250 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.
Cornwaleys
v. Mace

Came Cloues Mace & acknowledgeth Judgm^t in open Court to
Cap^t Thomas Cornewaleys for One thowsand f owre hund^d & Eight-
eene pownds of Tob & Cask. Being the Remainder of a Bill of one
Thowsand Eight hund^d fiuety & one pownds of Tob, wherein the s^d
Cloues Mace & Thomas Tunnell were ioyntly bownd to the s^d Cap^t
Thomas Cornewaleys bearing date p^o Septemb^r 1656.

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

Cornwaleys
v. Burdett

The humble Petⁿ of Thomas Cornewaleys Sheweth That whereas
Thomas Burditt stands indebted to yo^r Pet^r by Bill and account 1670^l
Tob, And for non paym^t was arrested att yo^r Pet^rs suite to this
Court. And was here the first day, but is since gone away to Acco-
mack, w^th out gyuing yo^r Pet^r satisfaction, or making any Attorney
th^t yo^r Pet^r can heare of, to appeare for him. Wherefore yo^r Pet^r
humbly prayes Judgm^t agst the s^d Burdett for his Debt, & contempt in
goeing away before the s^d suite was called. And hee shall pray &c :
Vppon the Petⁿ of the plf for 1670^l Tob. &c: The deft appearing

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Vid. fol. 268

the first day of the Court only, & then absenting himselfe, & goeing
out of the prouince, as is alleaged, & being lawfully summoned, &
not constituting an Attorney. It is Ordered th^t the plf haue Judgm^t
agst the deft for fiueteene hund^d pownds of Tob in Cask (as is
conteyned in the s^d Bill) And because that Bill now gyuen up in
Court is passed uppon other Consideraon It is to be Recorded: & the
plf to haue a Copey thereof.
This Bill bindeth mee Thomas Burdett my heyres Execute^rs
admistrato^rs and Assignes to pay or cause to be payd unto Thomas
Cornewaleys or his assignes, the full & iust quantity of fiueteene hun-
dred pownds of good sownd large & bright Leafe Tob & cask att one
entire paym^t in Patux^t Riuer, att or before the Tenth of Nouemb^r
next ensuing the date hereof. And yearely att the ffeast of the
Natiuity of Our Lord & Sauio^r one Barrell of Sheld Come & Two
Poultry for & in Consideraon of a Parcell of Land bought of the
s^d Thomas Cornewaleys. Wittnes my hand this 17^th of Decemb^r
1657 Thomas Burditt
Test Rich: Hotchkeyes John Raynoulds.

William
Hewes v.
Mr Robert
Cleerke

Vppon the demand of the plf for 407^l Tob. It being for worke up-
pon the howse att Greens Rest, alleaging th^t the deft imployed him
therein.
The deft sayth th^t att th^t time when the plf wrought there, hee
was not in a Capacity to imploy him, neyther did hee promise him
paym^t but sayth how th^t hee ought to bee satisfyed by the Ouerseers
of his Wife deceased, whose howse it then was, & did not att th^t
time any wayes apperteine to him. W^ch the Ouerseers likewise re-
fusing to satisfy, till the suite betwixt them concerning that howse