232 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.
Overzee v.
Allen

To the hon^ble the Gou^r & Councell &c :

The humble Petⁿ of Symon Ouerzee Sheweth Whereas M^r
Thomas Mathewes Attorney to M^r Will^m Allen obteyned an Order
the last Court agst yo^r Pet^r by misinformaSn of a certaine summe of
Tob. Yo^r Pet^r humbly intreateth th^t hee may haue a Rehearing
& he shall eu^e pray &c :

p. 189

Ordered according to the Petⁿ th^t Exequuon bee superseded in the
Order last prouinciall Court (6^o Octobris) obteyned agst M^r Symon
Ouerzee by M^r Thomas Mathewes Attorney to M^r Will^m Allen.
Ordered likewise th^t M^r Ouerzee putting in Bond to pay dowble
dammages Is to bring his accon anew & be determined next Prouin-
ciall Court.

John
Neuill v.
Marke
Pheypo

Vppon the Petⁿ of the plf for charges of Attendance uppon the
defts summons (Viz) 9 dayes att the last Prouinciall Court held att
S^t Leonards in Caluert County & 2 dayes uppon summons likewise
att M^r Job Chandlers, & att the defts suite.
It is Ordered th^t the deft pay unto the plf (att the rate of Thirty
pownds of Tob p^r day for eleauen dayes, w^ch amounteth in the whole
to) Three hund^d & Thirty pownds of Tob.

To the hon^ble the Gouerno^r & Councell &c :

Slye v. Jolly
et al.

The humble Petⁿ of Robert Slye humbly Sheweth Whereas Two
men Seruants running away from yo^r Pet^r came to Mattapany in
Patux^t about the beginning of Nouemb^r last. Where James Jolley &
Will^m Hows mett w^th the s^d Runawayes & there seized uppon their
Two gunns & lett them goe, or as may be doubted did contriue their
conueyance from thence, to the great preiudice of yo^r Pet^r. Wher-
fore yo^r Pet^rs earnest request is that the aforementioned parties may
be strictly & seuerally examined by this hon^ble Board, what was the
reason of their proceeding soe uniust & illegally in taking the gunns
w^th out stopping the seruants. And in case it may by any meanes
appeare th^t the s^d Hows & Jolley were accessary to, or acquainted w^th
the designe of the afores^d Runawayes, That the hon^ble Board please
to take it into yo^r most serious Consideraons & afford yo^r Pet^r releife
in the premises &c :
Vppon the Petⁿ of M^r Rob^t Slye
William Howes examined Sayth That hee & James Jolley being att
Matapanian ffort, they there mett w^th Two men, who told them first
that they came from Seauerne, & then after a while that they came
from Virginia, & that they were in Debt there, w^ch caused them to
goe amongst the Indians. Soe fearing least the Indians should take
away their gunns they had w^th them, They presumed to take them
away themselues. And that Those Two men gyuing an Indian a