528 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661.

Liber
P. C. R.

Attorney
General v.
Holt et al

The Jurors for the Lord Proprietary doth p^rsent Robert Holte of
Greenes Poynte in S^e Georges Hundred in the County of S^t Marys
Cooper whoe being formly p^rsented for marrying one Christean
Bonnefeild (his owne lawfull wife Dorothy being still liueing) and
being graciously pardoned for that offence att that tyme yett still
the said Robert Holte not haueing the feare of God before his eyes
doth still cohabite and incontinantly Hue with the said Christean
Bonnefeild Contrary to the forme of the Statute in that case pro-
vided and ag^t the peace of the Lord Prop" his rule and Gouernm^t

Attorney
General v.
Hall

The Jurors for the Lord Prop^ry doth p^rsent Penelope Hall of
Snowe hill Manno^r and in the County of S^t Marys Planter, Seruant
That the said Penelope haueing had carnall knowledge with some
person or other of evell behauiour was sometyme in December last
brought to bed of a Bastard child to the euell example of others ;
the forme of the lawe or statute in that case provided and ag^t the
peace of the Lord Prop^r his rule and Gouernm^t

p. 1022

To the hono^ble the Gouernor and Councell of the Prouince of
Maryland

Hammond
v. Lord

The humble peticon of John Hammond Sheweth That yo^r pet^rs
wife at the perswasion of Cap^t William Mitchell and Richard Hos-
keys did confess a Judgem^t As Attorney ag^t yo^r pet^rs estate for six
thousand pounds of Tobacco (for what Cause he knoweth not) to
one John LLord a person altogether vnknowne unto him and by
which Judgem^t he is lyable to be molested if not p^rvented
He humbly prayeth that this peticon with the oathe hereto annexed
may be Entred upon Record as a Barre in case of any molestacon
for the same.
Alsoe he doth hereby signifye that for this and other reasons he
doth hereby recall make uoyd and null all power of Attorneyship
granted to her, and by her deriued to any other person or persons
whatsoeuer which he likewise prayeth may be Entred And he shall
pray
Walter Pake aged fifty three yeares or thereabouts sworne and
Examined in open Coⁿ the 12^th of November 1661 Sayth That after
the departure of John Harhond out of this Province he was p^rsent at
a Co^rt houlden at Patuxent (William Fuller then ruleing the Country
as Gouernor) where M^rs Harhond one John Lord Cap^t Mitchell and
Richard Hoskeys were Conferring together, There they perswaded
the said M^rs Harhond to Signe a bill to the said Lord for six thousand
pounds of tobacco, and desired him this depon^t to Wittness itt, which
with much perswasions of the said partyes, he did, but would haue
had the said Mitchell to haue wittnessed itt likewise who refused,
replying I cannot wittness such a date because it is knowne I was not
in the Country, the same replyed the said Hoskins, This depon^t