Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 585

Sume of fiue thousand five hundred pounds of good sound Tobacco
with caske fitt for Merchants vse which is for a valluable Considera-
con already received and is to be payd vpon all demands As Wittnes
my hand this 24^th of February 1661 Tho. Gerrard
Wittness Robert Henley his 1 marke Edmund Pinson Samuell
Dobson
The def^t answeres that he did Signe such a Bill and other hills to
Daniell Johnson but itt was vn justly gotten at dice, The Wittnesses
sweare th^t the bill was given in Consideracon of the delivery of
another Bill given by Robert Henley to Daniell Johnson for five
thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco
Ordered that the def^t doe pay vnto the plt 5500^lb Tobacco and
Costs of Suite

Liber
P. C. R.

To the hono^ble the Gouernor and Councell of Maryland

The humble petⁿ of John Abington Sheweth That whereas W^m
Lowry doth vn justly possess parte of yo^r .... pet^r hath Survayed
and Pattented as .... said William Lowry be .... my Trusty f reind
to be my true and lawfull Attorney in a Case depending Betweene
M^r Abington and I the said W^m Lowry and doe hereby theis p^rsents
give my Attorney full power to sue or impleade imprison or Release
to acquitt or discharge in as full and ample manner as if I my selfe
were there in pson wherevnto I sett my hand and scale 26^th Sep^t
1662 the mke M of W^m Lowry
Testis George Hardesty Gab. Barkeley
The def^t by his Attorney James Jolley sayth that the land was
survayed for Alexander Maggruder and th^t he hath payd rent for itt
but can produce noe Certiff^t of Survey out of the office nor vnder any
Surveyors hand
This Cause is Respitted till next Co^rt

John
Abington p.
Attorn.
Capt
Thomas
Manning v.
W^m Lowry
p. Attorn.
James Jolly
p. 1114

To the hono^ble the Chancellor of Maryland and Councell of State.

Hugh Stanley in humble manner Complayneth That in February
1660 Thomas Burdett Confessed Judgem^t to Thomas Trueman for a
heifer and Calfe, the milke of th^t Heifer with Costs of Suite
The same Co^rt he arrested yo^r Orato^r but discontinued his suite ag^t
October Co^rt following, he againe arrested yo^r Orator & obteyned
order to pay him a Heifer and Calfe, with such dammage as he had
payed the said Trueman. Yo^r Orator further sheweth that after the
s^d order the said Burdett came vnto him and demanded 3000^ll of
tobacco in Hew of that order but yo^r Orator disputing his demand
offered him sattisfaccon according to the Contents of his s^d order,
and sent one James Jolly along with him to pay him who went

Stanley v.
Burdett

together as both yo^r Orator and the s^d Jolly Conceived .... sattisfac-
con, .... Tobacco due to the s^d Burdett more then the ordinary costs

p. 1115