Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.   53






       Recd in part of this Bill Three hundd ninety flue pownds of Tob Liber B B
     & Cask. I say Reed by mee this first march 1662 pr me
                         The marke of
                                    James  Lewis
       Ordered that the Deft satisfy & pay to the plf six hundd and flue Vid lot. 228
     pownds of Tob & Cask, the Remainder of the sd Bill.

       Elizabeth Greene her seruant Boy (named Richard Joanes) being
     called, who was sent for to the Court, acknowledgeth that bee writt Vid. supra
     that discharge produced by his mistresse, And that his mistresse die
     tated unto him what hee should write, And that none of those named 114.
     there as wittnesses, nor any other prson were present, saue only his
     mistresse and himselfe, when shee caused him to write the same.
       Ordered by the Board tht this busines bee put to a Jury.
       Wart to the sheriffe to impanell a Jury of 12 men forthwth.
      Sheriffe Ret. his warrt        & warned 13 (Vizt)
     fforeman
      Thomas Notley   Thomas Bennett Wm Lawrence
     Wm Caluert Escp  ffrancis Mogge John Lumbrozo
     John Abington    Henry Hide     Tho: Lomax
     Willm Hatton     Tho: Wentworth Peter Mills
     Thomas Dent
       The Receipt produced by Elizabeth Greene is as followeth, And
     shee further sayth, tht shee fownd this Reciept amongst her husband
     Potters papers, as W John Metcalfe is able to testify. And Mr John
     Metcalfe being thereuppon called Declareth in open Court tht hee
     neuer saw that Paper amongst her husbands writings, as is alleaged,
     in all his life.
          Receiued the 3 of March 1659
       Bee it knowne Unto all men by these prnts tht I Teagar Winn haue
     receaued of Henry Potter ffowre hogsheads of Tob, weighing neate
     1-6-9-2 & 3 flitches of Bacon wch came to 2 hundd 3o9, wch I receiued
     as an Atturney of Robert Kings for his use, in full satisfaction for
     a mayd seruant wch the wife of Henry Potter past her Bill, the Bill [p. 88]
     being taken by the Duncarke. The summe of the Bill 1-9-3-1.
       Henry Linton Daniel Spencer Teagar Win X his marke.
       Heniry Dosen his marke.
       Jury Returnes their Verdict Endorsed on the sd Acquittance (Vizt)
     The Jury finds tht the discharge written on the other side is insuffi
     cient & noe acquittance in the Case. Thomas Notley.

     Whereuppon It is ordered by the Board that the deft pay & satisfy Vid Lib.
     unto the plf the Tobacco Demanded being ninteene hundd pownds 1of Tob. & Cask, Together w all Costs & Damages.         fol. 216.