488 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.





              Liber B     It is thearfor ordered that the sayd Administrators of the sayd
              Cristopher Russell shall haue an Attachment against the Estate of
              the sayd Benham for four hundered sixtie four pounds of tobacco:

                    Mr Abraham Rows Presents this ensuing noat (from Philip Cal
                   uert Esq and Chancellor of Mariland) to him
                    Whearas thear was a debt dew unto the Right honorable Lord
              [p. 319] Proprietarie for arrears of Rents receaued By francis Batchelor
                   which yet is unsatisfied as appears by your Returne maed upon the
                   warrant for distres in the lif time of the sayd Batchelor I doe hearby
                   order you to demand the Remainder of the sayd debt of the Adminis
                   trators of the sayd Batchelor and to enter a Caueat in the County
                   Court for it as beeing the first debt to bee payd according to the act
                   of Assembly for payment of debts dew to the Lord Proprietarie
                   giuen under my hand this 9th of July Ao 1664 Philip Calvert
                    Whearupon the sayd Abraham Rows entereth this ensuing Caueat
                    That the sayd Administrator Robert hundley of the deceased f ran
                   cis Batchelor taketh heed that hee pay not any debt or debts dew from
                   or by the sayd Batchelor to any person or persons whatsoeuer befor
                   tht hee hath maed Prouission to satisfie unto his Lordship or his Re
                   ceauer seauen hundered and twenty nine pounds of tobacco dew to
                   his Lordship from the sayd Batchelor for arrears of rent under the
                   penalty of satisfiing the sayd debt with damages out of his owne
                   proper estate:

                    Mr Francis Pope: Produceth this ensuing bill and humbly Craueth
                   order of Court for three hundered ninghtie eight pounds of tobacco
                   it bee the remainder of the sayd bill against Mr Robert hundly as
                   Administrator to the sd batchelor
                    This bill bindeth mee francis Batchelor my heirs or Assignes to
                   pay or Cause to bee payd unto francis Pope his heirs or Assignes the
                   full and iust sum of sixteen hundered pounds of good sound Mar
                   chantable tobacco and Caske to bee payd upon all demands in sum
                   Conuenient place in Charleses Countie as witnes my hand this 16th
                   day of december 166i            fran: Batchelor
                   test Andrew Watson A' his marke
                      Alexander Smith Smiths marke

              [p. 320] Endossed one the bak of the sayd bill as followeth
                    Receaued in Part of this bill one thowsand pounds of tobacco I say
                   Receaued by mee                  Francis Pope
                    Receaued more in part of this bill of Capt James Neale the 6th of
                   Aprill Ao 1664 too hundered and too pounds I say Receaued by mee
                   francis Pope:

                    Whearupon the sayd Hundley as Administrator of the sayd Batche
                   lor Confesseth a Judgment for three hundered ninghty eight pounds