1 114Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.





       Liber B     Att a Court houlden for kent This first of sept 1657
                     prsent Mr Phill: Conner Comander

                             Mr Tho: Ringgold
                             Mr Tho: Hinson
                             Mt Hen: Morgon Commissiors
                             Mr Hen: Carlien

                The Depossetion of Mr Tho: Bradnox Aged 58 yeares or There
              abouts Taken in Court sworne examend & saith
                That somtime in July in the yeare 1654: John Salter Desierd yor
              Dept And Roger Baxter to witnes to An Agrement for A Plantta
              tion That John Salter Bought of MY frances Brookes of Maryland:
              which P!anttation is Comonly Cald By The name of Beuer Necke
              vpon The Is! of kent: And There Bargon And Agrement was as fol
              loweth: That the Afore sd brookes was to giue And Deliuer vnto The
              Afore sd John Salter peasable And quiet Possetion of The Afore
              Planttation And to giue him A good & suffitient Confermation for
              the sd land And That he would !ikwise Defend And saue harmies
              The A fore sd salter his Exsecutrs or Assignes for ever from all
              prsons what soe ever That should by Any Clayme or Tytell Molest
              Dessturb or Disquiet The sd salter his Exsecutrs or Assignes in his
              Peaseable or quiet Possetion And in Joyment of The Afore sd Plant
              tation in Consederation of The A fore sd Agremt well And Truely to
              be prformed by The   Brookes The sd John his Exsecutrs or As
              signes was to pay vnto The          Brookes his Exsecutrs or Assignes
              Three Thousand tb of good Conditioned Tobacco & Caske: which
              som of Tobacco was to be payed fifteen hundred lb of Tobacco After
              The sd salter had Possest the Planttation in maner & forme as
              Afore sd one yeare wch was to be in the yeare 1655 And The other
              fifteen hundred in the yeare 1656 This was The full Agrement be
              twext Them And further sayeth not/  Tho: T Bradnox
                                         his signe

                The Depossetion of Roger Baxter Aged 46 or There Abouts Taken
              in The prsence of The Court/
                That The sd Baxter Doth Aferme The same That is in Mr Brad
              nox Oath verbatum & further sayth not    Roger R B Baxter
                                         his signe

                The Depossetion of Capt Robt Vaughan saith
                That About som 6 or 7 yeares since yor Dept had sent vp severall
              Pattens for land vnto him: And Amungst The Rest yor Dept Did
              alwayes Take to be A patten for Zachery Wade & Isack Iliue for
              Bever necke: And did demand of MY Henery Morgon payment for
              serten fees dew to Mr Hatten: which he did alwayes was for A Patten
              for Bever Necke: But fir Hatten did deny The same/
                                               Robt Vaughan