78Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.





          Liber B  The Counstables prsentmt
                I prsent vnto This Court Mary Hartwell The Now Wife of Mr
               Josiph Wickes for Bringing vp A Bastard Vpon The Island And
               Charging Mr Wickes with The Begiting of the Child
                                              By me Jo: Elles

          [fol. 2] I prsentt vnto This prsent Courtt Capt Russell And John Gibson
               for fighting on The Lords Day
                                              By me Jo: Elles

                I prsentt vnto This prsentt Courtt Mr Ward for want of Planting
               one Acre of Corne According to An Actt of Assembly And I
               prsentt Will~ Leeds for falling shortt half e an Acre And I prsentt
               John Deare for Planting no Come By me Jo: Elles

                The Courtt Doth order That These prsons Aboue sd Be somond
               To The Next Courtt Capt Russell exsepted Bereson no proufe
               Appeares:

                The Depossetion of Tho: South examend in Court sworne saith
                That About Octobr last yor Deponant Being prsentt when Mathew
               Reed did villifie Mr Hinson in saying he ether gott his liueing by
               Cheating & Cossening ut by shar king And Cossoning And further
               saith not                        Tho: South

                The Depossetion of Isack Iliue sworne in Court saith
                That he Did here Mathew Reed say That Mr Hinson Did gitt
               his liueing by shifting sharking And Cossoning And furthe saith
               Nott                                 Is Iliue

                Henery Clay being alsoe Deposed in Court Doth Aferm The same
               That Mr Iliue hath verbatam      hen  Clay
                                                his signe:

                A refence granted in 3 severall Actions Two between Mr Hill &
               mr Carlien & one between Hen Ashley & Mr Hill: To The next
               Court: And alsoe one between mr Wickes & Mr Hinson

               Recorded This 18th of Jenivary 1656
                These prsence witneseth That I Robt Martin of The Isl of Kent in
               The provence of Maryland Doe Bind And Ingadg my silfe my heires
               Exsecutrs Admenestratrs or Assignes vnto Math Reed his heires
               Exsecutrs Admenestratrs or Assignes All my wholl Croop of Tobacco
               which I Made vpon my land This prsent yeare That is now in my
               Possetion with all my wholl stoke of Cattell And my Planttation
               And housing with all prviledgis There to belonging being all for
               security: vntell Payment be well And Truly Made by me vnto The
               sd Math Reed of fower Thousand Two hundred lb of good Mar
               chantable Tob: in leafe And Caske or There abouts: And I doe by