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goeing from M^r Brettons That Cow aboues^d Beareth now anothe^r
marke, to that w^ch the s^d Norman gaue her, (as he supposeth by
reason of the last great frost) w^ch s^d Cow is att this p^ent in M^r
Gerards possesⁿ w^ch the s^d M^r Gerard claymeth to be his, And
further this Dep^t sayth That That Cow w^ch M^r Gerard now keepeth
& claymeth (by Reason for a nearenes to his marke) is the very
Cow, w^ch the s^d Cap^t Euans deliuered to the s^d Norman for the use
of Nan, as afores^a w^ch hee uery well knoweth.
Jurant Cora me L Barber. Clouis Mace

Bartholomew Phillips Examined sayth uppon Oath That he this
Dep^t was p^ent, when Cap^t Euans deliuered a Cow calfe to Jno
Norman for the use of the s^d Normans Daughter in Law, named
Anne Browne, W^ch s^d calfe was marked att M^r Brettons landing, by
the s^d Norman for the use of his fores^d Daughter, & did remaine
uppon M^r Brettons neck till shee had a calfe. And further th^t uppon
One eare it was marked w^th a kind of flowre de Luce; & the other
eare w^th a dangling peice hanging downe, Thus much he deposeth
Yett he uerily beleiueth th^t That Cow w^ch is now in controuersy
betwixt M^r Gerard & Cap^t Euans, is That uery Cow; Though he
feareth, & will not depose soe much, for th^t one Cow may be like
another, ffor being Demanded by M^r Gerard, if he this Dep^t knew
th^t Cow, he made answere, That it was Anne Brownes Cow, as hee
uerily beleiued Barth: + Philips
Jurat Cora Will^m Bretton.

Liber
P. C. R.

Agnes the Relict of John Norman examined, sayth uppon Oath,
That being newly marryed to the s^d Norman, shee asked him, whose
That heifer was (Viz) w^ch is now in dispute, betwixt M^r Gerard &
Cap^t Euans Hee made answere th^t it was his Daughters, Anne
Browns, And shee sayth th^t shee still milked th^t Cow, or heifer, both
att M^r Brettons, att the head of S^t Clements, & lastly att Longworths
Poynt in M^r Gerards mannor. And shee well knoweth th^t this is
That Cow (w^ch M^r Gerard now layeth claime to, as his owne w^ch hee
first demanded of her husband [Jno.] Norman whose heifer .....
Agnes Norman
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Robert Cooper Deposed, sayth, That two or three dayes before
Richard Ware dyed, the s^d Ware lying uery sick this Dep^t being
there present w^th him, & desyring the s^d Rich: Ware to dispose or
settle what he had to his best liking made this Verbal Will, Speaking
to his Wife Agnes Doe yo^u take all I haue, & pay my Debts, as far as,
what I haue, will satisfy, for I desyre th^t you should haue all, & bee
my Exequuto^e or Admistrato⁶ or words to th^t effect.

X
Robert Cooper

April 15
Re Ware's
Estate