she when the said Hindfeild was thus threatning of them and
saying hang them Rouges they shall serue fifteene yeares there was
certaine wrytings a draweing, And further this depon^t sayth not
Judith [mark] Loue her marke

Liber

P. C. R.

Nicholas Lanstowne aged thirty three yeares or thereabouts being
sworne and Examined Sayth That in October anno 1654 M^r Thomas
Gerard and Coll Speake bought betweene them of Captaine Robert
Henfeild Eight Irish boyes the Eldest of those boyes in my Judge-
ment then was not aboue tenn yeares of age and many of them not
neere soe much And further this depon^t sayth not
Sept 11^th Nicholas Lansdowne
Jurat coram nobis John Washington W^m Peirce

August 14^th 1661 George Colclough aged thirty seaven yeares or
thereabouts Sworne and Examined the day and yeare aboue written
Sayth That he was p^esent when Cap^t Robert Henfeild sould vnto
Thomas Gerrard Esq^r certaine Irish Servants which said Serv^ts were
to serue the said Gerrard according to the Custome of Virg^a all
which said Servants or the greater parte of them did giue vnder their
hands the very same tyme to serue the said Gerrard severally certaine
yeares which was then Computed by seuall persons p^esent to be
according to the Custome of the Country and did subscribe the same
voluntaryly without force or Constraynte Further this depon^t is
Wittnes and was p^esent both at Henfeilds Sale of them to M^r Gerrard
and at the Seruants superscription both which was done in one day
further this depon^t sayth not Geo: Colclough
Jurat coram me Sam. Smith
Francis Clap shall be deposed the same with this depon^t when I
shall be thereunto lawfully called as Wittnes my hand
Francis Clap.

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