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August Court
1726
178 Pompey a negro Boy ^of Jn.o Fleming^ is adjudged by the Court to be of the afd of ten years of this term &c Somersett fs
faithfull Subject of Our Lord the King that now is and as a good true and faithfull subject of Our Said Lord the King and divers his predecessors Late King's and Queens of England from the time of his Nativity hath hitherto behaved and governed himselfe and of good name fame Creditt and Estimation as well among his Neighbours as all other faithfull subjects of our said Lord the King by al y.e time afd hath been Esteemed accounted & reputed and from all treasons Burgerys felonys thefts or such Like wicked or base Crime & from y.e procureing or abetting such Like wickedness or of y.e same in any maner noted or suspected by the whole Course of his life hitherto free Clear and wholy unsuspected hath abstained remained Lived and Continued by reason whereof y.e s.d Alex.d obtained the favour & good will not only of his Neighbours but of all Other faithfull subjects of our Lord the King to whome he was known nevertheless y.e afd Jn.o redish not Ignorant of y.e premises but Envying the happy Estate and Condition of the Same Alex.d and Malissiously Intending not only to ruin the good name fame Creditt and reputation of the same Allex.d & him into Hatred and Contempt among his neighbours to Cast But also to bring y.e s.d Allex.d in Manifest danger of Loosing his life the tenth day of June Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred & twenty five at the County afd within y.e Jur of this Court these falce feigned & aprobrious words & Lyes following in presents & hereing of Divers faithfull subjects of our s.d Lord y.e King did say afirm declare and with a high voice Publish with great heat and vehemousie you y.e s.d Alex.d viz.t you the afd Allex.d speaking to and meaning marked my Mothers (a Certain Eliz.a Crouch spaking of & meaning) ram in your marke where Ordered by the Court that William Roberts pay unto James Brookshire and W.m Paul the Sum of Sixty pounds of tobo Each for their attendance two days Each on behalf of the Lord prory against him they having made Oath to the Same &c Ordered by the Court that Thomas Davis pay unto John Kellem and John White Junr the sum of sixty pounds of tobacco each for their attendance two days as Evidence Each on behalfe of the Lord proprietary against him they having made Oath to the same &c |
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