308 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.






       Liber B B uppon the 13th of this instant we were requested by John Gramer
                                                      to open the body of the said Thomas Simmons, hee hauing been a
                                                      diseased prson a twelue month the Body being opened prsented it sel fe
                                                      to our ueiw, Cleere of inward bruises, either upon the Diaphrugma
                                                      or wthin the Ribbs, The lungs were of a liuid Blewish Culler full of
                                                      putrid ulcers, the liuer not much putrid although it seemed to be dis
                                                      afected by reason of it's pale & wann Couller: the Purse of the Heart
                                                      was putrid and rotton, by wch we gather that this person by Course
                                                      of nature could not haue liued long, Putrifaccon being gott soe neer
                                                      unto that noble part the hart euen att the doore, in wittness whereof
                                                      wee haue hereunto sett Our handes this 13th day July 1664—
                                                      Stephen Clifton
                                                      John Brooke
                        The examinacon of Francis Taylor Examined before W Hugh
                      Standley & Mr Charles Brookes
                        The said Francis Taylor saith that his Mastr John Grammers
                           Caused his serut Christopher to beate Thomas Simmons and to glue
                           him neer uppon a hundred stripes wth a Catt of ninetailes uppon his
                           bare back and that those blowes were the occasion of his death and
                           that Thomas Booth saw him haue some blowes but not soe many
                           as he had and that his mastr beate him afterward in the feilde wth a
                           rope and that he was not able to come in of himselfe but was
                           brought in—
                           Patuxent July 12th 1664
                        Henry Ollis aged about 15 yeares or thereabouts that he saw his
                      Mastr John Grammer beate Thomas Simmons in the feud ouer the
                      back wth a small ropes end wth a knott att the end of the rope the
                      space of halfe an hour
                           July 12th 1664
                        Henry Clements aged i8 yeares examined saith, that hee saw his
                      mastr John Grammer beate Thomas Simmons in the feilde wth a
                      ropes end and that he could not stand, and that Christopher and John
                      led him out of the feilde and that he heard him say he had a giddynes
                      in his head
                           July 12th 1664
                        James Low aged 24 yeares examined saith that he saw his mastr
                      John Grammer beate Thomas Simmons uppon the 9th of July on
                 [p. 379]  the feilde soe long untill he fell downe a ropes end and a knot at
                      the end of the rope, and then he beate him up againe and left him
                      setting upon a block and my mastr left him and went home, & Chris
                      topr went to him and asked him why he would not come to worke,
                      what would he sett there all day & heaued him up wth a hoe helue but
                      he went to rise and fell downe againe and my mastr came into the
                      feilde againe and brought wth him a hoe & a Goard for him to drinke