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Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675. Liber N N John Howard (sealed) the marke of Edward Dorsey (sealed) John Durden (sealed) Richard Beard (sealed) the marke of Abraham Chilld (sealed) DaniellTaylor(sealed) Maren Duuall (sealed) Wm Roper (sealed) John Beard (sealed) the marke of Richard Bedworth (sealed) R Which being read and heard it is the judgment of the Court here this ninth day of ffebruary in the yeare aforesaid that the Said ffifty acres of land whereof the Said John Clarke dyed Seized of is escheated to the Lord Proprietary for want of heire. Upon the Petition of James Hall and Rowland Soly That they embarked themselves from New England to this Province On board the Betty Ketch James Allison master and had contracted with the said Master for forty Shillings apeice for each of their respective passages of which said summe they have already paid thirty Shillings & agreed with the master to pay him five hundred pounds of tobacco as full satisfaction for the residue of the aforesaid summe of mony which said tobacco also they have severall times tendered according to contract notwithstanding the said Master hath privily & under- hand sold them to One Michaell Catterton to serve according to the Custome of the Country whereby they are in danger unjustly to be made Servants for five yeares to their unspeakeable prejudice and damage. Whereupon they pray the Honble the Governour would be pleased to interpose his authority to prevent so great injury that they may follow their imployment without molestation or hinder- ance & use their best industry for their Livelihoods—Underneath which Petition was written thus. In case you desire to be releived as in ye Petition is sett forth you must pTferre this Petition at the next Provinciall Court and have there such wittnesses ready as will make appeare what is alleadged in the abovesaid Petition and you may have justice done you. Charles Calvert. January 10th 1675. Att which said next Provinciall Court to witt the tenth day of ffebruary in the yeare aforesaid came the Petitioners & exhibited the said Petition which being read & heard and the Court here p.32 haveing heard what the Petitioners could say for themselves and Wm Twisse & Wm Dare being examined in the premisses It is the judgment of the Court here that the Petitioners are free untill the said Michael Catterton make appeare to the Contrary. Upon the Petition of James Bill alias Ellis That he Came into this Province the 17th day of October Anno Dom 1671 in the Shipp |
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