136      Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663-64.

              Liber B B tht in case the sd Raph Crouch shall happen att any time hereafter to
                     bee sued impleaded or prosequuted in any of our Courts of Justice
                     in our sd Prouince contrary to the true intent & meaning herein before
                     signifyed that they & euery of them there prnt in Court shall admitt
                     & allow of this Quietus est, or the Record thereof, for a Law full
                     & sufficient Plea in Barre to all & euery such suite, accon or demand.
                     In wittnes whereof Wee haue caused Our Secretary of our sd Prou
                     ince of Maryland to publish the same under our Lesser Seale of our
                     sd Prouince. Gyuen att St Maries this ninth day of ffebruary in the
                     two & thirtith yeare of Our Dominion ouer Maryland Anocp Dñi
                     1663. Wittnes Our Trusty & Welbeloued Henry Sewall Esq our
                     Secretary of Our sd Prouince Henry Sewall Secr.
                        The Court adiornes till to morrow morning
                 [p. 185]    This Bill bindeth mee Richard Wraith my heyres or assigns to
                     deliuer or cause to bee deliuered unto Mr George Bradshaw or his
                     order one man seruant betweene seauenteene & Thirty yeares of age
                       or uppon the Twentieth of Nouembr next ensuing the day & date
                     hereof, Vppon Condicon tht the sd George Bradshaws Bills of Ex
                     change bee payd unto the sd Richard Wraith aboue mentioned, Con
                     tayning Twenty ffiue pownds sterling. Wittnes my hand Aprill 23,
                   1662.                            Richard Wraith
                        John Browne Garrard Browne.
                           Wednesday  ffebruary All prnt as yesterday.

             Vid foh. z66. The Jury called, & all appearing It is ordered that they now goe
                 et seq. on wth their busines according to the order last night, & to take wth

                     them the proceedings in tht same cause, as Deposns &c: inter Thomas
                     Gerard Escp plf, & Richard Micall deft.


                     John Ewens plf   The plf sayth tht being summoned by the
                     Thomas Billingsley deft deft to this Court, he hath made his am
                     pearance accordingly, & therefore desyreth tht the deft shew cause
                     (if any hee haue) why hee, to witt, John Ewens should not haue
                     Ires of Adthistraon graunted, according to James Billingsley de
                     ceased his Will wch hee hath now by him, & ready to shew to this
                     honble Court To wch the deft Thomas Billingsley sayth, tht hee can
                     shew cause why John Ewens ought not to administer, & Thereuppon
                     desyreth tht the will of James Billingsley Deceased might bee pro
                     duced, A Copye whereof was read. Then the deft craueth tlit the
                     Originall Will bee produced, Alleaging withall tht hee is informed
                     tht there is something in the originall will, not mentioned in tht will
                     now produced.