Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665.  451






     hindred from the impioying of the same Contrary to the Couenants Liber F F
     and Condicons specifyed in the aforesaid Chartr pty and yor peti- [p.29]
     coners hauing as yet good part of the said terme yet to come for
     the imploymt of the said Barke and hauing seuerall Goods and Mer
     chandize to transport out of this prouince are now through the euill
     treatment and by the meanes and Occasione of the sd Stapiefort
     hindred Obstructed and deenied the Imploymt of the said Barke
     whereby theire Goods & merchandize will be utterly spoyied and lost,
     and of the benifitt & proffItt of the imploymt and ffreight of the
     same will be utterly depriued, although yor pets cann make appeare
     that they haue allready paid all or at least the greatest part of the
     money due for her hyer for the whole terme of twelue months
      Wherefore yor petr saith they are Exceedingly dampnifyed and
     therefore humbly prayeth Judgmt agt the sd Staplefort for three
     hundred pounds sterling, the benifItt due to them from the said
     Staplefort for non-performance of his part of the said Deed of
     Chartr as will appeare by the said Deed and for theire Cost of
     suite And they (as in duty hound) shall euer pray


      Justinian Gerrard dds writt agt John Carrington in an accon uppon May 26th
     his Case to the uallue of ffowre thowsand pounds of tobaccoe
      Warrt to the sherriffe of St Marys County to arrest &c ret next
     Prouinall Cort 13th June.
      Justinian Gerrard humbly Complaineth to this Honble Court for
     That whereas John Carrington late of Virgenia Laborour Did by
     Couenant indent to serue Thomas Gerrard this Complainants ffather,
     him the said Thomas Gerrard to serue from the twelfe day of May
     one thowsand six hundred sixty ffiue as will (Relacon to the said
     Couenant being had) more at large appeare, and he the said Thomas
     Gerrard him the said John Carrington for a ualuable Consideracon
     for the time he had to serue unto the plt him the said Carrington [p. 30]
     making ouer & Assigning as by a Certaine specifycacon on the sd
     Couenant bearing date the tenth day of Decembr one thowsand six
     hundred sixty ffowre may & will appeare Whereby Vertually the
     said Carrington unto the plt: A seruant according to the said Coue
     nant ought to be.
      Now soe it is that the said Carrington Contrary to law Equity and
     Reason and Especially him the said Justinian Gerrard Pit: only
     minding to defraud Cozin and Cheate, hath himselfe Elloyned ab
     sented and detained for seuerall weekes Contrary to his Couent.
      Therefore the plt saith in fact that he for the said seruts Elloyn
     ing, Absence and Detainer is dampnifyed to the uallue of ffowre
     thowsand pounds of tobacco, and therefore humbly Craueth Judgmt
     of this Court to be repossed of the said serut and that his Damage
     and Cost of suite may be allowed him &c