Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 603

endured and vndergone, such hazards .... as the variousnes of the
Countryes, .... which he hath ever expressed .... as is evidently
knowne .... or Suffrors in .... only been .... lord^ps in England

Liber
P. C. R.

Yo^r pet^r humbly p^rsenteth to yo^r Honors the .... miseryes he
hath vndergone, in his younger dayes for defence of this Province,
hath very much Impayred his health and wasted his vigor and
strength & that he hath been much afflicted with sicknes, & lameness
not vnknowne to many of yo^r Honors: In which weake Condicon
yo^r pet^r did in October last adventure to goe a board a New
England Vessell rideing in S^t Georges River where one Thomas
Innis be [ing] a Board (did out of a former Malice borne him) sett
vpon yo^r pet^r first w^th Scoffs, Contempts, hate full and provokeing
Complaynts and afterward with frequent, violent & .... Blowes,
Boxes and Buffetts, vntill the .... from his Teethe and nose in ....
as if that had not been sufficient to express his hatred to yo^r pet^r and
Contempt to his Office, tooke him vp by the Thigh to haue throwne
him over Borde, which he had vndoubtedly done, had he not called
out for helpe & required the peace of the Lord Proprietary to be
kept as the s^d Jnnis hath since often laughed att & boasted off, Now
for as much as the s^d Innis hath soe abused yo^r pet^r and gloried in
[his] haueing Respect neither the greatness of his place, as being
Sherriff of the [County] nor the Lowness of his Condicon, as being
weake .... lame man not able to defend nor helpe .... He prayeth
that as Sherriff of this County .... Honor to the Lord Proprietary
& the place .... for the terror of such as shall .... person of Sher-
riffe whose .... supported that the s^d Innis .... yo^r pet^r repayred
according .... offred or that yee will .... & discharge him ....

p. 1144

.... Ad^trix .... indebted as by his .... W^m Battyn two Mares &
.... besides his funerall charges [there] fore humbly prayeth yo^r
John Gittings that ....... ag^t M^r Robert Slye .... for the s^d debts ....
Sherriff of .... he shall pray &c: ....... next Co^rt

the Gouernor & Councell

Re
Estate

.... the [humble] petⁿ of Tho: Stone .... and the .... yo^r pet^rs
father was possessed of a wind [mill at S^t] Marys and that Philip
Calvert then .... and illegally out .... of the s^d Mill .... hereof to
the ....

Stone v.
Calvert

.... been too much wrought on .... to Consent to an Act not
only [abhor] rent to her selfe, when she .... of her Cryme, and for
which she .... of disgrace & .... therefore humbly prayeth that
she may .... Censure as the [law] of England in such .... And she
shall pray &c.

Attorney
General v.
Hall