494 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661.

Liber
P. C. R.

M^r John Floyd for the tearme of six yeares and to none other neither
heires nor Assignes as by her said Indenf may be uerefyed And
now the said Floyd (contrary to the true meaneing and Intent both
of the said Indenture And alsoe an Agreement passed betweene him
the said Floyd and yo^r peticon^rs father in England now inhabiting)
haueing soone after disposed of the said Anne Thompson vnto one
M^r Gardner resident in this Province, And now the said Floyd
aboute some halfe of a yeare after deceaseing vpon and by whose
decease the said Anne Thompson according to the tenor of her
said Indenture was discharged from her Obligacon, but now since
she hath serued a rough and bitter Seruitude for the space of three
yeares ouer and aboue her Tye And being demanded her freedome
by her Brother yo^r petitioner the said Gardner refused and denyed
the same These p^rmisses duely and seriously Considered Yo^r pet^r in
the behalfe of the said Anne Thompson humbly addresses himselfe
to this Hono^ble Board craueing and Submissiuely beseecheing yo^r
honors that now at least the said Gardner may be Compelled to
deliuer in the said Anne Thompsons Obligacon together with the
Custome of the Country and she haue her freedome Granted to her
the same being soe long due And yo^r pet^r farther sues requests and
petitioneth for such sattisfaccon as this hono^ble Board shall adjudge
requisite for the tyme of her Service Since yo^r pet^rs demand in her
behalfe which was vpon the 2 I^th of July last past But howeuer yo^r
pet^r humbly Craues (in case this may not be granted) that the said
Anne Thompson may not be forced to serue six yeares but according
to the Custome of this Province which is foure yeares And yo^r pet^r
shall pray
That whereas the plt peti[ti]oned for one Anne Thompson that
is now liueing w^th the def^t for her ....

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Richard
Browne v.
William
Robinson
John Ham-
mond v.
Anne Tilney
Executrix
vnto
Richard
Hoskeys
deceased

This Cause is referred to the County Co^rt there to be determined.

The pft sues for fiue thousand fiue hundred pounds of tobacco the
price of his plantacon in Bretton's bay sould to Richard Hoskeys
deceased, The def^t pleades that Richard Hoskeys had payd & Secured
the sattisfaccon to Anne Hammond the wife and Attorney of the plt
as by the Originall Bill of Sale and the Record of the same appeared
that vpon sattisfaccon made the Bill for the Tobacco was deliuered
to the said Hoskeys & is not now Extant And the plt being not able
to produce any Specialty under the said Hotchkeys hand and the
Originall bill of Sale accknowledgeing sattisfaccon made non Suite
is granted to the def^y with Costs of Suite
These p^rsents Wittnes that I Anne Tilney doe appoynt my freind
Thomas Manning to be my Attorney to answere in my behalfe the
Suite of John Hammond this Co^rt Wittnes my hand this 26^th
November 1661 Anne Tilney
Wittnes Tho: Trueman