62 Kent County Court Proceedings, 1648-1656.








          Liber A That his losse and damadge, sustained by Gyles Bleake in the non
               performance of Condition, the fetchinge, or looseinge, of his sloope
               & boat and also the sloope beeinge almost made unseruiceable as yor
               deponent is Credibly Informed, hee doth auere & depose tht his
               dathagc is no lesse thcn Foure thousand pounds of tobacco, Or tht
               hee is dameniffied by the sd Blake the Full value of foure thousand
               pounds of tobacco, and of all the forementioned sloops hire, and
               other dathages, hath Receiued no part or parcell and further saith not
                                             mr Tho:  Cole
                                                 his marke

                 The plaintiffe hauinge made appeare to the Court by suffissient
               Euidence that there is Justly due to him, out of the Estate of
               Gyles Bleak Foure thousand pounds of tobacco,
                 The Court doth therefore Order that prsent payment shall bee
               made out of the Estate of Gyles Bleake desseassed Foure thousand
               pounds of Tobacco and Caske to the said mr Thomas Cole els
               Execution

                 The depossition of Wm Price aged 30 yeares or theareabouts
               taken in Court the first of May 1656 sworn Examined & saith
                 That mr Hinson Came to yor deponent about an hower within
               night, & desired him & John Salter to prisse twoe Cowes & a yearlinge
               heifer, wch belongd to mr Brounes Estate, & at tht prseflt wee beeinge
               by the fire side, in Salters house mr Hinson Askt us if wee knew the
               Cattell; & when wee saw them; & yor deponent ansrs tht hee saw thm
               not since sunday last, & then the weare well, & heareupon hee gaue us
               Or Oath, by the firesid, & then appointed us to goe forth togather and
               prisse thm, to the best of or knowledge, and wee prissed the twoe
               Cowes at Eleuen hundred and the heifer at twoe hundred; & further
               saith not;
                                          Signu~ Wm Price
                 The depossition of Jno Salter aged 32 yeares or theareabouts
               taken in Court the first of May 1656 sworne examined & saith
                 The same verbatum exprest in the fore goinge depossition only
               exepted that wheareas Wm Price hath this Expression, tht hee sawe
               thm not since sunday last; but yor deponent Concerninge see inge of
               thm, had not seene the Cattell of a longe tyme beefore, but mr Hinson
               sayd the Cowes weare those twoe Cowes, tht yor deponent had in his
               possession the last sumer & further saith not;
                                          Sign Jno Sater

                 This bill byndeth mee James Homer my heires Executrs Admini
               or Assignes to pay unto mr Henerie Morgan his heires Executors or
               Assignes the Compeat quantitie of Fiue hundred pounds of good
               sound marchantable tobacco & Caske to Containe the same due to bee
               payd upon the Isle of Kent at or beefore the tenth day of Octobr next