90      Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.

           Liber B The Deposetion of Elizabeth Clay Aged 34 or There Abouts
           [fol. 9] sworne And Examend saith:

                 That somtime in October or There Abouts: Math Reed being at
               Mt Souths house Cald Math Reed Knaue And sd he would proue him
               soe And further sayeth NotE
               Jurat Corum mee
                           Will Elleoyett

                 Hen Clay & Is: Iliue sworne in Court sayeth The Very same
               Words Verbatum with Elizabeth Clay Is: Iliue
                                                hen   Clay
                              his signe
         2th of febry Be it knowen vnto all men by These ptsence That I francis Brookes
             56    of The County of st Maryes in The pvence of Maryland Gentellman
               &c: for good Concederation in hand Reed doe Acknowledg my silt e
               to haue sould vnto Tho: Hinson in The County of kent in The
               pvence A fore sd To him his heires Exsecutrs Admenestratrs or As-
               signes A planttation vpon The hsl of kent Cald Bever Neck being
               by servay Two hundred Acres more or les: And Doe bind my silfe
               my heires exsecutrs Admenestratrs And Assignes fermly by These
               prsence to warrant And keep indemnified The sd Hinson his heines
               Exsecutrs Admenestratrs And Assignes from Any Person on prsofls
               what soe ever: he or They yealding And Paying The Accustomed
               Rent Vnto The Proprietr: And further more I doe inioyne my silfe
               To Deliuer vnto The Aboue sd Hinson or his Assignes quiet Pos-
               setion Thereof within Three Mounths After The dayt hereof And
               to The true intent And meening hereof without Couen or fraud:
               haue here vnto sett my hand And seall This 26th of septt 1656
                Signed Scald And  frã Brookes
                 Delierd in The Prsence of his signe:
                            Well Michell
                            J ohn Sutton


           (*)      Att a Courtt houlden for Kent the 19th of Nobr 1657
                            mr Edw: Loydd
                           prsantmr Sath: Withers
                           mr Phill: Conner
                           mr Tho: Ringgold
                           Capt Josh: Wickes:
                           mr Henry Morgan

                 Whereas Math: Read Complained unto this Courtt that mr Tho:
               Hynson had much Iniured the sd Read wch hee macketh appere one
               the otther side of this Leffe by neggleckt of the sd Hynson in the

                 * This court minute is an interpolation by Clerk William Leeds, who placed it
               here probably because it relates directly to a previous entry by Clerk Hinson on
               this same folio.