100 Court and Testamentary Business, 1649-50.

        Liber B. Blanch Olliver Admr of Robert Dixon demandeth of Wm

              Thompson 500 l Toba due by Account for So much Toba Lent

              to the Defendt to the Plt Arrest ret 1. March

                Blanch Oliver Admrx of Robert Dixon demandeth of John

              Medly 130 l tob & 4 barreils corne due upon acct to the de

              ceased        Arrest ret 1 March

            221 Ralph Beane demandeth of Joseph Cardell 1100 l Wt tob.

              casked due by Bill & assignmts

                 arrest ret 1 March next

                Though your paper Sent by Mr Knight contain many things

              in it of that fowle nature as deserve to be answered rather by

              the Sword then the pen of the Magistrate, Yet Soe great is

              our Inclination to See an end of these troubles Soe unfortu-

              natly begun amongst us and all things reduced into their Old

              State again, of peace and quiett, that passing by all the rest of

              your paper, We give this Answer in brief, to that part of it,

              which prays for peace, that when you Shall Send this Gentle-

              man or any other agent from you with Sufficient authority

              under the hands of the greatest part of the Island to treat and

              conclude fully with us, all things as Shall come in question on

              either part, You Shall find this Governmt ready to Conde-

              scend, to the giving of all Satisfaction to your demands of

              quiett and peace as may by reasonable Men be expected

              from it:

        p. 222        A rate of goods bought by Tho Severne.

              Shoes 341 p p    34l   Cocram            30

              Stockins          16   course linnen     14

              Childrns Shoes &       axes & hoes       24

              Stockins          18   Soap               9

              Gray Kersey       50   Can dies           6

              better Sort of frize   40         Nails 20d  60

              next Sort of frize30     6d              40

              dowles            40     4d              30

                ffebr 25 Restituta wife .of John Hallowes appeared as his

              Attorney to Answer to the Suit of Marks Pheipo. respited till

              Court.

                Subpana for plt to Edward Packer to testifie in ditto causa

                Mar: 2 Nicholas Keytin demandeth of ffrancis Gray, both

              in his own name & as Admr of James Cauther 200k tob casked

              for the price of a hog of the puS killed by the defts to their own

         use.