6o        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.

             Liber B B     Thomas Notley plf The plf sueth according to his Declaraon
                    ffrancis Bachelor deft entred fol. 45 supra. for 2000£ Tob. & Cask,
                    & produceth the Dëfts Bill, (Vizt)

                     This Bill bindeth mee ffrancis Bachelor my Executors or assignes
                    to pay or cause to bee payd unto Robert Gowland his Executors or
                    assignes the full & iust sunie of Two Thowsd pownd of good sownd
                    merchble Tob in Cask wthout seconds or grownd Leaues uppon all
                    dcmands. As wittnes my hand this 22th day of January 1662.
                     Signed & Deliuered in the presence of    ffrancis Bachiler
                        Samuel Mills.
                    Vnder the sd Bill it followes (Vizt)
                     I ffrancis Bachelor doe accept to pay the Contents of the aboue
                    Bill unto Thomas Notley as his assignes. Wittnes my hand the
                    28° July 1663.                  ffran: Bachiler.
                     Wittnes Edm: Pinson
                [p.96] Samuel Mills appeared before mee & made oath tht ffrancis
                    Bachelor the wthin obliged, did assigne & deliuer the wthjn Bill unto
                    Robt Gowland, as his Reall act & Deed. Gyuen under my hand this
                    18th day of May 1663.           Samuel Mills.
                     Sworne before me 18th May 1663.
                        Willm Bretton.
                     Whereuppon the deft acknowledgeth Judgmt unto the plf accord
            Vid fol. 221. ing to his Declaraon & his demand for Two Thowsd pownds of Tob.
                    & Cask, according to the Bill.

            The Court adiorned by the Leiutt GraIl till to morrow morning
                                 9 a Clock.

            All present as yesterday, Thursday 10th Septembr 1663.

                    Robt Clarke Esq plf The plf declareth agst the deft in accôn uppon
                    Robert Robins deft the Case uppon Trouer & Conuersion, for that
                    whereas the deft hauing in his possesn one mare of blackish Colour
                    Together wth her encrease (to say) one horse foale Lately gelt,
                    a mealy mouth, & a white spott or star in his forehead: & one other
                    ffilly Colt wch fell this Last spring wch sd mare & her encrease being
                    the ptfs goods & his proper Chattles, Hee the deft into his possesn
                    heretofore some few months past hath obtayned procured & gotten,
                    & himselfe of them & therewth doth uest, enioy, & possesse, & them
                    the sd mare & her encrease soe obtayned procured & gotten (unlaw
                    fully) doth to his owne use pleasure & benifitt conuert, & allthough
                    the plf Demand of the sd mare & her encrease hath of the deft Law
                    fully made, yett neuerthelesse the deft agst the Law, the sd mare &
                    her encrease uniustly from the plf doth hold, And out of & from the