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      his obligaon & doth absolutely refuse soe to doe, to the Petrs uery Liber B B
      greate dammage. Therefore yor Petr humbly craueth an order of
      this honble Court for his seruant according to obligaon, the dam
      mage hee hath allready susteyned by the sd Mr Whytes meanes, as
      well as for want of the sd seruant & Court Charges And hee shall
      pray &c:

       Thomas Taylor dds writt agst John Anderton in an accOn of
      Debt to the ualue of 3000£ Tob. & 30 barrells of Corne
       Wart to Sheriffe Caluert County to arrest &c: Ret next Prou:
      Court 90 ffeb. ut supra.
       Summons to Eund. Sheriffe to warne Raph Dawson Sanders Lari
      more, Henry ffrith, & Nicholas Lurke, to testify in ditt. Ret. ut supra.
     To the honble the Gouernor & Councell of the Prouince of Maryland
       The humble Petn of Thomas Taylor by his Guardian Philip Cal
     uert Esqr Sheweth
       That Willm Eltonhead deceased by his Last will & Testamt de- [p.. ‘391
      uised unto Jane Eltonhead his Wife all that his manor of Little
      Eltonhead in Caluert County to her & her heyres, That the sd Jane
      dyed seised of the sd manor, And tht hee the sd Thomas as sonne &
      heyre to the sd Jane into the sd manor did enter, & thereof from her
      Decease & untill & att the first day of the last assembly in his owne
      proper right in ffee simple did stand seised, had held possessed,
      occupyed & enioyed, That John Anderton of the sd mannor in the sd
      County gentl was Tenant att sufferance to him the sd Thomas Taylor,
      of a Certaine parcell of Land, called the Rich Neck, Together wth the
      Tobacco howses thereon built, for wch hee did promise & assume
      uppon himselfe to pay unto the sd Taylor as much as any other man
      should giue, That yor Petr did receaue from Edward Hoskins for
      Land & howseing to plant & cure a Crop uppon the sd Rich neck 300£
      Tob. & 3 barrells of Come for one Yeare, That the sd Anderton hath
      enioyed the sd Land as Tennant att sufferance 3 yeares; Imploying
      one yeare ffiue seruants, another yeare 4 seruants, & this last yeare
      one seruant, ffor wch hee refuseth to pay unto yor Petr the usuall Rent
      of Tob & 3 barrells of Come for each serut to the dammage &
      losse of yor Petr from whence hee sayth tht the sd John Anderton
      oweth him for Rent the full sume of 3000' Tob. & 30 barrells of
      Corne & uppon this hee bringeth his suite, & craueth order of this
      honble Court. And hee shall pray &c: Thomas Taylor.

       Thomas Taylor dds writt agst John Anderton in an accon of
      Trespasse to the ualue of 12000£ Tob.
       Wart to sheriffe Caluert County to arrest Ret. next Prouinciall
      Court 90 ffeb. next.