328 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659.

Liber
P. C. R.

M^r Washington
Vppon yo^r Complaynt to mee th^t M^r Prescott did in his uoyage
from England hither cause a Woman to bee Executed for a Witch, I
haue caused him to bee apprehended uppon suspition of ffelony, &
doe intend to bind him ouer to the Prouincial Court to answere it,
Where I doe allso exspect yo^u to bee, to make good yo^r Charge.
Hee will bee called uppon his Tryall the 4^th or 5^th of Octob^r next,
att the Court to bee held then att Patux^t, neare M^rs ffenwicks howse.
Where I suppose yo^u will not fayle to bee. Wittnesses Examined in
Virginia will bee of noe ualew here in this Case, for they must bee
face to face w^th the party accused, or they stand for nothing. I
thought good to acquaynt yo^u w^th this, that yo^u may not come un-
prouided. This att present S^r is all from
Yo^r ffreind
29^th Septemb^r Josias ffendall.

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Hon^ble S^r
Yo^rs of this 29th instant this day I receaued. I am sorry th^t my
extraordinary occasions will not permitt mee to bee att the next
Prouinciall Court, to bee held in Maryland the 4^th of this next
month, Because then god willing I intend to gett my yowng sonne
baptized, All the Company & Gossips being allready inuited, Besides
in this short time Wittnesses cannott be gott to come ouer. But if M^r
Prescott be bownd to answere it the next Prouinciall Court after this,
I shall doe what lyeth in my power to gett them ouer, S^r I shall
desyre yo^u for to acquaynt mee whither M^r Prescott be bound ouer to
the next Court, & when the Court is that I may haue some time for
to prouide euidence & soe I rest yo^r ffreind & Seru^t
30^th of Septemb^r 1659. John Washington.

To w^ch Complaynt of John Washington the s^d Edward Prescott
(submitting himself e to his tryall) denyeth not, but that there was
One Elizabeth Richardson hanged in his ship, as hee was outward
Bownd the last yeare from England, & comming for this prouince,
neare unto the Westerne Islands, by his Master & Company, (Hee
hauing appoynted one John Greene for th^t Voyage Master, though
himselfe was both merch^t & owner of the ship) But further sayth,
That he w^th stood the proceedings of his s^d Master and Company, &
protested agst them in that busines. And that thereuppon both the
Master & Company were ready to mutiny. And it appearing to the
Court by the Printed Custome howse Discharge & Light-howse Bills
or acquittances produced & shewen by the s^d Edw: Prescott taken or
gyuen in John Greenes name; that the s^d Greene was master for th^t
Voyage, & not Edward Prescott. And noe One comming to pro-
sequute, The s^d Prescott therefore prays that hee may bee acquitted.