278 Court and Testamentary Business, 1650—53.

          Liber B. Marke Pheypo this day in open Court acknowledgeth to

               have received full Satisfaction from Capt. Robert Vaughan of

               the Isle of Kent of a Bill of fifteen hundred pounds weight of

               Tobacco and Caske and a Barrell of Corne payable to him and

               William Chappell Wittness his hand

               Testor Tho: Hatton             Markes Pheypo

                 The Governour this day appointed Mr John Metcalfe High

               Sheriffe of St Maries County according to his Ldps speciall

               direction in that behalf

                 The Court rising the Governour appointed the next Provin-

               ciall Court to be held at St Maries the twentieth day of October

               next

                             To the Honble the Governour & Councell

                             of Maryland.

                                  The Petition of Robert Brooke Esq

               Humbly Sheweth

                 That in or about the monthes of Sept or Oct was a 12

               Month yor Petitionr by the hands of William Batten caused

               1000 l lob: & Caske to be paid to Henry Ketchmay for the

               use of George Ketchmay his brother & Master, for the which

               Said Tob: the Said Ketchmays were forthwith to Supply yor

               Petitioner with Caske at as indifferent rate as they then Sold

               to others at Putuxent. But the Said Ketchmays abused yor

               Pcticonr in pviding Caske Soe that he and his Servants were

               divers times to fetch Caskes at Peter Johnson's the appointed

               place of delivery, but could get few or none Severall times,

               and in all but 22ty hhds the 2 last whereof were brought the last

               week of April to the great Damage of your Petitioner of at the

              6 least 3000 l Tob: yor Petitioner having at that time 2 Great

          p. 403 houses full of Tob: the one of ioo foot in length the other of

               90 foot in length, and both 32 foot in breadth, which long

               hanging much wasted and a Great part of it blown down &

               Spoiled, the latter End of Winter for want of Caske, And of

               those 22 Casks 8 of them were altogether useless falling in

               pieces in the Carrying home and not being to be Sett together

               agai ne.

                 ffurther the last Summer the Said Henry Ketchmay did

               divers and Severall times promise & ingage with yor Petitioner

               to help him to 24 hhds more but with his faire promise de-

               luded yor Petitioner Soe that it was after Christmas againe

               before yor Petitionr could thinke of otherwise providing for

               himself, which he did in a Very bad manner to his great loss

               and wast of Tobacco, The which his great damage Soe Sus-

               tained yor Petitioner humbly tenders to the Justice of this

               Honble Court.