Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665—66.    3

     Richard Duke aged 32 yeares or thereabouts and John Adwell aged Liber FF
    30 yeares or thereabouts Came into the Office now att St Marys on the
    foresaid 19th of January 1665, and deliuered in the aforesaid writ-
    inc. to which upon O2th they did testifye thc same to be truth and
    nothing but the truth, further declaringe the said Cattle and hoggs
    were in theire prsence by the said William Dorrington to the said
    William Groome deliuered accordingly as is aboue exprest
                                      Daniel Jenifer

     Antony Le Compt Came the 20th day of January and desired the
    mark of his hoggs may be entred on Record which as as fofl:
    Slitt and halfe Cropt of both the Eares uery low

    January 25th
     Wm Hempsted dds writt agst Abraham Rowse in an accon upon
    his Case to the uallue of Two thowsand fowre hundred & seauenty
    pounds of tob: warrt to she?: st marys County ret: 3d Apr: next

     The said Hempsted dds writt of Summons for Thomas Browne & [p. 196]
    Eliz: Horne to testifye in ditto Causo: upon perill of forfeiting ditto die
    flue hundred pounds of tobacco each prson in Case they appeare not
     Summons to sherr: of St Marys County to warne &c: ret: 3 Aprill
    next Prouinall Court

     Marks Pheypo demands writt agst Gasper Guerin in an accon of February
    tresspass upon the Case to the uallue of Six thowsand pounds of 12th
    tob: & Caske
     Warrt to sherriffe of St Marys County to Arrest &c: Ret: 3d Apr
    next prouinall Court

     Caecilius &c: Whereas Mary Bateman the Executrix of John Bate-
    man Esq late of Caluert County decd did in Our Prouinall Court
    held the fifth day of January 1665 pray that all accompts what-
    soeuer to be giuen in by her the sd Executx of the Estate of her said
    decd husband may bee Audited by two or more persons by us ap-
    pointed in the said Court before Returne made thereof as afore-
    said, Wee doe therefore hereby will and require yow Thomas Tru-
    man Thomas Nottley Thomas mannyng and John MoreCroft gent
    or any two of yow, that at the place and time appointed by the said
    Mary Bateman, yow dilligently ueiwing all papers whatsoeuer that
    shall be brought before yow Concerning the bussiness aforesaid
    yoW send a Report thereof under yor handes & seales to the next
    Prouinall Court held at st marys on the 3d day of Apr next ensueing
    the date hereof, and doe hereby further appoint and Authorize yow
    to Examine upon Oath and take depositiones of such persons that
    cann giue Euidence in relacon to the prmisses aforesaide

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