98 TiMEHRI. 



Cedar trees are mentioned by LiGON as indigenous to 

 Barbados 



Captain Drax also in Nov 1639, bought from Capt. 

 Wm. Hawley, 200 acres of land adjoining South to 

 the land of FRANCIS Eastwick and HUMPHREY Plum- 

 MER, and west to lands of Wm. Symonds and HENRY 

 Eastwicke. 



The Governor exercised the powers of a Court of 

 Law, for we find Sir RiCHARD PEERS making the follow- 

 ing order : — 



By the Governour. 



2;th April, 1644.— These are to command you to make surrender 

 unto Dorathie Simons, the wife of Bartholomew Symons, deceased, or 

 to such friends as shee shall appointe, true and perfeft accompts of all 

 the Estate of the said deceased, wch. to yo'. knowledge any waies 

 apperteyned unto him. Fail not hereof at yo'. perill Given under my 

 hand this 17 May, 1636. 



RICHARD PEERS. 



To Edward Pullen. 



1654, 3 Aprill.— Whereas Collonell Henry Hawley, 

 by due order of law, recovered against Coll. Wm. Ffor- 

 TESCUE and Capt. ANDREW Walmisley a certain 

 parcell of land situate in Christ Church and St. Phillip's, 

 containing 296 acres, in satisfa6lion of a debt of 40,000 lbs. 

 of sugar. Order to Capt. Wm. Moss, Provost Marshall, 

 to einter on the land and give possession to the said 

 Henry Hawley. 



On II Sep. 1649, a law was passed: — " That no 

 " woman shall be endowed, or have any right to be 

 " endowed of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments in 

 '•' this island, but such only whereof her husband died or 

 " shall die a6lually and solely seized in ffee simple or ffee 

 " tail general and no other." 



This quaint and ungallant enaflment may be ex- 



