Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.  217




       Francis Riggs the Attorney of James Eluard dds writt agst Joseph Liber B B
     Hosley in an accon of debt uppon accompt to the uallue of 1330lb June 20th
     tob :—
     Warrt to Sherriffe of Caluert County to arrest &c ret next Pro—
     uinall Court 5th July next—
     To the Honble Gouernor and Councell in Prouinciall Court assembled [p. 279]
       The humble petcon of James Eluard by his Attorney Francis Riggs,
     Sheweth
       That Joseph Hosley stands endebted to yor petr upon Ballance of
       accompt to the uallue of I33olb tob: wch by him will not bee allowed
       nor Specialty pass for the paymt thereof att this next ensueing
       Cropp—
       Wherefore hee humbly Craues Order of this Honble Court that
     the said Joseph Hosley may Sattisfye the said accompt or giue prsent
     Security for paymt of the said 1330lb tob: and hee shall pray &c

       Att a Speciall Court called by a Speciall Warrant from the Leiue
     tennt Generall for the Examinacon of one Elizebeth Greene that
     being brought to bed of a Bastard had feloniously made it away,
     And held the 31th May att the howse of Robert Kingsbury in Petux
     cut Riuer in the County of Caluert annoq 1664—
     prseflt Major Thomas Brooke   George Peake
          Thomas Leitchworth      Hugh Standley Gentn
          Charles Brookes         Tobias Norton
       Whereas there was informacon Giuen to Mr George Peake that
     One Elizebeth Greene had been brought to bed of a Bastard Childe
     and that she had feloniously made away wth the said Childe which
     being by the High Sherriffe related and made knowne to the Leiue
     tennt Generall there came a Speciall Ordr from the Rigt Honble
     Charles Caluert Esq Gouernor to call and hold this Court for the
     Examinacon of the said Elizebeth Greene and to sweare the seuerall
     wittnessés knowing any thinge in this bussiness, whereupon Grace
     Parker Sarah Waring Judith Sharpe Christian Ellinsworth Martha
     Carr Elizebeth Harwood Sampson Waring and Nic° Carr were One
     after the other called and seuerally Sworne as followeth (uizt)
       Mrs Grace Parker Examined & sworne sayth That Elizebeth Greene
     did deny that she had had any Child, but being pressed farther did
     afterwards Confess she had had a Childe and had burned it, And
     this deponant said sure thou hast not burnt it, thou hast buried it and
     the said Elizebeth Greene made answere she had buried it in a [p. 28o]
     swamp, and would shew it to this deponant and the rest of the women
     aforesaid the morrow morning And that this Deponant and the rest
     of the women went the next day but could finde noe Signe of any
     such thinge, And that then the said Elizebeth Greene did Con fesse