Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 589

To the Wopfull the Com^rs of S^t Marys County

The petⁿ of John Lumbroso Sheweth That yo^r pet^r haueing sould
certaine Goods to John Hammond as drinke Sugar and other things
to the vallue of 1000^l of tobacco, And when yo^r pet^r came to demand
bill for his debt the said Hammond refused to give him any Where-
fore yo^r pet^r Craves order for his debt or the Co^rt compell the said
Hammond to give yo^r pet^r security for the next yeares payment And
he shall pray &c.
Gent. These are to Certefye yo^u that M^r Hammond did buy of
Doctor Lumbroso one Anker of Brandy & 100^tt of Sugar the which
Brandy and sugar Peter Mills & John Davies carryed from my
howse by the s^d Hamonds order, And this I am ready to depose if
thereto Required
June 26^th 1662 W^m Euans

Lumbrozo Accompt
M^r Hammond debtor

Liber
P. C. R.

To one Anker of Brandy 0500
For one hundred pounds of Sugar 0400
For two Turkeys 0100
The prt petitioning the Co^rt for one thousand pounds of tobacco
due from the def^t by an Accompt, which accompt the def^t accknowl-
edgeth the Receipt of the Goods But doth alleadge that he was not
to give the .... here Rated wherefore ....

Att a Co^rt held att New Towne for the County of S^t Marys the s^th
of August 1662

Present Coft W^m Evans M^r Thomas Mathews M^r John Lawson
M^r Luke Gardner M^r Richard LLoyd Com^rs
The Depⁿ of William Price aged 24 yeares or thereabouts This
depon^t being att the howse of M^r John Hamond aboute the latter
End of January last, John Lumbrose came in, And this depon^t &
some others being drinking called for a Bottle of Liquor saying M^r
Hamond I must not pay soe deere as the rest in regard I am to gett
nothing by yo^u in the same goods, And the said Hammond was
Content further this depon^t sayth that the s^d Lumbroso about a fort-
night since sayd if M^r Hammond would pay him as they Cost him
he desired noe more And further this depon^t went with the s^d Lum-
broso, and one of the Sonns of the s^d Hammond when the s^d Lum-
broso gaue the s^d two Turkeys, This Depon^t asked the s^d Lumbroso
vpon what acc^o they were deliuered And the s^d Lumbroso sayd that
M^rs Hammond made & washt his Linnen for sattisfaccon and further
sayth not W^m Price
Sworne before me this 4^th day of August Tho. Mathews

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