48        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.

             Liber B B George Thompson aged 25 yeares or thereabouts sworne & Ex
                    amined in open Court, Sayth uppon Oath, That hee was commanded
                    by the then Gouernor Josias ffendall to permitt noe prson or prsons
                    whoseur eyther in Boate or Canow uppon any tearmes to come oii
                    board the St George unlesse by speciall wart from him or the Secre
                    tary under their hands they be authorized soe to doe, And tht hee
                    further requyred mee tht if such prson or prsons not soe authorized
                    as aforesd shall presume (after notice by mee gyuen to keepe of) to
                    continew their Resoluons to come on board, that then I should use
                    my utmost endeauor by force of Armes to keepe them from on board
                    the sd ship, as will appeare by Commisn to me & Henry Heylin
                    graunted bearing date the 5th of June Año 1659, Whereuppon I the
                    sd Thompson demanded of the then Gouernor & Secretary whither
                    I should debarre Miles Cooke then Viz or Reare admirall of Mary
                    land to come on board wthout being lycensed as aforesd & both of
                    them replyed tht I should not debarre him, but all other prsons, And
                    further doe declare tht the sd Cooke did come aboard, & out of the
                [p.52]   Rownd howse wch hee formerly had nayled up (wch neyther the
                    Gouernor nor secretary uppon their right thereof caused to bee broken
                    up, nor did breake open) tooke a locked Chest, & what was therein
                    is unknowne to mee & euer was. Whereuppon I the sd Thompson
                    Commanded the men then left under my Command to handle their
                    Armes & oppose the sd Cooke & his men in their intentions, Web com
                    mand they would not obey, but were more ready to assist the sd Cooke
                    & his men agst mee the sd Thompson the then Commander & Guarder
                    of the sd ship. All wch I the sd Thompson did declare unto the then
                    Gouernor & Secretary as soone as I saw them on Board after it
                    hapned. All wch I doe hereby declare to bee the truth, according to
                    the best of my Remembrance out feare, fauor, or affection of any
                    prson or prsons whatsoeur. As wittnes my hand
              Jurat in Curia Willm Bretton.       George Thompson

                    Coll George Waters plf The plf by his Attorney James Neale, sueth
                    Capt Miles Cooke deft as in his Petn Ordered tht this Cause bee
                    respited till the next Prouinciall Court after Capt Cookes arryuall
                    in this Prouince

                    Capt Thomas Cornwalyes plf Writt Ret. Non Est inuentus.
                    Coll Nathaniel Vtye deft

                     To the honble the Gouernr & Councell of State in Maryland.
                      The humble Petn of Capt James Neale Sheweth
                      Whereas Hugh Lee deceased did owne unto Dauid Abercrumbee
                    deceased whose adffiistrator yor Petr is the sume of Eight hundd
                    pownd weight of Tob & cask, Yor Petr humbly craueth order of this