Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.135





   upon the Record of Kent beaninge date 26th of Sept 1656 WCh Illegall Liber B
   & unjust Actions of purpose to Beguile & utterly to Defeate yor petr
   of his Just Right & Intrest to the Plantacon afore said.
     The prmices Considered Your Petr humbly Craues this Honble
   Court to grant order, tht yor petr may be reposest wth the aforesd
   Land soe farr as It may appeare wth Law, Equity, or Justice, to be
   yor petrs Right, And tht the aforesd Iliue or South, or any other,
   tht haue by any uniust or Illegall wayes or menes beene the occa
   tion of yor petrs disposion or detention of his just Right & Title from
   him may bee likewise ordered by this Court to pay such Cost and
   damage As yor petr can justly prone tht hee hath sustained, either
   by their unjust molestacon or possescon or illegall detencon of the
   afore sd Land and pay Cost of suite And as in Duty bound yor Petr
   shall euer pray &c.

     Elizabeth Clay sworne 19th day of July 1658 upon Interogatiues
     are Annexed hereunto
     To the first Interrogatory shee Answareth affirmitiuely
     To the second tht Francis Brookes, mt Morgan & mr Ringgold
   were there, shee answareth allsoe affirmatiuely.
     To the 3d whether Iliue gaue posion or noe, shee knoweth not But
   saith tht Fran: Brookes demanded posen.
     To the 4th Concerninge Iliues answar, shee remembreth not, only
   tht the Iliue denyed him posion.Eliz: B Clay: her marke

     That About 6 or 7 yeares since whether or noe you ware not At
   the house of Isacke Iliue all tht time tht Francis Brookes & mr Mor
   gan & mr Ringgold was there & whether the 5d Iliue did in tht time
   giue the said mr Brookes Posion: And allsoe to declare what mr
   Iliues answar was to the sd mr Brookes.
   John Salter PIt.                         [fol. 39]
   Tho: South Deft. J
     The Plantife demands the Plantacon upon Beuer Necke Formerly
   belonginge to John Greffam & Forfited to the Lord propriatory: by
   his Rebellion & Treason, And produces a spetiall wart FrO his Lorps
   to the Gouerr bearinge date the 26th August 1651 to passe a grant
   of the sd plantacon to the sd Brookes, From whom the sd Salter
   deriueth his Title by Convayance. The Deffendt alledges he hath a
   Convayance from Isacke Iliue who was possesed of the sd Land by
   vertue of A wart upon the Condicons of Plantacons granted by Capt
   Stone, & tht A Cirtificat of survay. was thereupon returned 18th
   August 1650 whereupon they Joyne Issue.
     Therefore It is Considered by the Court tht the wart pleaded by
   the deffendt Could not by vertue of any Conditions of plantacons
   be surveyed upon any Land Formerly escheated to his Lorps. The
   Court doth therefore Judge that the Land Convayed by Brookes to
   the Plant, bee by the Shirniffe put into his possescö & that the Defen