452  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665.

               Liber F F Pope Aluey on behalfe of his wife Anne Administx of the Estate
                      of her husband John Hammond decd demds writt agst James Veitch
                      in an accon uppon his Case to the uallue of two thowsand pounds of
                      tobacco.
                       Warrt to sherriffe of Caluert County to arrest &c Ret: 13th June
                      next Prouinall Court

                     To the honble Gouernor and Councell of Maryland,
                       The humble petn of Pope Aluey on behalfe of his wife Anne
                      Administrx of the Estate of her husband John Hammond deed:
                                     Sheweth
                       That whereas James Veitch stood endebted to yor petr as Admin
                      istrator aforesaid in the sume of Two thowsand pounds of tobacco
                      & Caske for a woman serut and likewise some other debt due to the
                      Estate of the said Hammond decd wthout the said James Veitch
                     proues this debt is paid
                       Wherefore yor petr humbly Craues Order of this Honble Court
                      for the said debt of 2000lb tob: wth wt debt else shall be lawfully
                      prou'd due to the said Estate with dathages and Cost of suite, And
                      (as in duty bound) he shal pray

                  [p. 31] Mordicay Hamond in the behalfe of himselfe and his Brother
                May 29th Daniel Hamond dds writt agt Pope Aluey in an accon uppon theire
                     Case to the uallue of six thowsand pounds of tobacco—
                       Warrt to sherriffe of st Marys County to arrest &c. Ret: 13th day
                     of June next Prouinall Court
                       Mordicay Hamond In the behalfe of himselfe and his Brother
                      Daniel Hamond are plaintiffs Pope Aluey is Defendant
                       The plt declares agst the deft in an accon of the Case for that
                      whereas the deft did in and uppon the 22th day of March anno 1663,
                      sell and deliuer unto the plts all his Estate both reall and prsonall, or
                      whatsoeuer doth unto the deft belong wthin this prouince as p deed
                      undr the defts hand and seale bearing date the said 22th day of March
                      relacon being thereunto had may more at large appeare, wth Prouisoe
                      that if the said Pope Aluey his Executors Administrators or As
                      signes did well and truely Content and pay unto the pits or to theire
                      Executors Administrators or Assignes the quantity of three thowsand
                      seauen hundred pounds weight of merchantable tobacco in Caske
                      according to Act of Assembly uppon the 10th day of Nouembt then
                      next ensueing the date of the aforesaid deed and being now past, that
                      then the said deed should be uoid and of none Effect otherwise to
                      remaine of force and uertue, Now soe it is that the said Aluey the
                      deft hath not paid the said Tobacco according to the force and pur
                      port of the said deed, allthough often by the plts required soe to doe,
                      but hath and still doth refuse to pay the same, which is to the plts