398    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

             Liber B Whearupon the defendants Confesse a Judgment It is thearfor
                   ordered that the defendants satisfie the plantiue seauen hundered and
                   fourteen pounds of tobacco out of the Estate of Capt Christopher
                   Russell
                   Capt James Neale Atturney to  The Plantiue aresting the de
                    William Brenton and William  fendant in an action of Debt
                    Sandford Plantiue       Prefereth his Petion as fol
                   Capt Josias fendall Atturney to    loweth
                    Margery Batten as Administratrix
                    to Capt: William Batten Defendant

                    To the Worshipfull Commissioners of Charleses County the
                   humble Petition of James Neale Esq Sheweth
                    Whearas Capt: William Batten deceased did ow and stand iustly
                   indebted to William Brenton of Newengland Marchant (whos Attur
                   ney your Petitioner now is) the sum of eight hundered pounds of
                   tobacco in Caske and three hundered and forty pounds wayght of
                   marchantable Porke in Caske as by bill and Receipts may appear The
                   Premisses Considered your petitioner Craueth order of this board
                   that the Relict and Administratrix of the sayd Capt William batten
                   may satisfie and pay the sayd tobacco and Porke and your petitioner
                   shall pray &c

                    This bill bindeth mee William Batten my heirs Executors Adminis
                   trator or Assignes to pay or Cause to bee payd unto Mr William
                   Brenton or his Assignes the full and iust sum of flue hundered twentie
                   and flue pounds of good sound well Conditioned marchantable leaf
                   tobacco with Caske to bee payd in sum Conuenient place in Potomake
                   riuer at or upon the 10th day of October next ensuing this daet as
                   witnes my hand this 5th of Aprill 1662
                   Witnes Edmond Pinson         William WB Batten
                        James Cudworth              his marke

             [p. 177] Receaued of William Sanford for the use and in the behalf of my
                   father in law Capt William Batten in nayles and too axes amounting
                   unto the sum of too hundered and seauenty flue pounds of marchant
                   able sound tobacco tobacco with Caske I say Receaued this second
                   of October 1662                George Newman
                   Test Robert Gerrat
                       Christopher Hatton

                    Mr Zanford my kind Loue to you Presented thees is to Request
                   you to send mee by this baerer one of your iron Pots that will hould
                   about 5 gallons and one great potte or kettell and on small pott or
                   kettell that will hould between too and three gallons and ten thowsand
                   of sixes and singell tenpenny nayles and one or too of your horne