Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.225







   to read: and said youe disimbling Jade what doe youe doe with a Liber B
   booke in youre hand, & further saith not Joseph Newman
     Whearas Complaint hath binne made before use by Sarah Tayler
   seruant to Capt Thomas Brodnox that hur sd Mr hath Correckted hur
   when he hade no Caus at all as itt hath apeared before use by the
   tistimony of Joseph Newman: and when he hade Caus Correcked
   hur aboue Measiour as it dide apeare by the veiw of Capt Rob
   Vaughan and two other Commisioners to whom she shewed the
   Impresion of the blowes receued from hur said Master Capt Brod
   nox: And thearfore we doe thinke fitt to discharge the said Sarah
   Tayler of hur Aprentiships: In regard of the Eminent Danger likely
   to Insew by the Invetterat Mallice of hur Master & Mistres toward
   hure
     Thearfore we doe by thes presents under oure hands and seales
   pronounce & declare that we haue fore the Causes aforesaid and other
   Causes to us Knowne Discharge the said Sarah Tayler the Aprentise
   of hur Aprentisehood thes 7th of August 1661
   Teste Me Tobye Wells Clks          Rob Vaughan
                                 Wm Leeads
                                 James Ringgold
                                 Nickholus pickard

   Att A Court Holden upon Kent the Second Day of September 1661 [fol. 103]
                       Psent Mr Edward Loyd     Counseller
         Capt Ro15: vaughan Mr William Coursey Commrs
         Capt William Leeads Mr Nickholas pickard

     Mr Joseph Weekes & William Hemsley sworne in Court
     Saith That John Stowell Confest a Judgment of three hundred
   pounds of Tobaco dew to Mr Thomas Hinson and that theare wase
   ann Order past for it & further saith not    Wm Hemsley
                               Josh Weekes

     Know all men by thes presents that I Thomas Brodnox doe ordayn
   and apoynt my loueing wife Mary to be my trew & lawfull atturny
   to sewe and Implead Sarah Tayler in my behalf & what she shall doe
   in my Behalf Bind my self to ratify and Conferm as if I my self
   ware parsonally present Wittnes my hand thes Second Day of Sep
   tember 1661                  Thomas T Brodnox
   Teste Tobye Weells

   Capt Tho: Brodnox By his atturny plant
   Sarah Tayler defendant:
     Whearas the plant pettit to thes Court that Sarah Tayler did take
   a falce oath in Court to theire Great Indamagmt and produced some
   depositions in Court which thes Court finds not suffitient to proue







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