82   Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.






              Liber B B Jury bee questioned by writt of Error, & whereas John Brewer hath
                     uniustly molested yor Petr pretending to sue yor Petr in Chancery,
                     Whereuppon yor Petr hath appealed to yor honrs to confirme the
                     Judgmt of Anarundell County Court uppon the Verdict of the Jury
                      Costs of suite & hee shall pray &c:

               [p. 120] These prnts testify tht I John Brewer of the County of Anarundell
                     doe hereby constitute & appoynt Mr Samuel Chew of the same County
                     to bee my true & lawfull Attorney to prosequute a suite depending
                     betweene mee (as adthistrator of the Estate of John Hatton De
                     ceased) & John Normand: And to make one Attorney or more under
                     him, according as hee my sd Attorney shall see cause, And doe hereby
                     giue & graunt unto my sd Attorney or Attorneys as full power to act
                     in the prmises, as if I my selfe were there prsonally prnt, as Wittnes
                     my hand this 25th of August 1663. John Brewer.
                       Signed in the prnce of us

                          Samuel Withers Rog: Grosse.
                       ffor the better explayning of the Case the Record of the County
                     Court of Anarundell as are as followeth.
                   Normans This Indenture made the fowrth day of Decembr 1662, Between
                Indenture John Normand of the one parte, & John Hatton of the other parte,
                     Wittnesseth tht John Normand doth Couenant & agree wth John
                     Hatton to serue him the tearme of three yeares seruice in Virginia
                     hee the sd John Hatton, finding & allowing the sd John Norman,
                     meate, drinke, & lodging Wtb other necessaries during the sd tearme,
                     And att the end of the sd tearme to pay unto the sd John Normand
                     according to the Custome of the Country. As wittnes my hand &
                     Seale this ffowrth day of December 1662 his marke
                       Tested by John ffeilder Oiiuer Wigg.     John X Normand
                                                 & Seale
                       These prnts doe testify tht if I John Normand doe pay unto John
              Mr Hattons Hatton the sume of Two Thowsd pownds of Tob & cask, Then the
                 Noate. John Normand shall haue his ffreedome to himselfe, as wittnes my
                     hand this ffowrth day of Decembr 1662. John Hatton
                       Wittnesse Oliuer Wigg John ffeilder
                          June 10th
              Normands To the Rt worll the Commisrs for the County of Anarundell
                  Petn The humble petn of John Normand, Sheweth.
                       That yor petr was a seruant to John Hatton gentn Deceased wth
                     condicon to serue the sd Hatton, but noe assignes or any other prson
                     whatsocur. And therefore yor Petr Craueth his ffreedome, being hee
                     was to bee free att the Death of theJohn Hatton. And yor Petr
                     shall pray &c:                The marke X of
                                                     John Normand