Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665.  495






       Philip Caluert exhibitts Bill agst Thomas Wynne & Elizabeth his Liber F F
    Wife
       Bee it remembred That the Tenth day of Octobr Philip Caluert
    Esq Chancelor of the Prouince of Maryland comes here into Court
    & exhibitts a Certaine Informãon agst Thomas Wyn of Snow Hill
    of St Maries County & Elizabeth his wife, The Tenor of wch infor
    mãon followes in these words.
    To the Gouernor & Councell in Prouinciall Court assembled.
       Philip Caluert Esq Chancelor of this Prouince wch as well for the st Maries
    Lord Proprietary as for himselfe in tht behalfe followeth came here
    into Court of his sd Lordships before the Gour & Councell in Prouin
    ciall Court assembled this Tenth day of Octobr 1665, And as well for
    his sd Lordship as for himself e giues the Court aforesd to understand
    & bee informed, That whereas a Certaine Act of Assembly Begun
    att St Maries in the County of St Maries the 15th of Septembr 1663,
    It stands enacted by authority of the same Assembly, That noe prson
    whatsoeur shall trade barter, commerce, or game, wth any seruant,
    except hyred seruants, wthin this Prouince wthout Lycence first had
    & obtcyned from his or her Master, Mistresse, Dame, or Ouerseers,
    under the Penalty of Two Thowsd pownds of Tob. To bee payd The
    one halfe to the Ld Propr & the other haife unto the master of such
    seruants or true owners of such goods soe purloyned, gamed, & bar
    tered for, when proued by sufficient wittnes, or Confession of the
    party, To bee recouered by Accon of Debt, bill, plaint, or Infor
    mãon, Wherein Noe Essoyne Protection or Wager of Law to bee
    allowed, Yett the aforesd Thomas Wyn & Elizabeth his Wife uery
    little weighing the Act of Assembly aforesd nor in any way fearing
    the punishmt in the sd Act contayned after the publishing the sd Act,
    & before the day of exhibiting this Informãon to witt 28th of [p. 85]
    August 1665, & diuers times both before & since, wth ffrank Indian
    & dyuers others of the slaues of Philip Caluert Esq bartered traded
    commerced for Ten poultry or Henns, agst the forme of the sd Act in
    tht Case made & prouided, By wch the sd Thomas Wyn & Elizabeth
    his wife forfeited & lost Two Thowsd pownds of Tob. whereuppon
    the aforesd Philip Caluert, who followes as well for the Ld Propr as
    for himselfe prays the aduizemt of the Court in the premises, And
    that hee the sd Philip Caluert may bane the moiety of the forfeiture
    aforesd according to the forme & effect of the same Act of Assembly,
    As allso that the foresd Thomas Wyn & Elizabeth his wife may come
    here into Court to answere in & uppon the premises/
       Writt issued to the sheriffe to hauc the sd Thomas Wyn, & Eliza
     beth his wife to the Court tomorrow morning. Aliso to haue Thomas
    Euans & Alexander Mulraine, seruants belonging to th° sd Wyn, to
    testify &c: to morrow morning.