Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663-64. 145






     next after the date hereof, as wittnes my hand this 17th day of Liber B B
     ffebruary 1663/
       The Condicon of this prnt obligaon is such tht if the abouesd John
     Edmundson & ffrancis Armestronge doe well & truely make good
     according to Law, unto Thomas Bisse his heyres exequutors ad
     thistfors or assignes Thirteene hundd Acres of Land Lying uppon
     the North side of the Riuer called Choptanck, Bownded uppon both
     sides wth Two Creeks, & gyuen in to Andrew Skinner, to bee called
     Little Bristoll, & a Pattent gyuen, & sent for England by the John
     & Mary att their owne proper Charge, wthout all other Charge what
     soeur then this obligaOn to bee in force, otherwise to bee Voyd, as
     wittnes my hand the day & yeare as aboue written.
       Wittnes hereof                   Tho: Bisse.
          Henry Thompson
          James Shacklady.

     Henry Spinke plf The ptfs Petn & the defts answere thereto &
     Dr Luke Barber deft his Charge agst the plf being read ouer, The
     plf by Elionor Spinke (her husband being absent) by her Attoney Vid. fol. 116.
     Coll Willm Euans, sayth tht whereas the deft hauing taxed the plf & fol. 158
     in open Court, affirming tht her oath was false & malitious is matter
     of ifact: & therefore desyreth the Board to deliuer their opinion &
     Judgmt in the same. And after some Debate in the Cause, The
     Judgmt of the Board is, That if Dr Barber uttered those words after
     the sd Elionor had taken & gyuen in her oath in Court it ought to bee
     iudged & esteamed as matter of ifact. Then the plf craues a Jury,
       was graunted.
       Wart to sheriffe to impanel a Jury Ret. forthwth.
       Edward Clarke sworne & examined in open Court sayth That
     after Elionor Spinke had deiiuered in her oath, Dr Barber threw it,
     to W Hall, & bid him Record them, for they were false & malicious,
     & hee did not question but to proue her periured/ & further sayth
     not/
       Mr Walter Hall sworne & examined likewise in open Court sayth, [p. 197]
     That after Elionor Spinke was sworne the Doctor gaue this Depont
     Two Deposns the one being Elionor Spinke, & bad mee Record
     them, & bee Carefuil of them: ffor hee would proue them false &
     malicious, And made noe Doubt but to gett under the Ld Chancelors
     of England his hand to punish such malitious prsons as those were,
     & further sayth not/

       Sheriffe Returnes his writt, & warned
     fforeman
       Willm Caluert Esq             Peter Watts  John Lumbrozo
     Patrick fforrest  Willm Robinson   Thomas Hatton
     Thomas Hussey     James Lindsey George Thompson
     Robert Peyton     Daniel Clocker   Richard Dodde
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