234Kent County Court Proceedings, 1668-1671.





         Liber B    Just some of three hundred twenty and flue pounds of good Marchable
               Tobacco and Caske according to the Acct of Asimbly to be paid at or
               on the 20th of October next Inseuing the datte hearof: for which
               aforsd some of tobacco well and treuly to be paid and done I the
               said Henry Stope my heairs or Asigns doe by thes presents bind ouer
               a Cow wth Calfe Web said Cow is Commonly Called Mall marked wth
               a hole in each eare & a swallow forke in the right yeare & under keald
               on the lift wch aforsd some of tobacco or Cow with Calfe is to be paid
               on the Iland of Kent the 10th of occtober as aforesaid as wittnes my
               hand the 21th of nouember r66o    Marke
               Teste Mich Billett      Henry H Stoope
                           John \Vincheser

                Whearas the Right Honnorable Charles Caluert Leut Generall of
               thes prouince dirickted a Commision to us Edward Lloyd & Henry
               Coursey for the hearing and reporting of a sartine differance betwext
               Mary Brodnox Complt and Capt Robert Vaughan Capt William
               Leeads Mr James Ringgould & Mr Nickholas pickard Comisioners of
               Kent County touching the setting free of on Sarye Tayler latte sar
               vant to the said Brodnox: In psuance of which Commision we the
               said Edward Lloyd & Henry Coursey did Sommons before us the said
               Compit and Commisioners and upon debatting the matter both ptyes
               did valluntary refer themselues to us the said Commisiors to Com
               pose and Arbretrate the said difference: and upon hearing and Con
               sidering the seuerall Allegations we doe for A fininall determination &
               Conclusion of the same Award that Each of the respecttiue Corn
               misioners pay unto the Compit Mary Brodnox two hundred & twenty
               pounds of good Casked Tobacco by the 20th of October next and
               she to pay the Charges   Edd LloydeL Loyde
               Datted the 7th of Junne 1662  Henry Coursey     day
               Vara Copia Teste Tobye Weells Clks

       Liber C Liber C, like the liber preceding it, is a combination of early record booklets.
               Presumably it was assembled in 1727 when the then clerk started a new series
               of land records by transcriptions from the early court books. A gap of six years
               separates its contents from those of the preceding liber. No folios have been lost
               in entirety since the numbering of them, but it is clear that several have become
               misplaced. Some folios were already missing when the present folio numbers
               were inserted.
                Folios I to 13 bear a uniform watermark and probably are a remnant of a book
               let of larger size. The first few entries were made by Clerk Tobias Wells in
               January, j668. After him the entries are by John Wright.
                Folios 14 to 54½ have a watermark differing from that of the previous group,
               and probably once formed a distinct booklet. Clerks John Wright, Disborough
               Bennett, and Peter Sayer bore their several shares in its making. Bennett began
               a group of vital-records entries in his time and his list received additions by later
               clerks up to z68o. A large number of these folios are much damaged by deteriora
               tion of the paper.
                Following folio 54½ the records show a gap of nearly four years in the suc
               cession of courts. Evidently the original records had already disappeared when