Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.

               Liber B B Ordered tht the plf Recouer, And tht the deft pay unto the plf
                    Three Thowsd One hundd seauenty Two pownds of Tob & Cask
                    according to his sd Bill.

                     Thomas Winne plf Neyther appearing, Dismissed.
                     Vincent Attchison deft

                      Know all men by these prnts tht I ffrancis Bachelor of Charles
                     County in the Prouince of Maryland doe bind my selfe my heyres
                     Admistrators & assignes unto Thomas Simpson of St Maries County
                     & Prouince aforesd his heyres admistrators & assignes in the full sume
                     of One hundd pownds Sterl. of Lawfull money of Engld to bee payd
                     the sd Thomas Simpson his heyres or assignes uppon the non prform.
                     ance of this following Condicon as wittnes my hand the twentith day
                     of Octobr 1662.
                      The Condicon of this Obligaon is such tht whereas the sd ffrancis
                     Bachelor standeth indebted unto Thomas Simpson in the sume of
                     ffifty pownds sterl. of Lawfull money of Engld to bee payd the sd
                     Simpson his heyres or assignes by Bills of Exchange att London,
                     And the Bills to bee payd wthin Seauen dayes sight after the Re
                     ceipt thereof, & doth promise to deliuer to the sd Simpson these Bills
                     of Exchange att or uppon the twenty flue day of ffebruary next after
                     the date hereof, And the Bachelor shall tender him such Bills as
                     the sd Simpson shall like of, And uppon Deliuery of those Bills this
                     Bond to bee deliuered in to the sd Bachelor or his heyres & assignes,
                     & to bee null & uoyd & of none effect, or ells to stand in full force &
                     uertue, as wittnes my hand & Seale ffran: Bachelor Seale
                      Test Zachary Wade
                        Humph: Haggett John Lewger.
                     Thomas Simpson plf The plf declareth agst the deft in an accon
                     ffrancis Bachelor deft of Debt, & demandeth tht the deft pay unto
                     the plf the full sume of One hundd pownds sterl. of Lawfull money
                     of England due & oweing to the plf from the deft, as may appeare by
                     one obligaon under the defts hand & Seale Bearing date the 20th day
                     of Octobr 1662, may (RelaOn being thereunto had) more fully ap
                     peare. The wch became due unto the plf from the deft uppon none
                 [p.55]  prformance of the Condicon of the abouesd obligaon, The wch the
                     plf hath often demanded of the deft to prforme, But hee utterly neg
                     lected & refused the same to doe, wherefore the plf prayeth Judgmt
                     agst the deft from this honble Court for the sd one hundd pownds
                     sterl. & for Costs of suite.
                      To wch the deft sayeth, That that Bond is his owne hand writing,
                     But not his Act & Deed, Alleaging wthall tht alithough hee signed
                     tht Bond, yett tht Bond was not deliuered by him to the plf as his
                     Act & Deed.