Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85/6. 35

Eighth Day of next moneth at furthest without faile Dated
at S^t Maries the Eighth Day of October Anno Dmi 1681 :

Signed p ord^r
p J Llewellin Cl Consil.
To the hon^ble Coll Thomas Tailler
of Anne Arrundell County
These

Liber R.

The same verbatim to Coll Henry Coursey of Talbott
County and Coll W^m Stevens of Sommersett County directed.
Then read and heard a petition preferred by Captⁿ Ran-
dolph Brandt of Charles County viz.

To the R^t hon^ble Charles Lord Baltemore absolute Lord
and Prop^ry of Maryland &c^a
The humble Petition of Randolph Brandt Sheweth
That your L^spps Petitioner haveing severall summes of
tobacco due to him from Sundry Troopers now at present
under his command for Ammunition and Sundry others sold
them doth humbly supplicate your L^spps ord^r to the severall
respective Sheriffes that after your L^spps Rents and leavys first
paid your Petitioner may be the next satisfied his just demands
the like ord^r being formerly granted to Captⁿ John Allen late
of this Province.
And your L^spps humble Petitioner as in bounden Duty shall
ever pray &c^a

W^ch petition was thus underwritten

September 17^th 1681 :
The Petitioner drawing up a list of the persons names, his
Debito^rs and the Summes they stand indebted and returning
the same unto the Clk of the Assembly lett ord^r issue to the
Sheriffes as is desired
C: Baltemore

But the Petitioner urgeing that he could not then readily
give a list of their names and the summes as was required of
him and that before he could gett home and procure the same
to return it would then be very late in the yeare and severall
payments might be made, humbly prayed therefore the posi-
tive ord^r of his L^spp and Councill to the Sheriffes of the severall
Countyes where the Troopers were allotted their pay to make
good his just demand his L^spps Rent and leavyes being first
paid and Satisfied according to the teno^r of his petition w^ch
was granted him as followeth viz

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