426 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1660.

Liber
P. C. R.
p. 427
The 6 hhds
were proved
to be the
Crop of
Cap^t Wm
Stone by the
oath of
Mr Thomas
Stone

p Contra Creditor

p 6 hhds Tob .... were of .... hath allowed w^ch he hath giuen
Creditt for but at 40^S p hhd, w^ch if M^r Stone can make appeare by
wittness, or his owne Oath, then he is to haue Creditt for three
pound p hhd more for the same 18: 00: 00 p agreem^t it appeares
that M^r Toulson was to receiue 350^l Tob neate in euery hhd at 5^l p
hhd, but by M^r Stones accompt it appeares by the weights here that
there is fower hhds at 350 p hhd more then M^r Tolson hath giuen
Creditt for at 5^l p hhd .... W^ch sume of twenty pounds Eighteene
shillings and three pence It is ordered that the deft do pay accord-
ingly But the deft alleaging hard vsage in accompt of Clothes and
as Carpinter. It is therefore ordered that execucon be suspended in
this suite vntill the plt make oath to the accompt of Clothes and
Carpinter menconed in an accompt betweene them
On demand of M^r Thomas Stone the ensuing examination is
recorded vizt, John Williams aged about thirty yeares maketh Oath
that being hired by Cap^t W^m Stone late deceased his Overseer made
by myselfe and his folke to his Cropp in the yeare 1659 thirty Six
hogsheds Tob whereof fowerteene Swite sented all the said tob. to
my knowledge be putt aboord Sloopes of the plantation under the
Notion of being sent for England to M^r Tolson And further saith
not John £ Williams
Coram me Jur Tho: Stone.

Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Tolson Cittizen
and Haberdasher of London haue made constituted and ordained
and by these presents doe make constitute and ordaine & in my stead
and place putt and appoint my loueing f reind Thomas Cornwaleys of
London marchant my true certaine law full and irrevocable Attorney
deputy and Assignee for me and in my name and to my proper vse
and behooffe to aske demand leuy sue for recover demand and
receiue by due order of lawe or otherwise of and against Thomas
Stone of Merryland in the parts beyond the Seas marchant all such
debts dutyes sume or Sumes of money as is due or owing unto me by
or from him or his late father W^m Stone deceased to whom the
said Thomas is Executor or either of them. Giuing and by these
presents Granting unto my said Attorney and to his Attorney and to

p. 428

his Attorney or Assignee in that behalf e my full power and law full
authority to doe execute .... conclude fulfill and finish in and about
the premisses whatsoeuer shalbe requisitt and necessary, as amply
and effectually in every respect and to all intents and purposes, as I
my selfe might or could doe, or cause to be done being, or if I were
or should be personally present, at the doing thereof, Bee the same
by arrest, suite, restraint Seizure Attachment, or by any other good
and lawfull waies or meanes whatsoeuer or howsoeuer, And vpon
recovery or receipt of the same premisses or any parte thereof for