372Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664-65.






              Liber B B That yor petr had Contracted with and sold to Robert Turner the
                      number of twenty hoggsheads Conteining Nine thowsand flue hun
                      dred and Eleauen pounds of sweete sented tobacco, Prouided that
                      uppon the deliuery of the said twenty hhds of tobaccoe he the said
                      Turner to yor petr or his Order did deliuer good Currant bills of Ex
                      change for the sume of One hundred and Eighty pounds of tobacco
                      to be paid in the Citty of London uppon tenn dayes sight thereof, and
                      allsoe to giue good & sufficient security for the paymt of the said
                      Bills of Exc: as by Obligacon undr the said Robt Turners hand bear
                      ing date the 23d day of January 1664 doth and may more largely
                      appeare besides two hhds more, not specifyed therein Now soe it is,
                      yor petr being distant from his plantacon where the said tobacco was
                      to be deliuered (wth prouisoes) as aforesaid did by the said Turner,
                      in a letter, order yor petrs Brother, that uppon Condicon as in the
                      said Turners Obligacon aforesaid is exprest, then unto the said
                      Turner the said Two and twenty hhds of tobacco to deliuer, But not
                      withstanding the said Turner did breake open the said letter and
                      oblititerating words therein did surrepticiously obtaine the said Two
                      and Twenty hhds of tobaccoe, and on Board a shipe in this prouince
                      hath shipt it leauing your petr destitute of any way or meanes in sat
                      tisfaccon thereof
                        Wherefore he humbly Craues Ordr of this honnoble Court agt the
                      sd Turner either to make good his Obligacon by bills of Exchange
                      wth sufficient security for the paymt thereof or to yor petr to re-deliuer
                      the said two & twenty hhds of tobacco uppon yor petrs said plantacon
                      where and as well Condiconed when by him the said Robt Turner
                      receiued wth daffiages & Costs of suite—And (as in duty bound) he
                      shall euer pray &c

                     3d William Hollingworth dds writt agst John Steuens in an accãn of
                      Debt to the uallue of 437lb tob: Caske
                        Warrt to sherriffe of St Marys County to Arrest &c Ret. 7th of
                      this instant ffebruary being next Prouinciall Court
                  [p. 454] The aforesaid William Hollingworth dds summons for Capt
               February 3d Nicholas Gwyther and Vincent Attcheson to testi fye &c in ditto Causo
                      inter the said Hollingworth and Steuens uppon perill of forfeiting
                      500lb tob: each person in Case they appeare not the 7th Feb: next
                      prouinaall Court
                      To the honnoble Gouernor & Councell of the Prouince of Maryland
                        The humble petn of Wm Hollingworth Sheweth
                        That John Steuens on the 16th day of March 1663 did assume
                      uppon himselfe to pay unto yor petr uppon or before the 20th day
                      of October following the sume of ffowre hundred thirety and seauen
                      pounds of bright & large tobacco and Caske out of the Crop then
                      made uppon his dwelling plantacon which said sume the said John