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and vnderstanding Soe helpe me God and by the Contents of this
booke :

Liber
P. C. R.

M^r John Bateman tooke then likewise the said Oath of Councellor,
And then was also taken by Peter Bathe the ensuing Oath, Vizt.

Counsellor's
Oath

The Oath of the Clarke of the Prouinciall Court.

I A B Doe faithfully Sweare that I will serue the Lord Proprie-
tary of this Province of Maryland as Clarke of the Prouinciall Court.
To none will I wittingly or willingly deny Right in what belongeth
to my Office or Offices to doe True Record I will keepe of Judgments
and all other matters to be by me Recorded without falsification or
Corruption for feare fauor or mallice of any person whatsoeuer to
the best of my abillity and Vnderstanding, Soe helpe me God and
by the Contents of this Booke

Clerk's
Oath

It is ordered that All Acts and Orders entred in the tyme of the
defection of the Government from his Lo^p being the fifth of March
1659 Be null and of noe force and that the same be forthwith razed,
and torne from among the Records.

Order for
razing all
acts made in
the tyme of
defeccon of
the
Gou^rnment

Then was Read the Petition of Elizabeth Abrahams and the
Petition of her husband Isaack Abrahams, w^ch Pet^ns are as followeth,
(Vizt)

To the Honno^ble Gouernor and Councell of Maryland

The humble request of Elizabeth Abrahams is that my husband
Isaack Abrahams should administer upon Thomas Reads Estate who
was my late husband, and dyed without Will
The marke of E Elizabeth
Abrahams.

To the honno^ble Gouernor and Councell of Maryland

The humble Petition of Isaack Abrahams married the Relict of
Thomas Read who dyed intestat to haue letters of Administration
upon the Estate of the said Thomas Reade And hee shall pray &c.
And thereupon It is ordered that Letters be granted of Adminis-
tration to the said Isaack Abrahams of the Estate of Thomas Reade
deceased.

Re Read's

Estate

Cap^t Samuell Tilghman by his Attorney M^r James Langworth
demands warr^t ag^t John Bateman retorn this Court in an accon of
2000^l Tob & Cask
Warrant issued accordingly to the Sherriffe of Calvert County

Tilghman v.
Bateman