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Chattels Land and Tennements for their Maties uses &ca the Condicon

of this Recognizance is Such That if the afd Tho. Oxford Shall make

his p^rsonall appearance at y^e two next Succeeding Courts & there abide

Such Corporal punishm^t as this day is awarded agt the sd Oxford by

an order of Court and that in the meantime & dureing the Courts

pleasure to be of the good behavio^r & abearance to all their Maties liege

People of this province & also pay the tobacco as p^r sd Ord^r with Cost

of Sute &ca. that then the aforesd Recognizance to be void & of none

effect otherwayes to be & remaine in full power force & vertue

                                                 order y^e Jurors fees

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Their Maties agt                         The said Hester being p^rsented

Hester Jones dft }                      by the Grand Jury this day appeared

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~                          the matter being debated &ca.

Ordered by the Wor^ll Court that Hester Jones wife of Anthony

Jones give good Security for her good behavio^r during y^e Crts pleasure

Whereupon Came Anthony Jones afd & his Securities Swan Swanson

& the sd Anthony did by Recognizance confess himself to be indebted

to their Maties the Sum of tenn pounds Sterling money & the said

Swan & Edward in the Sum of five pounds Sterling a piece like money afd

all due to be levied on their good & Chattels Lands & Tennements

for their Maties uses &ca - - - The Condicon of this Recognizance

is such that if the Said Hester Jones Wife of the above bound Anthony

Jones be of the good behavio^r & abearance to all their Maties liege

People of this Province dureing this Courts pleasure & also pay all

Cost of Sute , that then this Recognizance to be void & of none effect

otherwayes to be & remaine in full power force & Vertue —

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Ordered by the Wor^ll Court that Alexander Maddux Overseer of their

Maties highwayes forthwith Sufficiently repair & mend Esq^re

Layfields Bridge - - - - - - - - - - -

George Layfield Esq^re plt           Agreed in Court y^e plt [looseing] his

John Rust Defend^t - -}             debt y^e Dft paying all Charges

Wm Henderson plt         Somerset County Ss Joseph Staton late of Somerset

Joseph Staton dft }       County Planter was Attached to answer unto Wm

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~           Henderson of a plea of debt. &ca. __________

And whereupon the sd Wm by Rob^t Pirrie his Attorney Saith that whereas

the sd Joseph y^e Seventh day of Jan^ry in the year of o^r Lord 1692/3 at Monokin

within the Jurisdiction of this Court by a Certain Bill Obligatory which

the sd Wm. under the hand & Seal of the sd Joseph bringeth here into Crt

the date whereof is the day & year afd did acknowledge himSelf to be bound

[to] the sd Wm in the full & just Sum of two thousand five hundred pounds

[of] good Sound Merchantable tobacco & Caske to be paid to the Said William at

[or] before the 10^th day of October in the year of o^r Lord God 1694 Nevertheless

[the] sd Joseph the sd Sum of 2500 pounds of tob. as afd according to the

tenour of the Said Bill to the Sd Wm he hath not pd but hath hitherto