156Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.








          Liber B John Meconnikin hath turned ouer unto John Jenkins six hundred
              Pounds of Tot5 & Caske tht is due to him from the County the nex
              yeare, And to be Cast in to the Leuy wch is now owned in Court
                                      Teste me, John Cowrsey Clk

                Thes Presents Bindeth me Nicholas wadilo of the County of north
              Hampton in Virginia to deliuer unto Thomas Bradnox his Heires or
              Assignes upon the Isle of Kent in the Prouince of mariland at or
              before the last of Dec. next ensuinge the date hereof two suffitient
              men Saruants, wth all such necessary Clothinge & Bedinge as is accus
              tomary belonginge to saruants tht are Trancported into this Country
           this not under the Age of Eighteene And not exceedinge thirty, And like
         Condicon wise not lesse then lower or flue yeares to serue for his Apprentes
         ownd in ship or Longer time if it be doe from. the sd saruant for his Trans
           Court portac & to the true performance here of I bind me my Heires or
              Assignes will truly pforme as witnesse my hand this 22th of June
              1658                  Nicholas N wadilo
              Testes John Russell        his marke
                   william W williams
                             his marke

                Recd this 15 day of Dec 1658 by me John Russell of Capt Thö
              Bradnox for A mare fole unto Nicholas wadeloe of Acamacke in
              Verginia the Just some of two Thousand Eight hundred Pounds of
              Tob & Caske I say reed the day & yeare aforesaid
              Rest due 40                     me John Russell
              Acknowledged in open Court    Teste me. John Cowrsey

                To all that shall see theis pTsents, or heare thm to be Read Sr
              Richard Chiuerton Knight Lord Maior of the City of London, & the
              Aldermen or Senatrs of the same Citty send greetinge Knowe yee
              that on the day of the date hereof there appeared, & psonally came,
              into the Court holden before us, in the Chamber of the Guildhall of
              the said Citty, Henry Hide of the Parish of Bennet Pauleswharfe
              London waterman, Aged sixty six years or there abouts, & Henry
              Bicke of the Parish of St Andrew in the wardrobe London waterman,
              Aged Fifty Fower yeares or there abouts beinge persons well knowne
              & worthy of good Creditt, who upon their Oaths, upon the Holy
              Euangalists of Almighty God before us then & there solemnly taken
              & made did say depose & Testifle for undoubted truth, That they
              haue knowne & beene Familiarly acquinted wth Robert Browne of the
              Parish of Margrets in Westminster in the County of Midd water
              man For the space of thirty yeares or more now last past, And did
              likewise well well know & ware familiarly acquinted wth one Nicholas
              Browne (who about Twenty Fower years since went hence into Ver
              ginia, and (as they heare) is there Latly decsd for diuers years before