Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 483

To the honorable the Gouernor and Councell
The humble peticon of Henry Ellery Sheweth That yo^r peticon^r
being Administrato^r to the Estate of M^r Will^m Stephenson deceased
and haueing payd all the debts which were due out of the said Estate,
Sett vp a noate at the County Courte Doore that whoesoeuer could
clayme anything out of the said Estate should repayre unto him to
demand the same as by a Certifficatt vnder the Clarks hand appeareth
Yo^r pet^r humbly craues that a Quietus est may be granted to
him. And he s[hall pray] &c
I Walter Hall can Justifye that Henry Ellery hath sett vp a noate
at the Courte doore at New Towne two Courts last past To give
notice that if any person hath any iust debt ag^t the Estate of William
Stephenson to bring in by this Provinciall Courte as Wittnes my hand
Walter Hall.
Vpon the peticon abouesaid It is ordered that Henry Ellery sett vp
a noate at this Courte doore alsoe and if noe body appeare that he
haue a Quietus est granted him

Liber
P. C. R.
p. 499
Re
Stephen-
son's Estate

To the honorable the Gouernor and Councell of the Prouince of
Maryland
The humble peticon of John Hammond Sheweth That yo^r peti-
con^r brought a considerable Estate into this Country and had severall
Ingagem^ts from many of the Inhabitants due to him, but was by com-
mand of the then Governor and power acting for the Lord Propri-
etary imployed in such services as by the dangerousnes of those
tymes caused his flight and remoueall leaueing behind him a greate
charge and Confused his Estate both which suffred irrepairably
Yo^r pet^rs wife in hopes of regayning some what towards mayn-
tenance of her oppressed family what with want of experience in
tryalls oppressions and Combinacons of her aduersaries appearing in
Courts seuerall orders haue passed against her to the great Injury
of yo^r peticon" Estate whoe hath been cutt of from her Just dues
imprisoned and other wayes dampnifyed Insoemuch that she was
not onely brought to extreame want, but yo^r pet^r wrapt up in strange
and vnjust Engagem^ts whoe left both a visible Estate Severall good
debts behinde him and was not ingaged matterially .... since by
misinformacon haue obteyned .... peticon^r was enforced to five

Re
Hammond

.... giue such direccons nor could imploy any capable to in forme
a Right in such tryalls as haue in his absence happned
He humbly craueth that by order of this hono^ble Courte that he
may haue Reheareings of what hath passed in the seuerall Courts of
this Province and that Execucon may be in those cases suspended
And he shall pray &c.
Vpon the peticon abouesaid It is ordered that what Judgements
hath not been already executed against him he shall haue a Scire
facias

p. 500