"10 December, 1657.â€â€Recognizances, taken before John Waterton esq. J. P., of William Tokely marriner and Edward Hulsted lighterman, both of Stepney co. Midd. in the sum of fifty pounds each, and Richard Specke of Shadwell in Stepney aforesaid waterman, in the sum of one hundred pounds; For the appearance of the said Richard Specke at the next S. P. for Middlesex, to answer 'the complainte of Margarett Caser who accuseth him of selling hir onely son Thomas Caser and also of selling one Mihill Church (who was left to her chargeâ€â€being two months) unto the Boatswaine of the ship John and Katherine to convey them therein to the Barbadoes.' S. P. R., 15 Dec, 1657." (1)
(1) John Cordy Jeaffreson, Middlesex County Records, Vol. 3 (London: The Middlesex County Records Society, 1888), 266.