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128
RECORD OF
march ye 12th 1678
new booke are gaynsayed by ye debitors, & the sª Johannes De haes haueing prooved heretofore his acct & now pro- ducing his booke, we? partly agreed wth ye sd Orians old booke; The Co" doe therefore Judge, by the bookes, wit- nesses & Circumstances, that william orians acct is not Just & that Johannes De haes has given him ye sd orian full Credit in' his former acct, and therefore doe Judge this a vexatious suite & order a nonsuit agst ye P! wth ye Costs.
This day appeared in Court Jan Boelsen, whoe by his deed & Conveigance, declared to make ouer unto Jan Jus- tassen all ye Land & premisses, Contayned in a Pattent granted unto him the said Jan Boelsen by Governo", francis Louelace bearing date ye first day of may 1671; wch sª Pattent together wth ye abovesaid deed of Conveigance are both Recorded in ye Records of upland Courts Pattents etc
PETER JEGOU Plt LAURENTIUS CAROLUS Def:
The P! demands of this deft:, by ord", of Capt", James Bollin, ye quantity of six schipples of wheat wth ye Costs.
Itt being prooved in Co't that the deft had some tymes accepted to pay this debt, and some tymes hee would not ; The Co" did passe Judgemt agst ye deft for ye sd six schip- ples of wheat wth ye Costs;
EVERT ALDRITS P !!
In an action on ye Case
OELE DIRCKSEN Def.
This action was withdrawne by the PIts wyfe.
129
UPLAND COURT.
march 12 1678
WILLIAM CLARKE of
Pit Nieshambenies Creeke
in an actº of ye Case agst
JOSEPH HANDY Def: withdrawne by ye P!
ROBBERD WAEDE PIt - in an act. of Debt
JOHN TEST Deft
This action was withdrawne by the Plts order;
JOHN TEST Pit In an action of debt by bal-
HANS PETERSEN Deft
lance of acct ye sume of 242 gilders.
The deft aknowledgeing the acct. before ye Court; The Court ordered Judgemt to bee Enterred against the def; for ye sume of 242 gilders due by ballance of acct. to this Pit together wth ye Costs of suite;
LASSE COCK Pit In an action of debt
MICH FREDERIKS Deft
This action was withdrawne.
PETER BACON P! 1 In an action of the CAPTY XTOPHE BILLOP Deft _ Case ;
The deft: Capt". Billop by his Letter to the Cort Craueing a Refference till ye next Court day; The same was granted;
Johannes De haes sheweing by Peticon to ye Court that hee has ben arrested by william orian and forced to Come up three sundry Court dayes on sª acct. wch sª action of him ye sd orian Prooveing now a vexatious suite, & the Peticon! 9
130
RECORD OF
March 12 1679
sheweing further that throug said unjust molestation & his three severall attendances hee has Really been damni- fyed & hindred wth his Expensis ye sume of one hundered & fifty gilders, for wch sª sume hee humbly desiered an order agst: him ye sd orian wth ye Costs; The same was by the Cort granted ;
Upon the Peticon of James Sanderlins, as ye attorney & in ye behalfe of marmaduke Randell sheweing that walter wharton deceased ' stands Justly Indebted unto ye sd: mar- maduke for houes rent of his house in upland, ye sume of Eighty gilders & desiering an order against ye Estate of the deceased wth ye Costs etc ;
The Court haueing examined ye buisnesse doe grant Judgemt wth Costs, according to Request
James Sanderlins sheweing by Peticon that walter whar- ton deceased stands Justly Indebted unto him by ballance of acct. ye sume of foure hundered & twenty Eight gildrs & humbly Craueing this Co" Judgemt against ye sd Estate for his sª sume wth ye Costs ;
The sd. James Sanderlins haueing made oath to ye Just- nesse of ye ballance of his sd acct: The Co" doe grant him Judgemt according to Peticon
1 Walter Wharton was, in 1671, appointed by Gov. Lovelace " Surveyor General on the west side of the Delaware," and in 1673 was selected as one of the appraisers of the island of Tinnicum in the celebrated suit of Jeuffro Armgardt Printz, the daughter of Gov. Printz, and wife of John Pappegoya, his successor, against Carr. In the same year, after the recon- quest by the Dutch, he was reappointed Surveyor General. He was a judge of the Court at New Castle in 1678, and died about the end of that year.
131
UPLAND COURT.
march ye 12th 167§
EDMUND DRAUFTON PIt DUNCK WILLIAMS Def:
The Plt demands of this Deft. 200 gilders for teaching this deft: Childeren to Read one Yeare
The Cort haueing heard the debates of both partees as alsoe ye attestation of ye witnesses, Doe grant Judgemt agst ye deft. for 200 gilders wth ye Costs ;
Richard Ducket sworne in Court declares that hee was p'sent at ye makeing of ye bargaine, & did hear that ye agreemt was that Edmund draufton should Teach Dunkes Childeren to Read in ye bybell, & if hee could doe itt in a yeare or a halfe yeare or a quart" then hee was to haue 200 gilders.
WILLIAM CLARKE of Nie- P !! shambenies Creeke
JAN HENDRICKSEN Def:
The PIt haueing Enterred noe declarat upon ye defts Re- quest the PIt is nonsuited
PELLE DALBO Pit
The Inhabitants of Def
Carkes hoek
noe declaration Enterred a nonsuit was ordered agst ye Plt
Thomas Woollaston Late under Sherrife att New Castle, sheweing that Laurentius Carolus stands Justly Indebted unto him for undersherrifs & marshalls fees ye sume of 55 gilders as pr acct: and humbly desiering Execution agst ye sd Laurentius for the sd fees wth ye Costs ;
132
RECORD OF
march ye 12th 1673
The sª Thomas Wollaston haueing made oath to the Justnesse of his acct: in Cort The Cort doe grant him Execution according to Lawe;
Upon the Peticon of Rodger Peddrik & william hews Joynt partners wth ye Rest of ye Inhabitants of marretties hoek wth ye Land there, desiering that ye sª Land may bee Layed out & Equally sheared, betweene all the partees, to ye End that Each may haue a proportionable sheare as well of ye good as of the bad Land;
The Cort answer that the Peticon's or those who are not sattisfyed wth ye devision weh of old hath ben and still is ; may att their proper Costs haue ye same new surveiged & sheared.
Upon the Peticon of Thom: fayreman for 260 acres of Land below Nieshambenies Creeke etc. The Cort answer that the Peticon", may take up so mutch Land wch hereto- fore is not granted taken up or Improoved by others hee seating & Improoveing the same according to Lawe Re- gulations & orders ;
Moens Staecket by his Peticon Complayning, that an- dries Boen Left open the fence of his Land att Calkoen hoek whereby hee the Peticon' sustaynes great damadges The se andries Boen being called before ye Court, Did then & there promisse to make good his fence wthin 4 dayes next Ensuing.
Upon the peticon of Dunk Williams desiering a grant to take foure acres of marsh bakward of his Land att nie-
133
UPLAND COURT.
march ye 13th 1678
shambenies Creeke in ye woods above ye kings path, The Court doe grant the Peticon". Liberty to take up 4 acres of marsh, wch heretofore is not granted or taken up by others
JOHN SHACKERLY Pit In an action of debt by acct:
JAN CLAASSEN Deft
J ye sume of 325 gild & 15 styvers.
The Deft. makeing oath to ye acct: by him brought in for sundry payments made by the deft. to this P !! & his partner Reynier Williams as well sence as before ye begin- ning of this suite; by weh acct itt appeared that hee the deft. hath paid in all ye sume of 451 gild.s & 14 styvers, so that there was overpaid ye sume of 125 gilders 19 styvers; and Capt", Edmund Cantwell as attorney for ye P" desiering that the deft: (in Reguard hee was debtor att ye beginning of the suite) might bee ordered to pay the Costs; upon Ex- amination of the buisnesse the Cort thougt itt Just that the deft. pay the Costs of Cort
Upon the Peticon of John Snowden desiering a grant to take up 100 acres of Land ;
The Co't doe grant the Peticon" his Request hee seating & Improoveing said Land according to Lawe orders & Regu- lacons ;
Upon the Peticon of hendrik Jacobs desiering a grant to take up one hundered acres of Land, The Court doe grant the Peticon" his Request hee seating & Improoveing said Land, according to Lawe Regulacons and orders ;
Upon the Peticon of Andries andriessen homman, The
134
RECORD OF
march ye 13th 167g
Co" haue granted him Liberty to take up 200 acres of Land on the west syde of this River of Delowar wthin this Courts Jurisdiction, weh heretofore is not granted taken up or Improoved by others, and he seating and Improveing the same according to Lawe Regulacons & orders ;
Upon the Peticon of Jacobus fabritius, The Cort doe grant him Liberty to take up 300 acres of Land, the same Land to bee on ye west syde of this River wthin this Corts Jurisdiction, and not granted taken up or Improoved before by others, and ye Peticon" seating and Improoveing ye same Land according to Lawe Regulacons and orders.
Upon the Peticon of Jurian hartsvelder, The Co"t doe grant him Liberty to take up one hundered acres of Land, wch heretofore is not granted taken up or Improoved by others, hee seating & Improoveing the same according to Lawe Regulacons and orders ;
Peter Rambo Senior Clayming by a Late grant of this Court, a Certayne Tract of Land att wicaco and oele Swen- sen, Swen Swensen & andries Swensen, pleading that the same Land was wthin the bounds of their Pattent, wch sd difference together wth ye allegations of both partees being this day heard, Itt is by the Cort this day ordered, that sence oele, Swen & andries Swensen haue ye same Land in their Pattent, wch is of old standing & that Peter Ram- boos grant was but of Late; That therefore the said Swen- sens doe keepe ye Land and in case more Land bee found wthin ye Bound of ye sd Pattent, then is sett downe, They
135
UPLAND COURT.
march ye 13th 1678 the said Swensens to have ye Prefferrence to take itt up before any others.1
Rodger Peddrik appearing in Cort did then & there aknowledge by his deed produced in Cor the Transport & makeing ouer unto William Huges his heirs and assignes for Ever, the one Just & Equall halfe part of his ye sd Rodger Peddriks Land & marrishes, Lying att marretties hoek by him bought of Jan hendriksen ; wch sd deed stands Recorded in ye Records of Pattents etc for uple Corts Ju- risdiction ;
Hans Oelsen of marretties hook this day appearing In Court did verbally & by his deed declare to haue Trans- ported & made ouer unto William Clayton his heirs and assignes all his Right & Intrest of & to his Land houses & appurtenances Lying and being att marretties hooke 2 afore-
1 See ante page 67.
2 Marretties hooke, called by Lindstrom's MS. Map, " Furu udden, Le Cap des Pines " (Pine Point), also by the same authority, " Kackimensi, Memanchitonna." In Besk's patent, the name Markus Hook is mentioned. There was an Indian Sachem of note called " Maarte-Hoock" (Hazard's Ann., 99), after whom Mr. Ferris supposes the place may have been called. As the designation of Marcus Hook was earlier applied to the region than Marreties Hook, which latter is supposed to have its origin from " Maarte," the name Marrettie and Marcus were doubtless distinct titles, and neither a corruption of the other. There are also cotemporary instances in which " Marrettie," as well as " Marcus," appear as the names of persons.
In 1682, Governor Markham, at the request of the inhabitants of Marcus Hook, allowed them to change the name to Chichester (Minutes of Court, p. 8, West Chester) ; but it is even now better known by its ancient title. The land immediately above the present Marcus Hook, was granted in 1653 by Queen Christina, to Captain John Admunsen Besk, for " trusty service down to the Crown," and was somewhat indefinitely described as being in "New Sweedland." . . " Marcus Hook by name, which doth
136
RECORD OF
march ye 13th 1678
said wch sª deed stands Recorded in ye Records of Pattents of uplª Courts Jurisdiction ;
Juns Justassen (alias Illack) did this day in Co't ver- bally & by his deed aknowledge and declare to haue Trans- ported & made ouer unto albert hendriks his heirs and as- signes, all his Right tytle and Intrest, of and to a peece of Land Lying and being below upland, betweene twoo small Creekes called harwikes Creeke and middle Creeke,1 being one third part of ye said Land, as by the abovesaid deed Recorded in ye Records of upld Courts pattents more att Large doth & may appeare ;
a memordum of ye acct: of Charges of hans Petersen & anna Laers daugter hans Petersens part is f 139
out of we! must bee pd
To ye Cl: his Remaind" 8 5
The Sherrife 94
for ye Cort 40
139
reach up to and upwards to Upland Creek." ... A translation of the Patent may be found in Ferris's settlements on the Del., 133, but Besk appears never to have been benefited by the grant (Hazard's Ann., 338). Marcus Hook Creek or Chichester Creek, forms the eastern boundary of the present Marcus Hook ; and as Lindstrom (MS. Map), assigns the name of " Finland" to the region bounded by Marcus Hook Creek on the west, and Upland or Chester Creek on the east, we are enabled to ascertain the limits of the grant upon the east and west, and correct the misapprehension of some previous writers, who have supposed that the patent embraced the site of the present Marcus Hook.
1 " Middle Creek, now Stony Run." Court Minutes p. 222 (West Chester).
137
UPLAND COURT.
march ye 13th 1678
In Reguard severall p"sons doe yet Remaine in default of paying their 5 gilders pr head for the defraying of the publicq Charges ordered ye Laest Co"t, Itt is therefore againe ordered & published that all those as doe not pay. the same wthin ye space of 8 dayes next Ensuing, shall forfeit & pay the sume of 25 gilders pr head.
Neeles Laersen was this day ordered to make or Leaue a Lane or street from upland Creeke to ye: house of de- fence or country house,1 between this and the next Court and in default thereof hee to bee fyned ye Discretion of ye Cort, neeles Laersen being sent for in Co" to make him ac- quainted wth ye above, and not comming, the Cort orderred the undersherrife to make him acquainted wth ye same, to the End hee might not plead Ignorance ;
The Co' adjorned till ye 24 Teusday in June next.
From June the Co"t was adjorned untill Sep- temb. and from Septemb! till novemb" following 1679.
1 See note C at end of Record.
138
RECORD OF
Att a Cort held in the Towne of Upland in Delowar on Teusday november ye: 25th & the 26th 1679;
MR PETER COCK
MR ISRAELL HELM
Justices
pīsent
MR OTTO ERNEST COCH
MR LACE ANDRIES
PETER BACON Pit CAPTY XTOPHIR BILLOP Deft
The Plt by his declaration declared as followeth viz! That Capt" Xtophi" Billop att or about the first day of august 1678 did agst ye Pls will by force Presse and take away a Certaine horse of your P! then att Passayunk which said horse was Brought att the said Billops Planta- tion on Staten Island where the said horse was Detayned and kept the space of fower months and as the P! Is In- formed he the said Capt" Billop did during sd terme work and use your PIts said horse and the 5th December Last Past the sª horse was delivered back to your P! by Thomas Olyne att Burlington but In a sad and a poore Condition as the P! can make appeare.
Now the Plt haueing missed and bin In want of his said horse the space of att Least foure months during which tyme The Plt hath made twoo voyadges with a boat and a man from S: Jonses to Burlington Purposely for the sd horse which has occasioned great hindrances excesesive Charges truble and Expenses to your P! whoe likewise had write to his honor ye Govorner at new yorke about Itt his
139
UPLAND COURT.
9" ye 25th 1679
sª honors answer was that the P !! had his Remeddy by Course of Lawe open agst the said Billop.
Your Plt for his Redress has Commenced this his action and humbly Craues your worpps to grant him an order agst the Deft. as followeth (viz!) first for the hier of the horse the space of fower months att 3 gilders per Diem as the Custome here is ye sume of 360 gilders as alsoe for twoo voyadges made by the Plt and a man and a boate from s Jonses to Burlington which is neer 150 myles In which sª voyades yo !. Plt spent six weeks tyme the sume of 420 gil- ders and Lastly for other Charges and Expenses which ye sª Plt and man haue binn out In the said twoo voyadges the sume of 300 gildrs which amounts to In all to the sume of 1080 gilders and ye P! Craues also that his attachmt In the hands of Lasse Cock may bee allowed with all Cost and Charges.
The def: being three tymes Called did not appeare ; and the action haueing ben continued 3 Courtdayes; In wch tyme notwithstanding hee had due notice & did promisse to appeare hee hath not appeared, and the P! by James Sanderlins pressing for Judgemt The Court thereupon Examining the Case doe thinke fitt to pass Judgemt against ye deft: for 1080 gilders and doe allow of the attachmt by ye P! Laid on ye deft: servant Justa Justassen in ye hands of Lasse Cock; together wth all Costs.
Upon ye desire of ye undersherrife The Co" haue ap- pointed & sworne m' John Test m' Jam: Sanderlins & m. William Orian appraizers to appraise Justa Justassen ser-
140
RECORD OF
9" 25h 1679;
vant to Capt" Billop, on ye Judgem! & Execution of Peter Bacom agst ye sª Billop
The abovesd appraizers returned foraward yt they Judged the tyme of his service being - Jeare worth 650 gilders.
JAMES CRAWFORD of St Georges Creek Plt
JOHN TEST Deft
michil Izard in behalfe of ye: Plt craued a Referrence til next Courtday ; the Plt not haueing Enterred any de- clarat: & not appearing by himselfe or attorney upon the def's request a nonsuit was ordered agt ye P! wth Costs of suite ;
JOHN TEST P !! JAMES CRAWFORD Deft.
Upon ye desire of michil Izard in ye behalfe of ye: deft: This action is Continued till next Court day ;
PETER JEGOU Pit In an action of Tres-
THOMAS WRIGHT
& GODFREY HANCOCK
Defts passe upon ye Case.
The Pit declares that in ye yeare 1668 hee obtayned a permit & grant of govern" Philip Cartret, to take up ye Land Called Leasy Point 1 Lying and being ouer agst. mat-
1 This was probably the upper point of land at Burlington, formed at the junction of the Assiscunk with the Delaware, and called by Lindstrom (MS. Map), " Assujungh," the lower point being called by same authority " Marachonsicka." It was in the house of the Plaintiff, that in 1672 George Fox lodged on his remarkable journey from " Middleton Harbour" to New Castle. He confirms the statement in the text, and says in his journal "that it had been deserted for fear of the Indians " (Ferris, 130).
141
UPLAND COURT.
gt 25th 1679;
tinagcom Eyland1 & Burlington to settle himselfe there & to build and keep a house of Entertaynment for ye: ac- comodation of Trauelors ; all we? ye Plt accordingly hath done, and morouer hath purchazed of Cornelis Jorissen, Jurian macelis & Jan Claessen, Each their houses and Lands at Leasy Point aforesd wch was given them by the dutch gouerno", in ye. Jeare 1666 for all wch governo. Car- tret promissed yo !. Plt a Pattent, all wch sd houses and Lands ye P! had in Lawfull possession until ye Jeare 1670; att wch tyme yor Plt was plundered by the Indians, & by them utterly Ruined as is wel knowne to all ye world ; so that ye Plt then for a tyme was forced to Leaue his Land & pos- session aforesd and to seek his Lyvelyhood & to repaire his Losse in other places ; & to Leave his Land as aforest wth Intention to returne when occasion should prsent. But now Soe itt is may itt please yor worpp? that wth ye arry- vall of these new commers Called quackers out of England These def: Thomas wright & Godfrey hancok haue vio- lently Enterred upon yor PIts sd Land and there haue by force planted corne, cut timber for houses, mowed hay & made fences, notwithstanding that they were forewarned
1 " Mattinagcom Eyland," mentioned in a subsequent page as " Tinnag- cong Island," is the present Burlington Island, called by Lindstrom (MS. Map), "Tinnekoncks Eyland Ile de Tinnedonck." It was, in 1711, sur- veyed " to Lewis Morris as Agent to ye West Jersey Society by Thomas Gardiner, Survey Genl.," and called by him " Matoneconk Isles," con- taining about 400 acres (Records, Sec. States Office, Albany. Hazard's Ann., 373, 391, 460. Breviat. 40, 41). According to Gordon, it was, by act of Legislature of 28th Sept., 1682, given by the Proprietors to the support of a Free School, and contained 300 acres. Gordon's Hist. and Gaz. of N. Jersey, title "Burlington."
142
RECORD OF
nov. 25" 1679
by yor Plts frind Henry Jacobs, in yor PIts behalfe, in the Presents of Capt". Edmund Cantwell; and afterwards by ye P! summoned before ye magestrates of Burlington, whoe makeing no End of itt; The Case was wth se mages- trates & these Defts Consent remooved here before yor worpps: wherefore the Plt humbly craues yo" worpps: to ord" the Defts: and all others not to molest ye P! in ye quiet possession of his sª Land; etc :
The def. in Co" declared to bee verry willing to stand to ye Verdict & Judgemt of this Cort whereupon the Cort (haueing heard the debates of both partees and Ex- amined all ye papers ; : ) are of opinion that sence m' Peter Jegou had governo", Cartrets grants & was in quit possession of ye Land, before Ever ye Land was sould by s" John Berckley unto Edward Billing and yt hee ye s! Jegou hath also bought ye: Land and paid ye Indians for ye same ; - That therefore m" Peter Jegou ought peaceably & quietly to Injoy ye same Land & appurtenances, according to grant & purchaze ;
WILLIAM DARVALL by - his attorney
OELE COECKOE Deft
partees agreed
JAMES SANDERLIN PI
JOHN PEARS Deft
The Plt demands of this deft by ballance of accompts, produced in Cort ye sume of 163: gild: 15 styvers; for wch hee humbly Craues Judgemt, and that his attachmt Laid
143
UPLAND COURT.
nov" 25? 1679.
on this deft Tobb: at ye Plantation of Lasse Colman may bee allowed wth Cost; - The Deft was proved to haue
ben Runaway ; - The Cort haueing Examined ye Case and the P! haueing made oath to ye Justnesse of his acct In Court; The Court doe ord Judgemt to bee Enterred agst the def: for ye sume of 163: gild". 15 styv". & doe allow of ye attachm: provyded Lasse Colman bee first paid out of ye: Tobbacco wth Costs ;
Upon ye request of Lasse Colman sheweing that John Pears is debtor to him for dyet Lodgeing house & ground for to plant on ye sume of 300 Ib of tobb. & 12 gild: de- siering sence ye sd John Pears is run away that hee ye pe- ticon', may bee first before any others paid out of ye Cropp of tobb. by ye sª Pearce Left on his plantation ; The Case being Examined ye Cort doe grant ye Peticon", his Request
JAN CLAASSEN PAERDE COOPER PIt
JOHN SHACKERLY'S Estate Deft s' Court
noe administrator, as yet appointed The Case is continued til next Cort
Ephraim Herman declared this day In Cort to desist of all his Right & Tytle to ye Land granted him by this Co. to take up Lying & being betweene Pemibaccan & Poet quessink Creekes to ye End that the Cort might dispose thereof to others whoome they pleased.
Upon the Request of Laers Laersen & oele Coeckoe de- siering a grant of this Cort to take up all ye Land hereto-
144
RECORD OF
nov: 25th 1679
fore by this Co" granted unto Ephraim Herman Lying and being betweene Pemibaccan & Poetquessink Creekes, The Co" in Reguard of ye sª Ephraim Herman has desisted of his Intrest to ye same, Doe grant ye Peticon"." Liberty to take up all ye same Land abovementioned (Excepting ye Land of Pelle Rambo), They the Peticon's seating & Improoveing itt according to his hono" ye governo's orders and Regulacons ;
HANS PETERSEN of Carkes hoek Plt
HENRY COLMAN Deft The plt demands by ballance 43 for Land Sould : The deft. Replyes to haue pd all' to ye pl: & desires the plt to showe ye bill of sale. The Case referred.
ANDRIES HOMMAN PIt 1 Referred till next Court LASSE DALBO Deft J day
WILLIAM DARVALL by . - EPH: HERMAN his attorn debt by bill ye sume PI JONAS NIELSEN Deft of 270 gild:
In an action of
The deft. aknowledges the debt but denys ye payment because the bill is Lost by Thom: harwood ;
The PIts attorney proffers to giue the deft a sufficient dis- charge Record & withall security that the debt shall not hereafter bee more demanded ;
The Cort ordered Judgem' to bee Enterred agst ye def. for ye sume of 270 gilders according to bill wth ye Costs, Provyded the plt or attorney at ye receipt, gives the deft a sufficient discharge to saue him harmelesse for the future of ye sª bill ;
145
UPLAND COURT.
nov, 25th 1679
JOHN TEST
Pit JOHN ASHTON as
- Deft
the attorney of Elizab! Kinsey -
The P't demands of this deft the restitution of 52 Bevers, Left wth hur ye sª Elizabeth Kinsey In trust & to bee re -- stored to him ye p! when hee should send for them ;
The def: Replyes that sence Elizabeth Kinsey is come bake hur selfe hee is dismist of his attorney ship & there- fore desires this plt to sue hur ye sª Elizabeth hurselfe ;
The Cort doe order that sence Elizabeth Kinsey is here hurselfe, & John ashton declaring yt hee is dismist, that therefore Elizabeth Kinsey appeare here ye next Court to answer to this suite hurselfe ;
Laurens Cock Sworne in Court declares that hee heard Elizabeth Kinsey say that the beauers were only secured by hur for John Test & yt they were not hur bevers, & sayeth further that John ashton seuerall tymes tould this depont that hee knew they were John Test his beauers but hee could not deliver y". so Long his mistris Elizt Kinsey was not att home;
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