Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 551

reporting that he had had vncivill doeings with her, the which yo^r
pet^r scorning by the advice of her freinds she did striue to weane
her selfe from her former Childish Loue; which Thomas Courtney
.... he doth goe aboute to dishonor yo^r pet^r reporting that he hath
layne with her, with many impudent and false abuses, besides a letter
in the which he doth abuse me in a very vncivill and abusive manner
wherefore yo^r pet^r humbly beseeches yo^r honors to take itt into yo^r
serious Consideracons the Condicon of a poore abused Mayd who
sues for Justice ag^t her abusiuc adversary and as in duty bound she
shall ever pray.
The plt sues the def^t in an accon of defamacon for giving out in
speeches that he hath layn with the plt whereupon the def^r craues
a Jury which was granted
Warr^t mde to the Sherriffe of S^t Marys County to impannell a
Jury the Sherriff returned his writt and warned

Liber
P. C. R.

Cap^t Thomas Manning
John Hamond
Humphry Haggett
James Veach

Tho: Bennett

Hugh Stanley
W^m Hatton
W^m Bretton

Robert Slye
Fran: Batchelor
Henry Spinke
John Nuttwell

Cap^t Thomas Manning Foreman sworne together with the rest
abouemenconed, ....

To the hono^ble the Leiutenn^t Generall and Councell .... W^m
Bretton .... to Gyles Sadleir late Sherriff of that County to collect
for him, But the said Gyles being in fortunately cast away, yo^r pet^r
not well knowing how to recouer his said debts He humbly prayes
that James Ueich of Calvert County may be impowred by order of
this hono^ble Co^rt to leauy by way of Execucon after demand made
all, or any pcell of the said fees for which the s^d Gyles Sadleir hath
given noe receipt for under his hand, M^r Hugh Stanley haueing the
booke of fees in his Custody now p^rsent in Coⁿ and willing to Relin-
quish the same according to this agreem^t with Veich and yo^r pet^r
& he shall pray &c.

Vpon the peticon abouesaid Ordered that Hugh Stanley deliuer
up to W^m Bretton his Booke of fees and that James Ueitch may haue
writt to Leauy the s^d fees according to the peticon

Re Bretton
p. 1058

Then The Jury returned their Verdict (vizt) The accon of scan-
dall lyes and wee finde for the prt five hundred pounds of tobacco and
Caske dammages Ordered that Thomas Courtney aske the s^d Sarah
Taylor forgivenes in open Co^rt upon his knees for scandaling of the
plt, which was done accordingly

Taylor v.
Courtney