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     said John Bateman hauing procun'd the Estate to be underuallued Liber B B
     thereby to defraud the Creditors in which he the said Scarburgh
     Conceiues he may be a greate sufferer as well as many other persons,
     Did petition that persons on the behalfe of Mary Bateman relict of
     John Bateman and him the said Scarburgh should be appointed and
     impowred for the reappraysing the Estate, aforesaid, he the said
     Scarburgh referring them on his part to his londsp
      And his Lordsp takeing into Consideracon him the said Scarburghs
     petition has Ordered that 2 or more persons be appointed on Scar-
     burgh behalfe to Joyne wth such as the said Mary Bateman should
     appointe for the appraysing the Estate to the full uallue in pursuance
     to that Order—Therefore---
      I doe hereby impower yow Thomas Trueman Richard Smyth &
     Willm Groome or any two of yow that uppon notice ginen to those
     that the said Many Bateman shall appointe on her behalfe to apprayse
     the Estate of John Bateman late of Caluert County decd hauing first
     taken yor Oathes before Major Thomas Brookes or Mr Tho: Sprigg
     and Certifye the true uallue of the same appraysmt undr yor handes,
     and for soe Doeing this shall bee yor Warrant Giuen undr my hand [p. 432]
     by Order from the Leiutennt Generall this day of December
     1664—                       Henry Sewall See—

      Whereas Marganite Perry Recouered the sume of two thowsand
     pounds sterling agst the executrix of John Bateman deceased as by
     an Order of the Last Pnouinall Court begunn the 20th December 1664,
     and execucon immediately awarded more att large appeareth and
     whereas uppon peticon of Henry Scarburgh One of the Creditors of
     the said John Bateman to the Rigt Honoble the Lord Propnietr in
     England his said lordsp did Order his Leiutennt and Cheife Gouernor
     here to take Care that the Estate of the said John Bateman deceased
     should bee duely appraysed In pursuance of which Order the Honoble
     the Leiutennt and Cheife Gouernor together wth the Secretary Cheife
     officer for probats of wills & grantinge Adminiscons did appointe
     Thomas Truman William Groome and Richard Smyth or any two
     of them to be Appraysers of the said Estate leauing liberty to the
     said Executrix to Choose two more and whereas she the said Execu
     trix is well Contented and sattisfyed that the said Thomas Truman
     William Groome and Richard Smyth should be the Appraysers for
     either party of the said Estate, I doe therefore hereby Order the
     said Appraysers to make theire repaire to Thomas Sprigge or Major
     Thomas Brookes who was formerly impowred and doe hereby re
     quire them to sweare the said Appraysers to make a true Appraysmt
     of the said Estate, And after Oath soe by them the said Appraysers
     taken the said Estate well and truely to apprayse according to the
     best of theire Skill and Cunning, And forasmuch as John Gittinges
     who prosecuted for the said Margarite Perry is soe dangerously






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