108      Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663-64.

              Liber B B To the honble the Leiut GraIl & Councell of Maryland, in the Prouin
                        ciall Court sitting
                      The humble Pet” of Symon Carpenter Sheweth.
            Vid fol.   194 That whereas yo” Pet” by diuers accounts & dealings wth M” John
                   Bateman late deceased, finds him indebted to yor Pet” & his partners
                     in the sume of sixty Three pownds, sixteene shillings & nine pence,
                     money sterl. of England, & ffowre Thowsd Three hundd Eighty Eight
                     pownds of Tob, web accounts & Engagmts haue bene ueiwed & com
                     pared wtb the Deceaseds accounts, by the honble Philip Caluert Chan
                     celo” & the Executrix of the sd John Bateman, knowing in the most
                     part of them, wch sd Debt for the greatest part haue bene long due to
                     yo” Pet” to his Extraordinary detrimt & preiudice, & will proue to
                     his utter ruine wthout redresse from yo” honrs
                      Therefore he humbly craueth order for his foresd Debt, whereby
                     hee may bee in a Capacity to receaue the same. And hee shall
                     pray &c:

                     Robert Robins plf The plf declares agst the deft in an accon of the
                     Richard Dod deft 5 Case uppon Trouer & conuersion, ffor tht
                     whereas in or about the month of August 1660, the deft had in his
                     Custody or posses” one mare of the ptfs, The wch hee hath euer since
                     wthheld & kept out of the posses” of the plf, And allthough the plf
                     hath of the deft often demanded the sd mare to bee deliuered him,
               [p. 150]     yett the deft hath & still doth refuse to deliver the sd mare unto the
                     plf, And still to his owne use the sd mare hee doth conuert, web is to
                     the ptfs Dathage 2000k of Tob. Wherefore the plf craueth of this
                     honble Court Judgmt agst the deft, for the sd mare & her encrease &
                     his dammage, & for Cost of suite.

                     Daniel Johnson plf The plf Declares agst the deft in an accon
                     Willm Robinson deft J of Couenant, for tht whereas the deft. in or
                     about the month of Septemb” Ano 1662 did sell unto the plf a Cer
                     tame parcell of Land, Lying scituate & being in Charles County, &
                     in the Tenure & occupaon of Thomas Hussey Lying uppon Patow
                     meck Riuer, The wch yor Pet” hath satisfyed him the deft for. But
                     the deft hauing gyuen the plf noe confirmaon for the sd Land, And
                     the plf hatting demanded often times of the deft to ghue a Dill of sahe
                     for the same, The deft hath & still doth refuse soe to doe, The wch
                     the plf conceiueth is contrary both to Law & Reason. Wherefore the
                     plf sayth in fact, the deft ought to giue him assurance of th° sd Land
                     by Bill of Sale, ffor web bee craueth the Judgmt of this Court, & for
                     Costs of suite.

                      John BaIley dds writt agst James Jolley in an accon of Debt to tW
                     ualue of 5395t Tob. & cask.