572 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661.

Liber
P. C. R.

Conveying the Estate here demanded vnto Jdith Snowe mother to
the s^d Abell dated 27^th June in the 18^th yeare of the Sou^raigne Lord
Charles &c Annoq^e domini 1642 which the def^t desired might be
proved to be the deed of Abell Snowe whereupon the said deed was
Confronted with the Coppy to which Walter Snowe and Edward
Lees made oathe that itt was a true Coppy before S^r Richard dyott
one of the M^rs of the Chancery in the Kingdome of England which
Coppy now remaynes vpon Record with the attestacon of S^r Richard
Dyott which Coppy did agree verbatim with that deed now produced
as the Originall deed by Marmaduke Snowe the plt. Then was
read a deed from Jdith Snowe to Marmaduke Snowe Conveying the
Estate menconed in the former deed of guift vnto Marmaduke
Snowe her sonne beareing date first June 1649 attested by William
Fynney and Thomas Sutton John Oulsnam Robert Turner which
was likewise Confronted with a Coppy to which W^m Fynney and
Thomas Sutton made oathe that itt was a true Coppy and that their
names together with two more wittnesses thereto subscribed were
heir owne proper hand wryting and attested by S^r Richard dyott one
Master in Chancery as aforesaid which Coppy was found to agree
with the Originall Whereupon they proceeded And ....... p Attornates
Thomas Manning and .... abatem^t to the peticon for .... Jdith
Snowe his mother ....

Oct. 8
p. 1090

Wednesday the Eighth of October 1662
Present as Before.

Then was resumed the debate of the busines Between Marmaduke
Snowe plt and Thomas Gerrard def^ts wherevpon the Co^rt ordered
that the writt doe abate, and that the Bond wherein M^r Gerrard was
bound not for to imbezill his Estate, and to make his appearance att
the Co^rt be delivered in which was done accordingly
Marmaduke Snowe p Attornat John Hammond demands Scire
facias for Thomas Gerrard to make his psonall appearance att the
next Provinciall Co^rt there to shew Cause why Execucon should not
issue vpon the Judgem^t Confest by the s^d Gerrard in England.
Ordered that he haue a Scire facias according to his Demand.

Parratt v.
Belcher's
Estate

To the Hono^ble the Gouernor & Councell of Maryland

The humble peticon of W^m Parratt Sheweth That whereas Thom-
as Belcher is indebted to yo^r pet^r six hundred and sixty pounds of
tobacco and Caske yo^r pet^r humbly Cranes order for the said debt and
he shall pray.
Vpon the peticon aboue written M^r John Bateman Adm^r of the
said Belcher Confesseth Judgem^t for the aforesaid Sume of six
hundred and sixty pounds of tobacco, ....