Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.205





     Elexander Mancater and Daniell glouer doth make apeare unto Liber B
   thes Court that theare is Due unto them as a gifte frome my lord on
   hundred Acurs of land for thayre transportinge themselus into thes
   prouince thes Court doth thearf ore order that they shall haue thayre
   land in any pt of thes prouince not yet taken up or Reserued for his
   Lordships use

   Richard Blunt sworene in Court
     Saith he lent Thomas Reade a bottell of pouder the pare of shuse
   ware for a knett paire of gloues he had of his wife the 6o pounds of
   tobaco wase for time that tho: Reade detracted out of his seruis and
   made it his owne the thre summer dayes werke wase two dayes he
   tended the Court and the other dayes worke wase he went to Mathew
   Reads to looke after a Cow for which the Court doth order payment
   out of the estate of the said Thomas Reede elc execution

     Robert Martine Jenio: sworne in the behalf e of Elesabeth Lockett
     Saith that he Cannot Remmember that thare wase any Munye
   broken betwext thomas Bright and the said Elesabeth to the best of
   his knowledg and farther saith not the marke of
   Teste Me Tobye wells Clk    Robert Martine

     The Examination of Fransis Nash sworne and examined in Court
     Saith that about the midell of summer thes deponant wase goinge
   with Robert martine and Thomas Bright towards goodman Martins
   house thes deponant heard the said Bright say tht theare wase a peace
   of Munye Broke betwext hime and Elesabeth lockett and further
   saith not                       the mark of
   Jurat quorum Me                Fransis Nash
       Will: Coursey

     Whearas John Bennett Marriner did f rely giue all his Cattell upon
   Kent to me Margrett Marsh if he neuer Came heare againe into
   thease parts as apeares by two depositions: And Whearas at A pro
   ventiall Court holden at providence the 11th of Aperell 1657 hath
   thaut fltt & ordered that all the said Cattell formerly belonging to
   John Bennett with theire Increase shuld be recorded for the Use of
   Margrett Marsh: Which Cattell being uppon Kent Looked after by
   John Ringgould & James Ringgould being recorded partickoulerly
   as is hearafter Expresed, the first Six Cowes the second three: thre
   yeare ould heifers, the third: two: two yeare owld heifers the fourth
   on yearline heifer: the fift two Steares of two years ould apeace the
   sixt thre stears of thre years old apeace the seuenth on Steare a lettell
   younger the aeight on bull the ninth on steare of a yeare ould the tenth
   flue Suckinge Calues: And I the said Margrett Marsh haueing taken
   the said Cattell into my possesion I do bind my self e my heirs ExeqU