426Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664-65.






               Liber B B To the honble the Gouernor & Councell of the prouince of Maryland
                      The humble petn of John Lane by his atturney Daniel Jenifer
                      Sheweth
                       That Robt Turner stands endebted to yor petr in the sume of 2180lb
                      tob: uppon accompt for Goods bought to that uallue as prticulers
                      may more largely appeare wch sd sume of 2I80lb tob: of the sd Turner
                      hath been demanded but paymt utterly refus'd therein since which
                      the said Turner absents himselfe with intent to defraud yor petr
                      therefore bringeth this his accon
                       And humbly Craues Ordr of this Honble Court agt the said Turner
                      for the said sume of 2180lb tob: wth damages & Cost of suite And he
                      (as in duty bound) shall euer pray &c.
                 [P. 52O] Jerome White Esq dds writt agst Richard Collett the Adminis
                March23 tratr of Francis Riggs in an accon of debt to the uallue of 450lb tob:
                      uppon a bill of the said Riggs and Assigned the sd Jerome White
                       Warrt to sherriffe of Caluert County to arrest &c. Rei. 13th June
                      next Prouinall Court—
                      To the honble the Gouernor and Councell of the prouince of Maryland
                       The humble petn of Jerome White Sheweth
                       That Francis Riggs late of Caluert County decd did on the 5th of
                       January 1663 Obleige himselfe his heires Executors and Adminis
                       tratrs to pay unto Thomas Bradley his heires or Assignes the sume
                       of ffowre hundred and fifty pounds of tobacco wth Caske according
                       to Act of Assembly uppon the tenth day of Noueniber 1664 as by
                       the sd Riggs his specialty niay more at large appeare—
                       Now soe it is the said debt being lawfully assigned to yor petr he
                      hath often made demand thereof from Richard Collett the Admin
                      istrator of the said Riggs who utterly refuseth it to sattisfye, being
                      to the damage of yor petr, Whereuppon he bringeth his suite
                       And humbly Craues Order of this Honble Court agst the said Ad
                      ministrator for the said debt of 450lb tob: wth damages & Cost of
                      suite—And he shall pray &c_

                       Comand Henry Sewall Escp and Dame Jane his wife that Justly
                      &c they keepe wth Capt Samuell Groome of Ratcliffe in the County
                      of Midds in England Marriner the Couenant & of ffiue thowsand
                      acres of land lying on the North side of Petuxent riuer in Caluert
                      County wth it's appurtenances   Charles Caluert
                       And the agreemt is such that the said Henry Sewall and Jane haue
                      acknowledged the aforesaid Tenements wth the appurtenances to be
                      the right of the said Saniuell Groome as those which the said Samuell
                      Groome hath of the guift of the said Henry Sewall and Jane and the
                      same they haue reniised and quitt Claimed from them and theire