Kent County Court Proceedings, 1675-1676.343




        The Jurys Charge                     Liber C
     Gentlemen of the Jury yow shall dilligently & truly Iuquiry make
    into the business now depending betwixt Edward skidmore plt &
    Thomas Lewis dft without ptiallity favour or any other by respect
    but to the best of yor Contions deliur in yor verdict according to yor
    Evidence so help yow God
        The Jurr verdict
     Wee heere of the Jury Do finde for the Dft
                       John wells foreman
     This Jury findeing for the dft This Court Doth Order a Non sute
    agst the plt with Costs of sute else Execucon

     Wheareas Edward swettnam brought a servant to Court named [fol. 73]
    Edward Ayres that came in without Indentures & is Judged by the
    Court tht he is twelue yeares old This Court doth order tht the sd
    servant doe serue according to the Act of Assembly

     It is ordered by this Court tht Robert Hood doe pay fower hun
    dred pounds of Tobb for makeing a false returne of a writt against
    Arthur wright.

     Wheareas it is Ordered by this Court tht mr willm Lawrence &
    mr disboro Bennett with the shirriff & Clrke, doe meete at the house
    of Peter Harrison & secure so much of the estate of Alexander
    Towerson late of this County deed (as it was appraised) as will
    Amount to the suth of Tenn Thowsand two hundred Nynty & six
    pounds of Tobb the said Tobb belonging to the two orphants of the
    said Alexander Towerson, wch said Goodes once knowne & reed by
    yoW & an Inventary thereof taken; tht yow put them into the posses~
    sion of the abouesd mr William Larrance & when yoW haue soe donn
    tht yow Cause the Clrke to Certifie us of yor pceedings at the next
    Court to be holden for ths County

     mr disboro Bennett recordeth his marke for the futher wch is over
    keeld & under keeld on both eares the Right eare Cropt

     Mr disboroe Bennet recordeth a yearling Heifer Giuen by him
    to Lettis the daughter of John & Annikin Dabb, markeed over keeld
    & under keeld on th left eare, over keiki underkeild Crupp & slitt
    in the Cropp on the right eare, & if the Lettis should dye before day
    of Marriage, or Age, the sd Heifer with her female Increase to goe
    to John Mecenny her half brother

     Mr disboro Bennet recordeth a Cow calf with her female Increase,
    giuen by him to Charles the sunn of Edward & Ann Lowder marked
    with a flower deluce, on the right eare, & a swallow forke on the
    left eare.