448 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85/6.

Lib. R. R. R.

Depon^t upon his death bed, and that Coll Taillor was his
great ffriend in soe doeing, and further saith not.
Jurat 27^o Die ffeb^ry 1685 Walter Carr
coram nobis W^m. Digges
N: Sewall
Clem^t Hill

Garr' Vsweeringens Depos:

Garrat Vansweeringen of the City of S^t Maries in S^t Maries
County upon oath Examined Declared in the words foll (viz.)
At the time when M^r ffrancklyn was sheriff of Anne Arrund^ll

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County, I then stood indebted unto Coll Tailler a considerable
summe of Tobacco, and was obleiged by a bond to procure an
ord^r for the said Tobacco upon the Sheriff of Anne Arrundell
County. And did thereupon supplicate my Lord to pay and
satisfie unto Coll Tailler the full quantity of Sixteene thousand
pounds of tobacco in the same County. Upon which ord^r I
had my bond delivered up, Coll Tailler was well satisfied with
the same ord^r but the yeare following or the latter end of that
yeare I cannot well tell Coll Tailler told me that the sheriff had
not complyed with my Lord's ord^r and that he should be forced
to stay till another yeare for his Tobacco; My Lord told me
also that he had given Coll Tailler an ord^r for the Sixteene
thousand pounds of tobacco in Anne Arrundell County which
was due to me from his L^sp:
Sworne in Councill this 2^d Day of March 1685:
Signed p ord^r
John Llewellin Cl Consil

Coll Taillor's proofc of the 2^d Article of his acc^t

The said Coll Tailler p his Atto^rney proceeds to the proofe
of his acco' and beginns with the 2^d Article, in ord^r whereunto
he prayes inspection may be had into his L^sps bookes of Acc^ts
made up and left by his L^sp: in this Province at his depture for
England, which being accordingly done it appeared by his L^sps
Booke N^o 1: that the said Coll Taillor was therein charged
with the summe of Sixteene thousand pounds of tobacco
ordered him in the hands of M^r Robert ffrancklyn, and hath
Creditt given him by his L^sp for the said summe upon the
acco^t of M^r Vansweeringen.

Coll Burges objection

The said Burges by his Atto^rney for plea alledges that the
said Tailler hath been duely satisfied the said summe of Six-
teene thousand pounds of tobacco, as did plainely appeare to