108Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.








          Liber B This bill bindeth me James Hornor of The Island of kentt Plant
          [fol. 27] 29th ter my heires Exsecutrs Admenestratrs to pay or Cause to be payed
          Recorded vnto Henery Clay of The same place one Thousand pounds of good
               Marchantable Tobacco in leife And Caske And Three Barells of good
               Indian Corne to be payed at or The Tenth Day of Nouember next:
               And for The Better secuering of The Afore sd Debt: I doe Bind
               ouer my Croop of Tobacco & Corne Vnto henery Clay or to his
               Assignes And for The True prformance hereof I have here unto sett
               my hand This 28th of July 1657/  Ja: Hornor
               Witnes                     his: signe:
                             Tho South
                            Jo: Salter
                            his :Marke:

       first August John Gibson his Marke is The Right eare Cropt & a hoole in it
               And A peece Cut out vnder: The Left A hoole & A swollow Teyell:

                Att a  Court houlden for kent the first Day of August 1657
                     prseflt Mr Phill Conner Comander
                            Mr Thomas Ringgold
                        Mr Tho: Hinson       Commissiors
                        Mr Hen Morgon

                 Whereas Mr Henery Carlien the prsent sheriffe of This County
               Doth Desier to be Desmist of his Office: The Court hath Therefore
               In his Rom elected And Made Choyse of John Winchester for high
               sheriffe This prsent yeare pvided That he put in such Bond with
               security as the Court shall Approue of att The next Court houlden
               for kent the first of Septembr at The Election of Burgisis/

                 John Ringgold sworne sayeth
                 That the Cow That John Deare Did Deliuer to Edw: Hull for
               Mr faster was a Blakesh Culler with a browne lest on her backe
               And a whietesh Teyell & A whiet Vdder And for her eare marke
               was in ech eare A hoole: And a peece Taken out of the vper part of
      The eare like an ouer keell:             John Ringgold

                Edw: Hull sworne sayeth
                 That John Deare Did Deliuer vnto yor Dept A Cow for the Vsse
               of Mr faster: which was Markt as followeth: The Right eare ouer
               keeld And a hoole: The left eare A whoole And a nicke vnder neeth
               vpwards Towards the hoole of a blakesh Culler with a browne lest
               vpon the Backe Browne eares Browne nosse And Browne Vdder And
               Whietesh before the Vdder And one whiet fetlooke behind on The
               Right futt: with a whietesh Teylle And one whiet place on The
               Dewlap as if it had ben with a Roop/ And yor Deponant Did demand
               of The sd Deare how old The Cow was And he Answerd That it