194    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

             Liber A To the Worshipfull Commissioners of Charleses County
                     The humble Petition of James Lee Sheweth
                     That your Petitioner hath bin at the Charge of buriing ursula
                    Lenton and is yet unsatisfied for his Charges therfor your Petitioner
                    Craueth the Court to Consider of this Accout and to Councell Mr
                    Pope to defray the funerall Charge with Cost and charge of suit &
                    your Petitioner shal pray
                     2 lb of Pouder                          20
                     2 bottels of drames                     15
                     for boat hire and hands to fetch the beer300
                     36 yards of black Ribining at 12 lb per yard     432
                     3 barrells of beer                     900
                                                            1677

                     Whearupon the Defendant deliuer unto the boarde thees interroga
                    tions and immediatly Craueth a Jurie requesting the bord to deliuer
                    the Plantiues Petition and thees ensuing instructions to the Jurie to
                    deliuer in ther verdit Concerning the Premisses which was accord
                    ingly performed

            [p. 194]    Instructions to the Jury by Mr Francis Pope
                   In    Primis To enquir wheather at an ordinary planters wifes funerall
                     it bee not Rediculous to shoote as usually thay doo at a young
                     soldiers death or other Commanders in War
                   2 to enquir wheather it bee Christian Like at the time of a funerall
                     for too or three neighbours to meet togeather and instead of
                     showing a mornfulnes for the los of their frind and neighbour to
                     turne of their bousing Cups to the quantitie of three barrells of
                     beeare to the valew of nine hundered pounds of tob
                   3 Wheather it bee not most unreasonable that James Lee for this
                     sam merry meeting shoold Charge three hundered pounds of tob
                     for boat and hand to fetch this same Drinke
                   4 To Enquir wheather it bee not absurd that the sayd Lee shoold
                     Charge the Administrator of the deceased with 36 yards of black
                     Ribbining at twelue pound per yard four hundered thirtie too
                     pounds of tob: when the whole world may immagin that it was
                     but a dolorous Countenance to Disguis his Reioyceing hart
                   5 Wheather that which a man doath of himself the good or ill success
                     doath not belong unto him, the sayd Lee hauing incurred all this
                     Charge of his owne head without any order:
                     The names of the Jurie men
                    Forman
                     Mr Thomas Hussey              Mr George Bradshow John Belaine
                    Mr Georg Harris George Pucket  Rich: Row
                    John Browne     Gils Glouer    Will: Hils
                    Mr Thomas Allonson             Francis Thorington Clement Theobals