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JOHN MOLL Pit -
Judgemt 0 :2 :6
CHRISTOPHER BARNES Deft
JOHN TEST Pit Judgemt debt 0 :2 :6
NEELES LAERSEN Deft
EDMUND CANTWELL PIt
Judgemt for @130 0 : 2 :6
NEELES LAERSEN Deft
OELE DIRKSEN PIt
Judgemt 0 :2:6
EUERT ALDRETS Deft
JEAMS SANDERLINS PIt
Judgemt 0:2:6
JOHN EDMUNDS Deft
March 12 1628
PETER JEGOU Pit Judgemt 0 :2 :6
LAURENTUS CAROLUS Deft
WILL: ORIAN PIt
JOH: D: HAES Deft
ord. of Cort 0 :2:6
JOHN TEST Pit Judgemt £0 :2:6
HANS PETERSEN Deft
EDMUND DRAUFTON PIt
DUNCKE WILLIAMES Deft
Judgemt 0:2 :6
JOHN SHACKERLY PIt
JAN CLASEN Deft } Judgemt 0 :2 :6
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RECORD OF
March 12 1628
PETER BACOM PIt - Judgemt 0 :2 :6
CAPT" BILLOP Deft
Carried to ye other syde £4:0:0 Brought ouer from ye other syde £4 : 0: 0
PETER JEGOU Pit
THO: WRIGHT &
Sentence 0 :2 :6
GODFRY HANCOK Defts
JAMES SANDERLINS PIt - Judgem! 0 :2:6
JOHN PEARS
DeftÌ
WILL: DARUALL PIt
JONAS NEALSON Deft
Judgemt 0 :2 :6
16%%
march 10
THOM: KERLY Pit Judgemt 0 :2 :6 GILLBERT WHEELER Deft S
ROBBARD DRAWTON PIt - Judgemt 0 :2 :6
GILLBERT WHEELER Deft j
ANDRIES BOEN Pit Judgemt 0 :2:6
EDWARD WILLIAMS Deft
FRANCIS STEEUENS PIt
Judgemt 0 :2 :6
CLAAES JANSEN Deft
HARMEN ENNIS Pit Judgemt 0 :2 :6
ANDRIES HOMMAN Deft
£5:0:0
The whole acct. of ye Cort fees or amerciaments amounts to £5 : or 200 gilde til this date as pr this records will more att Large appeare.
The Cort adjorned til ye 2ª Teusday in June next.
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UPLAND COURT.
8 June 1680
His Excelle Governo, Edmund Andros haueing Renewed ye Commission for the magistrates of upland County in Delowar River, ye same was Read publicqly att Upland ye 8th of June 1680; & stands hereunder Recorded viz!
(Copia)
SR EDMUND ANDROS Knt Lievt and
[Loco SIGILI] governo", Gener !! and vice admirall und? his Roy! Highnesse James Duke of Yorke and albany &c: of new Yorke & dependences &c in america, By vertue of the authority de- rived unto mee I: doe hereby in his mayties name Consti- tute appoint and authorize you M' Otto Ernest Coch MI Israll helm M' henry Jones, Mr Lawsa Cock and Mr Geo: Browne to bee Justices of ye Peace in ye Jurisdiction of Upland Court or County in Delowar River & dependences, and any three or more of you to bee a Court of Judica- ture giving you and Every of you full Power to act in ye sd Imployment according to Lawe and ye Trust Reposed in you, of wch all p"sons are to take notice, and give you the due Respect and obedience belonging to yo'. Places in dis- charging of yo's dutys.
This Commission to bee of force for ye: space of one yeare from the Date hereof or till further order. Given under my hand & Seale of the Province in New Yorke this 28th day of may annoq. Domini 1680
Past ye office (was subscryed) E. ANDROSS
MATTHIAS NICOLLS Secr:
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RECORD OF
8 June 1680
According to ye aforestanding Commission were sworne for Justices of ye Peace of Upland County Vizt
MR OTTO ERNEST COCH MR ISRAELL HELM
MR HENRY JONES
MR LAURENS COCK
M" George Browne not being prsent this Sessions, t'was ordered that notice hereof should bee sent him to appeare att ye next Court ;
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UPLAND COURT.
8 June 1680
Att a Court held att Upland in Delowar River on ye 24 Teusday being ye 8th day of ye month of June in ye: 32 Yeare of his mayties Raigne annoq Dom: 1680
MR OTTO ERNEST COCH
pīsent MR ISRAEL HELM
MR HENRY JONES 1 Justices
MR LAURENS COCK
JAMES SANDERLINS 1 PIt
HANNA SALTER Deft
The Pit demands of this deft by ballance of accompts ye
1 James Sandelands, who is so often mentioned in the Record, was one of the most conspicuous persons in the early history of Upland County. With a younger brother, whose name was Jonas, he came here from Scot- land, probably as early as 1672, and was a large holder of property on the river. He married Ann, the daughter of Urine Keen, and died the 12th of April, 1692, aged 56, leaving a daughter, Catharine Yeates, who was married to Jasper Yeates, a native of Yorkshire, England. Mr. Yeates was educated to the profession of the law, and afterwards became one of the Provincial Judges, and was the grandfather of Judge Yeates, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Sandelands also left another daughter, the wife of George Foreman, and the following minor children, James, Jonas and Christian, Mary and Lydia. James Sandelands, the son to whose liberality St. Paul's Church at Chester was much indebted, died in 1707, aged about 29 years, and his widow, Prudence, afterwards became the wife of Henry Munday.
The engraving which forms the Frontispiece to the Record, is taken from a mural tablet in St. Paul's Church at Chester. The tablet is mas- sive, and of gray sandstone, and is intereresting from the excellence of its execution, and as a specimen of early art.
Along its border in large and legible characters, are the words, "IERE LIES, INTERR-D TE BODIE OF JAMES SANDELANDS MAR- CHANT. JN UPLAND JN PENSILVANIA WHO DEPARTED HIS MORTAIL LIFE APRILE TE 12 16921 AGED 56 YEARS AND
' By the tablet being broken, there was chipped off a small piece which contained the year of death. In an attempt at restoration, the figures 1682 were cut instead of 1692.
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RECORD OF
8 June 1680
sume of twoo hundered & seven gilders, for weh he Craues Judgemt wth Costs ;
The deft ounes ye debt but desires some respit to get in ye wheat for pay The Court doe order Judgem! to bee En- terred agst ye deft for 207 gilders wth Costs, wth stay of Execution until next Courtday.
HENRY TREDWAY by witt: - warner his attorney
Pit
WITT: BEARD Deft
The PI demands of this deft: ye sume of 62 gilde
The deft: sayes to haue paid the debt by ye PIts order unto walter wharton deceased; ordered that the def: bring his witnesses att ye next Cort
JOHN TEST Pit Plt & deft. both absent JAMES CRAWFORD Deft
a nonsuit ordered agst ye P! and ye deft. in default ;
HIS WIFE ANN SANDELANDS." Its face is divided into two parts, the upper bearing in cipher the initials J. S. and A. S., the arms of the Sandeland family (Ar. a bend az.), and the representation of a plate, for which an inscription may have been intended. On the border dividing the two parts are carved the words VIVE MEMOR. LEHI FFUGIT HORA. The lower half contains many emblems of mortality, the Tolling Bell, the Passing Bell, the Empty hour Glass, the Skull and Cross bones, an upright coffin bearing on its sides the words " MEMENTO MORI," " TIME DEUM," and in either corner, crossed, a sceptre and mattock, and mattock and spade.
This tablet was removed to the exterior of the church many years since, in consequence of its interfering with some repairs, was there defaced with whitewash, and finally broken in half. Through the exertions of Dr. J. M. Allen, of Chester, it has been carefully cleaned, and placed in the vesti- bule of the new church (Deed Book A., p. 13. Court Minutes, 1692. " Petition of Prudence Munday, late Sandelands," West Chester .- Admin- istrations, 1708, Book B., p. 67, Philada.).
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UPLAND COURT.
8 June 1680
GUNLA ANDRIES Late wyfe -
Pit to Pieter andries deceasd
JONAS NIELSEN Deft
The Plt Sues to bee put in Lawfull Possession of some Land att Kingsesse according to Pattent from Govern! R: Nicols and Severall former orders of this Court wch Land is to this day by the Def: detayned ;
The debates of both partees being heard, & ye Pattent & former orders of Court Examined; The Court Doe confirme the former orders of this Court in that Case made and doe order the Sherrife to Put the Plt in Possession of ye Land according to Pattent & ye se former orders of this Court;
Capt". Edmund Cantwell was by the Co"t ordered to de- liver unto Laurens Cock the Pattents wch are in his hands belonging unto John Ashman & Sam: Jeckson for Land about duke' Creeke pursuant to his hono". ye Governo".s order:
Upon the Peticon of william Clarke, The Cort doe grant him Liberty to Cause a Resurvey to bee made of his 200 acres of Land in Nieshambenies Creeke ;
Upon the Peticon of Peter Cock senior, The Co" doe Grant him Liberty to take up twoo hundered acres of Land wch heretofore hath not ben granted taken up or Improoved, he seating & Improoveing the same according to orders & Regulacons of ye Governo".
Upon the Peticon of Neeles Jonassen the Court doe
1 Probably Duck Creek, Delaware.
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RECORD OF
,
8 June 1680
grant him Liberty to take up twoo hundered acres of Land wch heretofore hath not ben granted taken up or Improoved by others hee seating & Improoveing ye same according to Lawe & Regulacons ;
Upon the Peticon of Thomas fairman the Court doe grant him Liberty to take up twoo hundered acres of Land weh heretofore hath not ben Granted or taken up by others, hee seating & Improoveing the same according to orders Lawe & Regulacons ;
Upon the Peticon of Henry Jacobs the Co" doe grant him to take up twoo hundered acres of Land weh hereto- fore hath not ben Granted taken up or Improoved by others, hee seating & Improoveing ye same according to Regulacon & Lawe;
Upon the Request of moens Staecket The Court haue Released him of ye bond of Good behauior, whereunto hee was bound heretofore by the Cort wth this Caution that hee for the future behaues himselfe soe that no Just Com- plaint may arize against him on ye acct. of his future ill behauior.
Itt being Represented to ye Court by ye Constable an- dries homman, that Claes Cram Lives in adultery wth ye wyfe of Benk Salung, ordered that if ye Constable shall for ye future perceive or heare ye same any more that hee apprehend them & cause them to bee bound ouer to ye next Court.
Itt was this day by the Cort taken Into Consideracon ; &
171
UPLAND COURT.
.
8 June 1680
ordered that for ye defraying of ye Charges of this Courts sitting Each person shall pay Jearly one Scipple of wheat or 5 gilders according to former order & Practise, and also That all the arrier of ye former Jears bee delivered & brought unto Justice Otto Ernest att Tinnagcong Island, such as proove neglective to be fetched by ye Constable by way of restraynt.
Richard Noble ye Surveyor of this County of Upland this day made Returne in Co" of ye following surveys made for ye afternamed p"sons viz?
a survey for andries Boen of 200 acres of Land
for william Clayton 206 acres
for Christiaen Claess 100 acres
for andries Homman 200 acres
for will: woodmancy
100 acres
for Peter Nealson 200 acres
for william orian 150 acres
wich abovesd Surveys were by ye Co" approoved of, and Returned to ye office in New Yorke; for further Confir- macon by his hono! ye governo"
In Regard that upland Creeke where ye Court heitherto has sate is att ye Lower End of ye County; The Court therefore for ye most Ease of ye People haue thought fitt for ye future to sitt & meet att ye Towne of Kingsesse1 in ye Schuylkills.
1 Town of Kingsesse. The site of this place was probably in the im- mediate vicinity of the Swedish mill erected by Governor Printz near the Blue Bell tavern on the Darby Road.
172
RECORD OF
June 8 1680
Upon ye desire of Gunla Andries & hur husband Justice henry Jones desiering that a Certaine award & Returne of some p"sons heretofore by ye Co" appointed to view ye Lands & heare & determine ye difference about ye same betweene Peter andries decesed & Jonas neelsen may bee put upon Record, itt was by ye Co". granted, & itt being in dutch written is to bee Translated in English.
followeth ye Coppy of ye aboves. Paper : Translated & Recorded vizt
(Copia & Transl!)
On this day ye 4th of June 1673 at Kingsesse Att ye re- quest of Peter andries, and according to ye order of ye Laest Courtday ; ordering us to see & Judge of ye differ- ences & disputes of Land betweene ye sª Peter andries & Jonas Nielson of Kingsesse ; we underwritten haue, viewed betweene Lands & Lands ; and do according to o", conschien- ces & best knowledge award & Judge as followeth ; first a small garden or spot of Land Lying att ye Thrashhouse of Jonas Nielsen, wch was given him by S. Robbart, and before that in dispute before ye Court, but by Information of ye high Sherrife Edmund Cantwell & M' will: Tom dis- annuled and by Mr Peter Rambos Informacon, that ye sª peece of Land hath ben in his possession and was by him sould to M' will: Tom & by ye sd Tom sould to Peter an- dries, wherefore upon ye sd advys & upon ye Courts sen- tence wee Judge the sd peece of Land to belong to Pieter andries, and that hee may take itt in possession & use itt as his oune :
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UPLAND COURT.
June 8 1680
2ªly Upon a dispute that Jonas Neelsen doth clayme a peece of Land, we! M' Tom sould to Peter andries, & had ben in possession of Peter rambo That was by Tolleration of Peter andries granted to harmen Ennis & Gerrit Ennis to use for soe Long tyme as they the said brothers had ye use of ye Land of swen Gunnarson and ye sd Land Lying now before ye sd. Pieter andriessens Land, and keepeing him from ye woods wh his other Land, and whereas Peter Rambo now heer present doth confesse & proffers to make good, that when hee Lived heer hee had as good outway & as mutch priviledge to goe out into ye woods wth his Land as any of ye neigbours or any of ye Inhabitants then had in Kingsesse wherefore wee Judge upon ye sd advys of Peter Rambo, & according to Justice, that hee ye sd Peter An- driess may goe into ye woods wth his Land, as well as others his neigbours att Kingsesse, and hee Jonas neelsen is quyt & all to cleare & desist of ye same Land & to Leaue itt to Peter andries wth as good fence, as when hee ye sª Jonas neelsen did take itt from ye s! Brothers aforemen- tioned ;
3ly Wee haue seen that Jonas Neelsen has gon over ye hygway into ye Land of Peter andries wch by Pattent be- longeth unto him, betweene both ye highwayes & wee find y: ye sª peece of Land is a hinderance to ye sª Peter andries, wee therefore doe Judge that according to Pattent that same peece of Land also belongeth to Peter andries, & Jonas neelsen is Left to proove ye Contrary.
4'y We have seen that 25 schrett 1 of fence is taken away
1 Schrett, a corruption of the Dutch word " Schreede," which signifies a measure of five feet in length.
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RECORD OF
June 8 1680
of ye middle fence betweene ye partees, but noe proofe ap- pearing by whoome itt hath ben taken away nor to whome itt belongeth, Itt is Left by us untill further proofe thereof shall bee made.
51y Upon ye Pretence of Peter andries that ye houses of Swen Gunnarson doe stand upon his Land as appears by his Pattent, & that itt tends to his prejudice, wee haue therefore viewed & seen that ye same stand upon his Land according to his Pattent, & upon the desire of Peter andries that they may bee remooved from that place; Itt is or Judgements that his Request in reason may bee Consented him ;
61y & Laestly about ye dispute & Controversy of a Cer- taine garden Lying in ye Toune of Kingsesse & att p"sent used by Jonas neelsen But according to ye Informacon & advys of Peter Rambo, ye same hath before ben in posses- sion of 4 men whoe used itt & according to that Possession there belongs to Peter andries } part and one halfe part ; whereupon wee Judge Peter andries to have soe mutch of ye same.
All what is abovementioned we have seen, and by advys wee haue judged & awarded as on Every perticular above is mentioned, being reddy to vindicat ye same when requiered, given under or oune hands & markes dated utsupra
(was signed)
Oluff Stilla Hans 4 monsen nieles N laersen his marke
his marke
Otto Ernest Coch
neeles N matsen
Hendrik H Janss
his marke
his marke
175
UPLAND COURT.
Att a Court held att Kingsesse for upland County in Delowar River, By his Maytes authority october ye 13 1680;
MR OTTO ERNEST COCH
Prsent
MR ISRAEL HELM MR HENRY JONES Justices
MR LAURENS COCK MR GEORGE BROWNE
M" George Browne being absent the Laest Court, was sworne & did take the oath as a Justice according to ye Commission
HANNA SALTER PI
JOHN ASHTON Def:
The Plt declares that this deft is seated upon a Planta- tation & peece of Land wch belongs to this Plt & was by hur bougt of Jurian hartsvelder, and that hee by force detaynes ye same & refuses to surrender etc. The deft pleads that hee has a Lawfull Right to ye same;
Justice Laurens Cock declares that ye bargaine was con- ditionally, that if John ashton paid by a Certayneday wch was not p'formed & therefore void.
The debates of both partees being heard The Court doe order that ye Plt haue the Land according to ye assignment of Jurian hartsvelder upon ye Pattent and that the def: quit ye same & pay Costs ;
CLAES CRAM Plt 1 In an action of slaunder & de- HANS PETERSS Deft ) famation ;
The Plt Complaynes that this deft hath slaundered him, saying that hee was theefe etc:
176
RECORD OF
October 13h 1680.
Lasse Dalbo and moens Janss sworne declare that they heard ye deft say you are a theef, you haue stolen aboard of ye shipp & soe you haue stolen all yo". Riches here & further say nott;
The deft: not being able to proove what hee hath said or any part thereof The Court ordered that ye deft: openly shall declare him selfe a Lyar; & that hee shall further declare ye Plt to bee an honest man & pay 20 gilders to ye Plt for his Losse of tyme, togeather wth Costs of suite.
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MOENS PETERSEN STAECKET PIt In an action of HANS JURIAN Deft , slaunder & defamat. William orian sworne declares that Laest yeare Living att Calkoenhoek hee oft' heard great Rangling between the P!t & deft: and that ye deft. sayed you haue broaken my caues Legg and thou art a gallows theef & further sayeth nott.
Mort: Mortensen sworne sayeth that hee heard the deft: Hans Jurian saay that itt was a Rogg that broake his Calfes Legg but that hee named nobody & further sayeth not.
The PIt alledging that hee wanted 4 of his materiall witnesses wch were subpened & doe not appeare, & desiering that ye case might bee referred till next Court ye same was granted.
HANS JURIAN Pit 1 In an action of assault & MOENS STAECKET Deft S battery
The Pit declares that this deft: some tyme in ye month of Ir, Laest, wthout any Just cause hath assaulted & beaten
177
UPLAND COURT.
8 bị 13 1680
yo". Pit att his owne doore & pursued yo !. Pl further in his own house calling the P! Rogue & dogg & a thousand more names, & moreouer threatned to kill yo'. P! when Ever hee met him, etc ;
Morten Mortensen sworne in Court sayeth that some tyme in Septemb" Laest this deft moens Staecket came to him all Blouddy and sayed to this deponant doe you see how I: am beaten, therefore wth whome do you hold itt, if I: thought that you held wth hans Jurian I: would win 12 howres bee my own Judge, and a Little whyle after this deponant heard that this deft. was on horseback & called for his sword his gun pouder & shott and then Rud before Hans Jurians doore & called him saying you dogh you Rogue come out, I: will shoott you a bullet threw yo" head, all this past in ye night & ye deponant sayes to haue heard but not seen itt.
The Court haueing heard the debates of both partees, Doe find itt necessary for ye p'venting of future mischief, To order and doe hereby order that both Plt & deft: shall bee bound and are hereby bound ouer to their good be- hauiors, Strictly to keepe his mayties Peace to Each other and all other his maytes subjects for ye space of one yeare and six weekes next Ensuing upon ye penalty of 40 pounds of Lawfull monny of England to bee paid by him that shall first breake ye peace to his mayties use ; and doe fur- ther Condemne him ye sª moens Staeckett to pay a fyne of 200 gilders to bee applyed for ye defraying the Courts necessary Expensis ; and Each to pay halfe Charges of this action ;
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RECORD OF
october 13th 1680
HANS JURIAN Pit In an action of Slaunder MOENS STAECKETT Deft
The P! Complaynes that this deft. hath grosly abused him in his good name by Calling him a theef, and saying that this Plt had stolen his Plank etc :
The deft. denys that hee has called this deft. a theef, but that hee has onley sayed that some Plank wch ye Plt had were Lyke his oune ;
Morten Mortenss and andries homman sworne declare that they haue heard ye deft saye if Capt". hans Jurian has nott stolen ye Plank then Little Morten has stolen them & further say nott :
The Co't haueing heard the Case debated doe order that ye: deft: shall publicqly in Co't declare that hee hath rashly accused ye P! and yt hee is Sorry for itt & pay ye Cost.
Ye deft: in Cort did publicqly aknowledge the above ;
JOHN STILLE PIt
DIRK JANSEN Deft
The Plt declares that this deft has Privatly marked fower of this PIts Piggs in ye Cripple1 or swamp; of weh hee desires Restitution wth Costs ;
The def: Replyes to haue marked 4 Piggs, but knowes not otherwayes but that they were ye Piggs of his oune sowe. Lasse andries & Swen Lom sworne declare that to the best of their knowledge ye piggs did belong to John Stilles sowe, and yt they came home to John Stilles house after they were marked by ye def:
1 See note D at end of Record.
179
UPLAND COURT.
October 13th 1680.
The debates of both partees being heard The Court or- dered, that ye P! shall keepe ye hoggs and sence it is found that throug a mistake ye Deft hath marked them, hee is only ordered to pay ye Costs of suite ;
Justa Justassen former servant to Capt". Billop haueing upon an attachment of Peter Bacom ben appraized for the full tyme of his servis hee had then to serve and Laurens Cock haueing Ingaged in sª Justas behalfe for ye payment of ye said appraizement & freed him ye sª Justa from servis; The sª Laurens Cock did this day in Court acquit & discharge sª Justa of and from any of ye aforesaid tyme of servis and doth aknowledge to have received Sattisfac- tion by specialty.
Apeared in Court Hans Kien whoe then & there declared to haue Bargained, sould and made ouer, and doth hereby Bargaine sell & make ouer unto Peter Rambo Junior his heirs & assignes for Ever a Certayne peece of meaddow or marsh Lying and being on the westsyde within Pemibackes Creeke & wthin a halfe a myle of ye mouth thereof, oppositt ouer against ye present house & plantation of The sd Pieter Rambo, the sª peece of marsh being a three square peece & is bounded wth Pemibackes Creeke, & ye fast Land of Taokanink, and in quantity about as mutch as fower good stakes of hay may bee mowed thereon; and sª Hans Kien did aknowledge to have Received full sattisfaction in hand to content for the same; memorandum this peece of marsh did to ye knowledge of the Court belong unto Erik Mullica
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RECORD OF
Octob: 13th 1680
as one of the Intressants of Taokanink whoe sould ye sª marsh to ye sª hans Kien & Kien to Rambo ;
ANDRIES INCKHOOREN Pit
ANDRIES HOMMAN ye Constable Deft
The Plt complaines that this deft hath pulled him by the Beard & twisted his neck, desires to know ye reason & that ye deft may bee ordered to make him reparation.
The deft. replyes that being Constable & hearing of a Hoore & a Roge wch kept att this p's house, he was in pur- suit of them & was obstructed & hindered of doing his office by this Pit whoome hee pusht from him, desires a nonsuit ;
The Court haueing heard & Examined ye Case, doe order a nonsuit agst ye pl and doe strictly forewarne him of har- bouring ye whoore anna Lears daughter & hur associates for ye future ;
Justice OTTO ERNEST COCH PIt 1 In an action of MOENS PETERSEN STAECKET Def: ) slaunder & defamat: The Plt Complaines that this deft. maliciously has de- famed and most highly slaundered him in his Honor & re- putation, by terming him a hogh theef, desires that this deft (if hee or any others can :) will proove ye same, or otherwayes that hee may bee punisht according to Lawe.
The deft sayes and protests, that hee never Knew heard or sawe, that this Pl was guilty of any such fact, and that hee to his knowledge never sayed any such thing, but if that hee hath sayed itt (: as the witnesses doe afirme :)
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UPLAND COURT.
Octob, 13th 1680
that itt must haue ben in his drink, hee humbly desires forgivenesse, sence hee finds himselfe in a great fault ;
Hans Jurian, william orian & andries homman sworne in Cort declare that they have heard moens Peterss Staecket say in full tearmes & substance, Mr Otto is a hogh theef of ye one & andries Boen of ye other syde & further say nott ;
The Court haueing heard ye Case doe order that ye deft: shall publicqly in open Court declare that hee has wrong- fully falsly & malisiously slaundered & blamed this Plt and doe further fyne him for an Example to others to pay the sume of one thousand gilders wth the Costs ;
The deft. did willingly in open Court, declare as above & humbly desires forgivenesse & prayes that ye fyne may bee remitted, Upon ye Intercession of Justice Otto Ernest, the Co" did remit ye fyne aboves!
HANS MOENSEN &
PETER PETERSS: JOCUM Pit
PETER RAMBO Senior Def:
The Pits declare that this deft: doth detayne a Certayne peece of marsh of this P! Lying in ye Schuylcill & for wch the Pits haue a Pattent, and therefore desire Restitution wth Costs ;
The deft: Replyes that hee has no other marsh in his Possession, than what is his proper owne by Pattent, of older date, & sayes that the Pits haue noe marsh mentioned in their Pattent;
The PIts desire a Jury wch was Granted & a Jury was Impanneled viz: Thomas Spry Caspares herman, will:
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RECORD OF
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