Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665.  477






      Cuth: ifenwick plf  The plf sueth the defts for killing & mak- Liber F F
      Hugh Johnson ing away seuerall of his marked hoggs &
      Nathan: Sprigge defts alleageth hee will proue it uppon oath. But
      Rich: Newell the defts acknowledging the allegaón say
      itt was a mistake in the mark. Yett the busines being by the Court
      more strictly examined, it appeared a willfull designe
        Ordered therefore tht Nathaniell Sprig & Hugh Johnson pay unto
      the plf for his sd hoggs & informaon seauenteene hundd pownds of
      Tob a peice & three hundd pownds of Tob a peice to the Ld Propr ac
      cording to Act of Assembly. But Richard Newell being incapable to
      satisfy in Tob. or goods because a seruant, It's ordered the Newell
      stand Three Courts in the Pillory wth his fact written in Capitall Let
      ters ouer his head, And that hee bee gyuen Twenty Lashes on the bare
      back euery Court And further ordered tht the sheriffe forthwth take [p. 651
      him into Custody, & bring him to euery Court, till this order of Court
      bee fullfllled.           True Coppie
                           John Turuill Clke.
               Att a Court held 20th June 1665
      PTnt Thomas Sprigge Richard Collett
          Thomas Brooke             Willm Dorington     Gentn
          Hugh Stanley Toby Norton
          Tho:  Letchworth
        Whereas Richard Newell being committed to the sherriffe Mr
      Spriggs Custody to bee brought to this Court, And the sheriffe fayl
      ing thereof, Ordered tht the order of Court bee Returned to the Pro
      uinciall Court.
                                    True Copie
                                    John Turuils Ctke.
        In this Cause referred from Caluert County to this Prouinciall
      Court where it appeares that Thomas Sprigge being then High sher
      iffe of that County, did willfully suffer or permitt Richard Newell
      (being his Prisoner & putt into his Custody by order of that County
      Court) to Escape, & not suffer punishmt according to the sd Order.
      It is therefore ordered, by reason of the sd Spriggs connyuance, & will-
      full permittance of escape in the Prisoner That the sd Thomas
      Sprigge bee fyned to the Lord Proprietary in the sume of Two
      Thowsd pownds of Tob. And It is further ordered tht the Thomas
      Sprigge bring Richard Newell his foresd Prisoner to the next County
      Court to bee held in Caluert County, there to suffer such punishmt as
      hee was ordered to suffer & as was intended by tht County Court, And
      in case the sd Thomas Sprigge doe not produce or bring the sd Pris
      oner to the sd Court as aforesd Then it is further ordered tht the sd
      Thomas Sprigge pay Two Thowsd pownds of Tob. more, That is to
      say seauenteene hundd pownds of Tob. to Cuthbert ffenwick for his
      dammage &c: And Three hundd pownds of Tob. for a ffyne to the