Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85/6. 463

Present

Coll Vincent Lowe
The hon^ble Coll Henry Darnall
Coll W^m Digges

Lib. R. R. R.

Coll W^m Stevens
The hon^b" Mr Clemt Hill

Taillor & Burges acc^ts Ex^d

Came M^r Thomas Burford Atto^rney for Coll Thomas Taillor
and M^r Kenelm Cheseldine Atto^rney for Coll W^m Burges
admitted, and proceed to argue the pticulars of said Taillors
acco^t brought ag^t s^d Burges, and beginn with the second
Article D^r 16000^l tob^o
Which Article Coll Burges objects ag^t and alledges that
Coll Taillor hath been satisfied the same as did appeare to his
L^sp before he went for England, and he doubts not but some
of his L^sps acc^ts if to be produced would make it appeare.
Coll Darnall is desired to make inspection unto all his L^sps
bookes of Acc^ts whither any such thing be there to be found in
favour of the said Burges.
His L^spps booke of acc^ts N^o 2 is produced wherein George
Burges late Sheriff of Anne Arrundell County hath creditt
upon his acco^t for the just summe of 16000' tob^o by a note
drawne on him pay^a to Coll Taillor which is thought to be in
discharge of the 2^d Article of this acc^t.
Coll Taillor called and hath shewn unto him the said George
Burges acc^t in his L^sps s^d Booke, To which for answer he saith
that that Article of 16000' tob^o for w^ch Burges hath Creditt as
p^d to him s^d Taylor may be for some other concernes betweene
his L^sp & him whereof at p^rsent (not haveing his bookes here)
he cannot exactly give an account; but insists that he has
made oath to his acc^t now exhibited ag^t s^d Burges, and hopes
it may be allowed of, and further to confirme the same prayes
the reheareing of the severall Depositions of James Ellis,
Sarah Willowby and Walter Carr w^ch were accordingly read.
Maj^r Nicholas Sewall desired to declare what he knoweth of
the difference betweene Coll Taillor & Coll Burges, in their
acc^ts and what he might have heard his L^sp say concerning the

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same; He upon oath saith that to the best of his knowledge
and he doth verily think he heard his L^sp say before his
Departure for England that Coll Taillor told him he had taken
a Bond from ffrancklyn for the ball, of his acco^t but would not
lett Burges know of it.
They proceed to Examine the first Article of the acc^t hitherto
passed over being 15386^l tob^o for ball of acc^t then last made

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