Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664. 329

     age of the Cropp a glutt of raine following which as this depont con- Liber B B
     ceiueth caused the ripe tobacco to spott for want of getheringe
       Hee further saith that the sd Salesbury did in the summer time
     seuerall times absent himselfe One day together and that the said
     Salesbury did refuse to looke after the hoggs saying he would not
     be Mastr Abingtons hogg Keeper and that there was not one pigg
     raysed all the yeare notwithstanding a Considerable number of
     sowes and Other hoggs which all runn away for want (as this de
     pont supposeth) of looking after and further saith not
     Jurauit 19th Decembris 1664     the marke of
      Coram me Philip Caluert    Gregory  Mallett

     To the Honble Gouernor & Councell of the prouince of Maryland [p. 4041
        the humble petn of Richd Collett sheweth
       That whereas yor petr is Administratr uppon the Estate of Francis
     Riggs and the Estate of the sd Francis Riggs is engag'd to yor petr
     the sume of 8879lb tob: and Caske as yo per cann make appearc,
     the humble request of yor petr is that yor Honnors be pleased to grant
     Order for the said sume of tobacco and yor petr as in duty bound
     shall euer pray
       The Iudgmt of the Board was, that the sd Collett being Adminis
     tratr of the said Riggs his Estate may sattisfye what debts are Justly
     due to himselfe out of the said Estate wthout further Order

       These prsents may serue to testif ye to all persons whome it may
     Concerne that I Jonathan Broune of New England merchant now
     resident in petuxent riuer in Maryland, doe Authorize and impower
     my trusty and wellbeloued freinde Mr Daniel Jenifer of St Marys
     in the puince aforesaid my true and law full Attorney for me and in
     my name to my use to preferre an humble petn to the Honble Pro
     uinall Court sitting att St Marys for an Order against Mr Rich”
     Collett for ffrancis Riggs his Estate for flue thowsand Six hundred
     fifty seauen pounds of tobacco due by bill, and six hundred and
     thirety seauen by accompt, giuing and granting unto my said Attor
     ney, my full and whole power to act in and about the prmisses as
     fully and amply as I my selfe might or Could doe were I there prson
     ally prsent Ratifying and by these prsents holding for firme and
     staple whatsoeuer my said Attorney shall lawfully doe in or about
     the prmisses—In wittnes whereof I haue interchangeably put to my
     hand and seale this 15th December 1664
       Signed sealed & deliuered   Jonathan Broune Sea
       In the prsence of
          John Faireweather
          Isaac Addington