Robert BROWNE: Heir of Nicholas, Indenture of Henry TAILOR (1658); Kent Co., Maryland

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   To all that shall see this prsents, or heare thm to be Read Sr Richard Chiuerton Knight Lord
Maior of the City of London, & the Aldermen or Senatrs of teh same Citty send greetinge Knowe
yee that on the day of the date hereof there appeared, & psonally came, into the Court holden
before us, in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the said Citty, Henry Hide of the Parish of Bennet
Pauleswharfe London waterman, Aged sixty six years or there abouts, & Henry Bicke of the Parish
of St Andrew in the wardropbe London waterman, Aged Fifty Fower yeares or there abouts beinge
persons well knowne & worthy of good Creditt, who upon their Oaths, upon the Holy Euangalists
of Almighty God before us then & there solemnly taken & made did say depose & Testifie for un-
doubted truth, That they haue known & beene Familiarly acquainted wth Robert Browne of the 
Parish of Margrets in Westminster in the County of Midd waterman For the space of thirty yeares
or more now last past, And did likewise well know & ware familiarly acquinted wth one Nicholas
Browne (who about Twenty Fower years since went hence into Verginia, and (as they heare) is
there Latly decsd for diuers years before his departure out of England; & That the sd Robt &
Nicholas did owne each other for Brethern And ware soe taken & Reputed by & amongst all their
aquintance, And Further teis Deponts did know the Mother of the sd Robt & Nicholas Browne who
came out of wiltshire, to liue in the sd Parish of Bennets about two years before the said
depture of Nicho Browne for Virginia; And afterwards dyed & was Buried in the Church yard of 
the sd Parish; Soe tht theis deponts doe undoubtedly beleive the said Robt Browne to be the
Naturall & Lawfull Brother of the said Nicholas Browne deceased:
   In witness whereof wee the said Lord Maior And Aldermen or Senators of the said Citty of
Lond. jaue caused the Seale of the office of Maioralty of the said Cittie to be put to Theis
presents.  Dated at London the twenty seuenth day of August in the yeare of our Lord one
thousand six hundred Fifty & eight.                               Sadler
   This sertificate was Read in Court &
   ordered to be put on Record          Teste me John Cowrsey Clk.


   Articles agreed upon Condiconed & Concluded, in And betwene mr Robert Browne of the one pty,
witneseth That the said Henry Tailer shall Liue wth the said mr Browne for & dureinge the space
of three yeares from the day here of, & alsoe tht the said Tailer shall to the best of his
endeuour & skill, prosecute the takeinge up of all such Calues & Cowes either in teh wild
heard of Cattle or else where on the Island aforesd as shall belonge unto the sd mr Robt Browne
& to bringe them to his sd Plantacon as alsoe to doe any other thinge needfull to be done in &
about the said Plantacon or Orchard for the sd mr Browne dureinge the sd Terme of time, or about
such needfull occations as the sd mr Browne shall haue not hindringe the sd Tailer in his Cropp
or Crops
   In Consideracon there of the sd Robert Browne doth allow unto the sd Tailer for his Labour
& paines, The one halfe of all such Calues as shall be fallen or calued dureinge the sd time
& taken upp, And to haue the benifite of the one halfe of the yearly produce of the Orchard,
And to haue Land & Housinge to make a Cropp either of or for corne & Tob, & mr Browne to
Assist the said Tailer in what he may, Exceptinge in the said Cropp & to allow the sd Tailer
in what paines he shall take in the winter about Killinge any cattle, & to allowe him Meate
Drink & Lodginge, Furthermore the sd Tailer is to Kill such provition out of the Stocke of
Cattle as shall be for the use of the House wthout Consideration witnes our hans this 14th
of Feb. 1658                                                Robt (O) Browne
Test Charles Stuard                                            his marke
                                                      Hen: (X) Tailer
                                                         his marke
this was owned in Court
            Test. me John Cowrsey Clk