Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663.   85






      Banes according as is prouided by Act of Assembly Daniel Mac- Liber B B
      donall to a mayd seruant tht Beniamin Hammond sold to the
      Madonell this Last Spring, And Likewise tht the sd John Legatt
      marryed John Gee wthout Lycence as aforesd to a mayd seruant be
      longing to Mr. Robt Slye, Wch sd mayd was ffree from the sd Slye the
      last Spring.
        Know all men by these prnts that I John Legatt of Charles County
      Clerke doe Constitute ordaine & appoynt Mr Thomas Nottley my
      true & Lawfull Attorney, in my name & steed to answere & plead to
      Two Accons commenced agst mee by the Ld Propr att the next Pro
      uinciail Court to bee held att St Maries the 8th instant, And what my
      sd Attorney shall doe or cause to bee done in relaon to the same I doe
      hereby ratify allow & confirme to bee substantiall & ualuable to all
      intents & purposes, as if I my selfe were there prsonally prsent att
      the doeing thereof. In wittnes whereof I haue hereunto sett my hand
      the  Septembr 1663.               Jo: Legatte
        Wittnessed by Thomas Thorowgood
           Thomas Lomax.
        To wch Informaon John Legatt, by his Attorney, pleads not Guilty,
      And the sd Lumbrozo, not being able to make just proofe of what is
      alleaged by him, The Informaon is Judged nothing.

        Mr Richard Smith informes the Court how tht Mr Thomas Man
      ning ioyned in marriage wthout eyther Lycence, or asking the Banes
      according to Act of Assembly, or other publicaon Willm Chaplin &
      Mary Richardson, beeing confessed by him,
        Ordered tht Mr Thomas Manning pay fliue Thowsd pownds of
      Tob the one moiety to the informer, & the other moiety to the Ld
      Proprietary, And tht the prsofls marryed pay One Thowsd pownds
      of Tob, the one halfe to the Ld Proprietary, & the other halfe to the
      Informer as aforesd.

      Mr Attorney grail plf Moses Stagwell, (being called) informes the
      William Ellyote Deft Court how tht Richard Blunt High Sheriffe
      of the Isle of Kent came to the howse of the Deft, to demand Cer
      tame Tob. due uppon Exequuon, the deft refused to pay, Where
      uppon hee Layd his Exequuon for part uppon a Boate, wch boate
      Abraham Bishop att the Instigaon of the sd Ellyote carryed away [p. 124]
      not suffering it to bee appraysed. And further tht the sd sheriffe sett
      the Broad arrow uppon Ellyots Tobacco howse dore, wch the
      Ellyote rased out in contempt of the Law & order prouiding in tht
      behalf e & Gouermt here. The Tob demand by Moses Stagwell 320
      (Mr Richard Blunts Vndersheriffe is ffor sheriffs ffees Leuies &c:
      320l Tob, ffor Clks ffees 90l Tob, for want of planting Cornecording to Act of Assembly 300l Tob.                   710