Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663-64. 139






      some releife, as to the Dammage hee humbly conceiuing his demand Liber B B
      to bee more then is due. And yor Petr shall as in duty Bownd euer
      pray &c:

        Vppon this Petn It is ordered, That the Petr paying & satisfying
      to the sheriffe ffowre hundd & ffifty pownds of Tob, wch sume is
      iudged & allowed noe more then what hee may iustly claime in busi
      nes of tht nature, Hee dispose of the Remainder of his Tob. in his
      Tob. howse, notwthstanding tht Exequüon layd by the sheriffe, to
      his owne use


      To the honble the Gouernor & Councell for the Prouince of Maryland.
        The humble Petn of Josias ffendall Sheweth.
        That there is a Stock of horses & mares lately belonging unto
      Mr Edward Prescott, wch doe dayly Iniury unto the Indians wch
      horses & mares, as yor Petr humbly conceiueth, doe now belong to
      his Lp & yor Petrs Daughter, by uertue of a Will wch yor Petr is
      ready to produce to the Court.
        Wherefore it is the humble desyre of yor Petr, as well for satis
      fying the Indians in their resonable demand for the hauing the horses
      remoued away, as allsoe for the securing the horses, for whomsoeur
      they certainely shall appeare to belong unto, who will otherwise bee
      destrayned, That this honble Court will bee pleased to graunt an
      order, that yor Petr may take up (apprayse) & dispose of such of [p. 189]
      the sd horses, as doe by the will belong unto yor Petrs Daughter
      aforesd, And hee to bee accomptable, if any latter will or power shall
      appeare, And allsoe tht there may bee such order taken in the behalf e
      of his Lp that those of the sd horses belonging to his Lp by the will
      aforesd may bee taken away, & otherwise disposed of, And tht one
      hundd Armes Length of Roanoke may bee ordered out of the horses
      to the Indians, for the wronge & dammage the sd horses did them,
      the last yeare, & hee shall pray &c:
        Vppon the Pet” aforesd of Josias ffendall Esq in the behalfe of the
      Indians, It is ordered That the Inhabitants next adioyning unto the
      Indians of Sackayo & Portoback Doe help the sd Indians to make a
      sufficient Pownd, or fence well closed; And tht the sd Indians shall
      driue into the sd Pownd all such hoggs, Cattle and horses, as shall
      any wise damnify them in their Corne feilds or otherwise, betweene
      the months of March & December next following. And it is like
      wise ordered That the owners of such hoggs Cattle & horses as shall
      doe such dammage unto the sd Indians wch shall bee putt into the
      Pownd, That such owners shall pay for such dammages done by
      their hoggs Cattle or horses, as shall bee by Thomas Mathewes one
      of the Commisrs of Charles County, thought fitt & requisite, & the
      sd Thomas Mathews to adiudge the Dammage.