72 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.

that disease he then had. And then after the s^d Woodroffe had
serued the sayd Wade his time aboues^d Then he to haue for his s^d
seruice Eleauen hund^d pownds of Tob. a cloath suite, & a Canuas
suite, & shirts, shooes & stockins. And further sayth That Wood-
roffe was in a Course of phisick, some time in March. And the s^d
Woodroffe went out of M^r Wades seruice, in January following:
But the s^d Wade told him he was not then free of his seruice, &
forewarned him of goeing away, or to th^t effect, & further Sayth not.
John Wade plf , declareth by Petⁿ how th^t he entred into Condicons
w^th Will^m Woodroffe deft (about Decemb^r 1655) to cure the s^d
Woodroffe of the malady wherew^th he then was diseased, & to giue
him the s^d Woodroffe Eleaue^e hund^d pownds of Tob, One Cloth suite
& one Canuase suite, Two shirts Three payre of shooes, & Two payre
of stockins. In consideraon whereof the s^d Woodroffe was to serue
the plf one compleat yeare, after the effecting of the s^d cure. But the
s^d Woodroffe deft hath not only neglected the performance of the

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condicon of seruice, for the effecting & perfecting the cure by the plf
uppon the deft, But allso during the plfs absence, by illegall, sinister

Vide 10 Md.
Arch., 496

wayes & proceedings att a Court held att Patux^t 21 March 1656,
obteyned iudgm^t & exequuon thereon followed, agst the pl^f. This
Cause putt to a Jury warr^t to the Sheriffe to empannell a Jury of 12
meⁿ w^thout delay. John Wade Chyrurgeon sayth uppon oath in open
Court, That when hee gaue Will^m Woodroffe That last physick, hee
gaue it him for the p^efecting of th^t cure. And by reason of the hard
winter, hee could not effect it sooner. This Potion, hee cannot
sweare to a day when it was gyuen him only he uerily thinketh, th^t it
was neare about the middle of March.
Sheriffe returneth his warr^t & warned

foreman

Symon Ouerzee
Sampson Warren
Philip Land
Walter Fakes

Walter Hall
Robert Taylor
John Odber
John Ashcomb

James Lindsey
Peter Joy,
Timothy Goodrick
James Veitch,

The Jury brought in their Verdict in writing (Viz) The Jury
finds for the plf, Six weeks seruice, from the deft: w^th three hund^d
pownds of Tob. W^ch Tob. the deft illegally obteyned, by false in-
formaon gyuen to the late Court, And for the pifs dammage Wee
humbly leaue it to the Court, Ordered, that the Verdict of the Jury,
bee entred for the Judgm^t As to the dammage & the Verdict of the
Jury together, It is Ordered by the Court That the deft shall serue
the plf, One whole yeare from this day; or giue in security to pay
to the plf Two Thowsand pownds of Tob this next ensuing Crop,
And the plf is to pay the deft, Cloathes, shirts, shooes & stockins,
according to his Coven^t

Hide v.
Gary

Uppon the demand of Philip Hide plf, agst Stephen Gary deft
for Two Thowsand pownds of Tob.