Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.     29

         Know all men by these prnts tht I Thomas Mathews of Charles Liber B B
       County in the Prouince of Maryland Gentn haue sold & deliuered &
       doe hereby sell definer & n-take ouer unto Henry Sewall of Caluert
       County in the Prouince aforesd Esq his heyres & Assignes one sor
       rell horse Colt, wth a starre in the forehead, fallen this yeare: It
       being a Colt of his the sd Mathews Gray mare. And I doe hereby
       warrt the sale thereof unto the sd Henry Sewall & his heyres agst all
       iust claimes whatsoeur. In Consideraon whereof I the sd Henry
       Sewall doe bind my selfe my heyres Adthistrators &c: to pay or cause
       to be payd unto the sd Thomas Mathewes his heyres Adthistrators
       or assignes, seauen hundd pownd weight of good merchble Tob. att
       or uppon the Tenth day of Nouembr next ensuing. To wch Bill of
       sale & Consideraon therefore both the forenamed prties haue hereunto
       sett their hands this 26th day of May 1663.
       Wittnesseth hereunto             Tho: Mathews
          Charles Caluert Willm Bretton Henry Sewall


       The Examinaon of Daniel Clocker taken before Willm Bretton Gentn [p. 30]
       this 16th day of Aprill 1663.
         This Examint sayth, that yesterday being att Henry Ellerys howse
       about some occasions of his owne, hee was willing to haue come ouer
       the Riuer the last night: But ueiwing Henry Ellerys Canow & find
       ing it something small, hee was fearefull to aduenture in it & there
       fore told Henry Ellery tht hee would lye in his howse tht night &
       goe up to Willm Watts on the morrow morning & borrow his Canow,
       And this morning did goe to Willm Watts, but hee was not att honie.
       Then hee asked for John ifurnifeild. Answere was made that he was
       abed. Wherefore this Examt called him up & requested him to giue
       him a Cast ouer the Riuer in their Canow, And the sd John promised
       him to sett him ouer, and wthall fetchd out about a Pint of Drams,
       wch they dranke out there amongst them. Then this Examt walked
       downe againe to Henry Ellerys, & John ffurnifeild brought downe
       the Canow thither allso. And being there Henry Ellerys Wife
       brought out an Earthen pott of Drams conteyning about a quart,
       wch they dranke most part out there. Then comming into the Canow
       (Vizt) this Examt & John ifurnifeild, The sd ifurnifeild paddled the
       Canow, & betweene the Indian Poynt att West 5t Maries & the
       Church Poynt ouer agst it, the sd furnifeild fell out of the Canow
       & is now drowned & further sayth not. Daniel D C Clocker.
         Examinat Coram me Willm Bretton.

         On the Eleauenth day of May Wart to the Constable of st maries
       hundd or in his Absence to the Sheriife of the County to summone
       ffiue or six of the Neighbourhood to enquyre Concerning a Dead
       Corps cast up on West St maries shoare.