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      the ptt: Craued in Equity his freedome and the ptt: being then for Liber B B
      the prsent Surprized hauing not Euidence here in the prouince to
      Justify the keeping of the defendt in Seruice according to the tenor
      of the purchase was thereby forced to Expose himselfe to Great Cost
      hazard & trouble in goeing downe to Virginia to prcure the Euidence
      of Certaine prsons to euade the false Allegations & Accusacons of
      the defendt in his said Peticon menconed and when the Cause come
      to ffull tryall by a Jury Cozen for that end they found for the plan
      tiffe and that the defendant should serue the plantf untill the defendt
      were twenty one yeares of age by the Law of this Country adjudg
      ing him then to bee nineteene yeares old being the 8th Octobr 166i
      as will appeare by the Records, Wherefore the plantiffe Sayth in Fact
      hee being unjustly molested put to greate Cost hazard and trouble as
      aforesaid is dampnifyed by the defendt to the uallue of 4000l tob
      and Caske the which hee is ready to make appeare Wherefore hee
      prayeth of this honble Court Judgment against the defendt for the
      said fowre thowsand pounds of tobacco and Caske & for Cost of
      suite &c

        James Thompson dds writt agst Hugh Standley as Administratr January 2d
      to Giles Sadleir in an accon of the Case to the uallue of 4000lb tob: 1663
      in ffees receiued by the said Sadleir
        Warrant to sherriffe of Caluert County to arrest &c returnable next
      prouinciall Court being the 9th of ffebruary next
      To the Right Honble Charles Caluert Esq Gouernor and the rest of
         the honble Councell
        The Humble peticon of James Thompson Gentn, Sheweth
        Whereas yor Petitionr Keeper of the Record of the County of
      Caluert did intrust Mr Giles Sadleir then high sherriffe of the said
      County, to Receiue and Collect some ifees to the ualew of flue thow
      sand pounds of tob: or upwards, And it probably appearing (by
      seuerall Receipts and acquittances giuen by the said Sadleir) that
      hee the said Sadlier did receiue either all or the greatest part of the [p. 135]
      said suth and neuer became accomptable unto yor Petr for aboue two
      hhgs of tob: (as euidently can appeare) making use of the rest for
      his owne Occasiones to yor Petrs greate disaduantage & damage as
      well for the want of my tobacco as causing my incurring Seuerall
      engagmts, which prmises seriously considered, yor petr humbly ad
      dresseth himself e to yor Honnors To redress these inconueniencies,
      and to Order that Mr Hugh Standley Administratr to the said Sadlier,
      doe giue yor Petr Such Sattisfaccon as may bee by yor Honnors ad
      judged requisite, And yor Petitionr as in Duty bound shall euer
      pray

        Guy White the Attorney of Willm Plumley dds writt against January 9th
      Cornelius Comages in an accon of debt to the uallue of 22I8lb Tob :—