Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665-66. 565






      acknowledge a deed of sayle of two hundred acres of land lying in Liber F F
      great Choptanck & sould by me to Mr Thomas Mountford Ratifying
      and Confirming wtsoeuer my said Attorney shall doe in the prmisses
      as if I were prsonally prseflt In wittnes whereof I haue hereunto sett
      my hand and seale this 23d Decembr 1665Thomas Mannyng
       Wittnes                             seale
          the marke of Henry
                Mitchell

        Att a Court held att Newtowne for the County of St Marys the
      first Twesday in Nouembr 1665
          Coll Wm Euans Esq Councellor
      Mr Thomas Dent Leiutt Coll Jn° Jarboe
      Mr Luke Gardner Capt Wm Boarman
      Mr Wm Bretton Mr Randolph Hai
      Mr Nico Young Mr Wm Rosewell
        The Attorney Generall informes the Court
        Against Thomas Bennitt Carpentr for hoggs stealing humbly re
      questing the Court that the said Thomas put in security (the Cort
      taking Cognizance of the same) to answere the AccOn in the behalfe
      of the Ld proprietr att the next Prouinall Court & Samuell Reap
      informer giue bond to prosecute
        Ordered that the said Thomas Bennitt giue in security to the sher- [p. 185]
      rife to appeare att the next Prouinall Court to answere the said Com
      plaint and Samuell Reap giue Bond to prosecute
                             Vera Copia Walter Hall Clke
        Ordered uppon the foregoing Order that the said Bennitt doe put
      in Bond wth security to appeare the next Prouinall Court to answere
      what shall then be Objected agst him on behalfe of the Lord Propr


      To the Honble the Gouernor & Councell In Prouinall Court Assembled
        The humble petn of Mich: Pickering sheweth
        That yor petr hath since his arriuall into this Prouince being at
      that time the full age of 18 yeares and upwards serued to One Robt
      Henly of Charles County the full terme & time of ffiue yeares Corn-
      pleat & ended wthout any Indenture or being bound to the said Robt
      by the County Court, In Consideracon whereof yor petr hath de
      manded from the said Robt Henly his ffreedome Clothes & Come
      according to the Custome of the Country but the said Robt Denyes
      to giue the same to yor petitioner except two yeares longer seruice,
      Yor petr therefore humbly prayes Releife herein and that this honble
      Board will be pleased to Order him his ffreedome wth Come &
      Clothes, According to the Act of Assembly in that case prouided,
      And as in duty shall pray &c: