Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658. 73

James Veitch sayth uppon oath in open Court, that there was an
agreemf made betwixt Phil: Hyde, & Stephen Gary for 300 Acres
of Land, And that Philip Hide, did confirme the s^d Land unto
Stephen Gary, Whereuppon the s^d Gary passed his Bill for 5000^l
Tob, to be payd uppon demand to the best of his remembrance.
Thomas Seymour allso declareth uppon Oath, That, concerning
the former bargaine, the plf could not performe his Couen^t And
thereuppon the deft would not pay the Tob. to the plf, yett after
M^r Reuell agreed to giue to the plf 3000^l Tob. & gett the Land how
hee could.

John Ashcomb likewise sayth uppon Oath That hauing conference
with Randall Reuell, the s^d Reuell told this Depon^t th^t he had bought
halfe of the s^d Plantaon, And th^t hee would send up seruants —
hands — to plant uppon it. And further he doubted not, but to make
his peace, w^th his L^ps Officers here.
Wherefore it was considered by the Court uppon this & other

Liber
P. C. R.
Vide Philip
Hides Bill of
Sale, infra
fol. 95

euidence That the s^d Gary & Reuell are partners in the Land, And th^t
the rather because the deft confesseth, th^t Reuell did deliuer up the
former Condicon made betweene him the s^d deft & the plf w^ch unlesse
hee were partner w^th Gary would not haue left in his hand. It is
therfore Ordered that the deft (Randall Reuell lyuing in Accomack)
pay to the ptf Seuen hund^d fowrteene pownds of Tob, the remainder
of the demand.

P. 38

Uppon the demand of Dauid fferiera plf, agst John Tunnis deft
for three hund^d seauenty two pounds of Tob. The Deft acknowl-
edgeth Three hund^d fifty six pownds of Tob. & hath putt in M^r
Thomas Belcher security for the s^d three hund^d fifty six pownd as
afores^d w^ch Rob^t Kingsberry the Attorney of the plf hath accepted.

Feriera v.
Tunnis

Uppon the demand of Thomas Hussey plf, agst John Hammond
deft for one thowsand three hund^d pownds of Tob. in cask, Anne
Hammond the deft Attorney, being lawfully warned, & not appear-
ing & John Lewger the ptfs Attorney, being indebted unto the deft,
for one hund^d thirty fowre pownd of sugar, desyres th^t he may
ballance that debt of sugar w^th the Tobacco w^ch is due from the deft
to him, And uppon default of the defts Attorney not appearing,
uppon her law full summons, as was uerifyed, It is Ordered th^t the
plf, shall recover agst the Estate of John Hammond, husband to the
sayd Anne whose Attorney shee is, one thowsand three hund^d pownds
of Tob. according as is mentioned & specifyed in the defts Bill.
The Court adiorned by the Gouerno^e till to morrow morning 8
clock.

Hussey v.
Hammond