Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.  281






     One Cole black mare wth a horse Colt by her side, Liber B B
     One young horse of 2 yeares old a Starr in his forehead and of a
         sorrell Culler          mee Abraham Rowse
      To the Rigt Honble the Gouernor and Councell of the Prouince of
         Maryland
       The humble pet” of Geo: Goodricke Sheweth
       That whereas Edward Prescott stands endebted to yor petr the
     sume of ffiue thowsand pounds of tobacco and Caske which yor petr [p 349]
     hath according to law attached by uertue of an attachmt granted by
     Philip Caluert Esq and returned by the sherriffe of Charles County—
     Wherefore yor petr humbly Craues Ordr of this honble Court for the
     abouesaid debt wth Cost and Charges of suite And he shall humbly
     pray

       Vpon the abouemenconed petn it is Ordered That Henry Alday
     the Attorney of Edward Prescott haue notice giuen to appeare and
     defend the Estate of Edward Prescott attached by George Goodricke
     by the first day of the next Prouinciall Court and that if hee appeare
     not at that day that Geo: Goodrick haue Iudgmt for flue thowsand
     pounds of tobacco agst the Estate of the said Ed: Prescott but that
     in regard W Goodrick may haue receiued part of payment, Ordered
     further that the said Goodrick shall by his Oath make appeare what
     he hath receiued from Edward Edward Prescott which must be al
     lowed in discount of the said 5000lb of tobaccoe

       To this place the list of amerciamts was taken and sent to each
     Sherriffe of the Countyes

       Comand Thomas Courtney and Sarah his wife now or late of
     Caluert County in the prouince of Maryland that Justly the whole
     Couenant to Mathew Rhodam of Com-away in St Marys County
     Containing One dwelling house One Tobacco howse One hundred
     acres of land in Comaway aforesaid in the County aforesaid &c.
                                 Signed Philip Caluert
       And the finall Concord is such that the said Thomas Courtney and
     Sarah his wife haue acknowledged the aforesaid dwelling house wth
     one tobacco house and One hundred acres of land to be the right of
     the aforesaid Mathew Rhodam as those which the said Mathew
     Rhodam hath of the guift of the said Thomas Courtney and Sarah
     his wife and the same they haue remised and quitt Claimed from them
     and theire heires to the aforesaid Mathew Rhodam and his heires
     for euer and further the said Thomas Courtney and Sarah his wife
     haue granted for them and the heires of the said Thomas Courtney
     that they will warrant to the aforesaid Mathew Rhodam and his 350]
     heires the aforesaid dwelling house     one tobacco house and the