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In 1664, Dr. Luke Barber, a Maryland physician, who faced a heavy suit for damages, transferred all of his property to two men “in trust to the only use and behoofe” of his “most deare … Wife Elizabeth … and her heyres for ever.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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In 1664, Dr. Luke Barber, a Maryland physician, who faced a heavy suit for damages, transferred all of his property to two men “in trust to the only use and behoofe” of his “most deare … Wife Elizabeth … and her heyres for ever.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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In 1664, Dr. Luke Barber, a Maryland physician, who faced a heavy suit for damages, transferred all of his property to two men “in trust to the only use and behoofe” of his “most deare … Wife Elizabeth … and her heyres for ever.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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These following he obteined for the behoofe of the merchants.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Neere vnto the olde Cairo are yet twelue storehouses of great antiquitie, but now very much decayed, and these till late dayes serued to keepe corne for behoofe of the kingdome, concerning which many are of opinion, that the founder hereof was Ioseph the sonne of Iacob, for consideration of the seuen deare yeares.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And for the merchants behoofe, obtained all his requests, being therein specially fauoured by the noble prince Boris Pheodorowich, who alwayes affected M. Horsey with speciall liking, And hauing obtained priuiledges for the merchants, he was recommended from the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Captaine of the Pilgrimes, to whom the Grand Signior giueth euery voyage eighteene purses, conteyning each of them sixe hundred twentie and fiue ducates of golde, and these be for the behoofe of the Carouan, and also to doe almes vnto the needfull pilgrimes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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William said againe he had done nothing but he would answere to it, whose purpose was to haue the spoyle deuided to the behoofe of the whole armie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Bachu, written very fauourably in their behoofe: and thereupon was laden and sent in a small boat of that countrey in merchandize, to the value (very neere) of one thousand pound sterling: videlicet, one hundred pieces of karsies, seuen broad clothes, two barrels of cochenelio, two barrels of tinne, foure barrels of shaffe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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First the said earle himselfe tooke Bristowe; and after this diuerse other townes and castels there in that countrie were taken by him and others, with full purpose to kéepe the same to the behoofe of the empresse and hir sonne.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne Raphael Holinshed
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