Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.211







    Mr Joseph Weeks the Atturny of Mr Leeake haue Craued a Refer- Liber B
   ence which the Court hath Granted and hath apoynted Mt Weeks to
   bringe his Euidence to the Court beinge apoynted the first Day of may
   next wheare W Browne or his Attur are also to make thayre
   Apearance

    Ann Doob Ann Hill & Catheren Gammer sworne in Court saith
    That Elesabeth Lockett begunn hur Laboure on teusday night and
   so Remained tell wensday night and about Cooke Crowing she wase
   Deliuered and all that euer she Confest wase that it wase thomas
   Brights Child and your Deponants asked hur wt hur master Dide to
   hure in the husks in the tobaco house and she answered so well as
   she could that hur master Did butt tickell hur and we Cauld hur into
   the sheed wheare Mistres blunt and Ann Doob Examiened hure
   agayne and bade hure speak the Trewth and kathern Gammer heard
   us and all that Euer she Confest wase that she neuer knew any other
   mane in three quarters of a yeare and that she neuer knew hur Master
   but by his face and Hands and that the Child wase goote when hur
   Master wase att Seueren wheare that night thomas Bright would
   not goe to beed butt lay upon the forme and when the saruants wase
   aslepe he came to the beed to hur and that night the Child wase goote
   and when the Childs heed wase in the Birth Mrs Blunt tooke the booke
   and swore hure & all that she said it wase thomas Brights Child and
   further saith not             signum
                              Ann Doobe
                              Catheren Gammer
                              Ann Hill
    Sarah Tourson sworne in Court
    Saith That she cann Remmember nothing but that she still cried
   oute on thomas Bright and further saith not
                                 the marke of
                              Sarah    Tourson

    Elesabeth Lockett sworne in Court saith that Thomas Bright wase
   the father of hure Child and no other mane but himself and that
   theare wase a peace of Munny brooken betwext theme and that he
   promised hur Mariege before the Child wase gott and further saith
   not                   the marke of
                      Elesabeth Lockett

    Whearas Elesabeth Lookett and thomas Bright hath binn plainly
   Convicted for basterdy the Court passinge Judgment that the said
   Elesabeth should haue twenty lashes on hur backe well layd on she
   hath Craued the bennefett of the Act of Indemnity which the Court
   doth grant and doth order that Thomas Bright shall pay the Chargges
   that did Inshue by thayre unlaw full doinge and Cost of seut only the