Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664-65. 379






     haue, then to haue new Ones droue in the roome she may be suffi- Liber B B
     cient for A uoyage for Old England or any other place att that dis
     tance and allsoe that the defects of the said Catch may be sufficiently
     repair'd by two able Carpenters wthin a fortnight att furthest Giuen
     und Our hands the 30th day of Decembr 1664 Petuxent riuer
       Teste   George ffoxwell ISeale Samuel Groom
           John Snart Seale Edward Wardner Carpenter
       Sealed in the prsence of Vs Seale John ifayrewether
      and signed          Seale John Hooke Carpenter
         John Pollard
         Richard Bayley
           Wittnes to the sealing of Samuell Groom
             John Cooke & John Snart
           Edward Warner seal'd this In Presence of Vs
             Christopher Dobson
                the marke of
             Christopher 0 Humphery
                who hues att Mr Pollards howse.


       The Deposition of Elizabeth ffreeman aged 18 yeares or there
       abouts Saith—
       That when Mr Bayley was at St Marys Mr Stapleford being in his
     Bed in the morning and hearing as he said a tap dropt in Mr Bayleys
     roome hee called one of his seruants named Humphery Jones and
     bid him goe in at the window & open the doore which he did and then
     Mr Stapleford went in saying he would see if all was well who Came
     forth againe and shutt the doore but whither he brought any thinge
     forth or noe this Deponant knoweth not, & further she saith that
     the night before her mistris Calling her to come in she did not goe
     prsently but when she did goe the doore was shutt and endeauouring
     to open the doore her mistris held the doore and asking who was
     there told her she could not come in yet and then was Mr Stapleford
     in W Bayleys Closett that shutts wth a Key but what hee did there
     knowes not—further this Deponant saith Mr Stapleford called for [p. 462]
     nayles & caused the said window to be mended for feare any other
     should goe in and further she saith on the of this month being
     Sunday Mr Stapleford tooke a Chest of his out of Mr Bayleys roome
     where was then 3 packs of Goods which the next morning was not
     there and then was Mr Bayley not at home, And further saith not,
     ffebruary 20th 1664 Sworn Before Vs
                                    Willm Dorrington
                                    Willm Groome

       The Depositione of Thomas How aged about 30 yeares or there-








     abouts