Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666. 493





      Meekes Chirurgion his heirs or Assignes the full and iust sum of too Liber B
      hundered and twenty one pounds of good sound bright and large
      tobacco and Caske according to act to bee payd at or upon the tenth
      day of October next ensuing the daet hearof at my now dwelling
      hows in Charleses County in Mariland as witnes my hand this twenty
      fourth day of July 1663         Ann A Haget
          Thomas Wentworth
          Rachell M Wil
      August 5 day 1663: 1 Iuory combe more at 12 lb of tobaco witnes to
      the deliuerie of this Thomas Wentworth:

       Whearupon the defendants Atturney alleageth that is was no debt
      of the daffendants but of his wifes in the time of her widowhood and'
      the action beeing entered against him alone and not against him and
      his wife hee humbly Craueth a nonsuit which is granted him
       It is thearfor ordered that the Pit shoold bee nonsuited and pay the
      Cost and Charge of suit:

      Georg harris by his Atturney Mr Tho: Notley Pit:
     Thomas Stone by his Atturneys Capt Josias fendall and Willm Cal
       uert esq Defendants
       The plantiue aresting the defendant in an action of the Case pre
      fereth his declaration as in folio 154 A Whearupon the defendants
      desir that the Plantiue may bee enforced to proue his declaration to
      the which the plt: Requirs the oaths of bartholmew gartherell and
      Edward deane which sayd deane deliuered in his oath in writing and
      is as followeth:

       the deposition of Edward Deane aged 43 years or thearabouts
      sayeth
       that Thomas Stone came heare to the hows of us George Harris [p. 328]
      and Edward Deane and shoold say I understand that my brother
      JflO and you wear driuing a bargain about a yow ses W Thomas
      Stone againe I will let you haue a yow for a sow and pigs no sayd
      George that will not doe I will haue a yow with lambe and a rame
      Lambe and the yow shall goe thear till shee hath lambed and the
      Rame Lambe till hee is fitting to weane and when the sow had piggs
      George went and Carried him word of it and hee and his boy Came
      for his sow and pigs the next day and George hee deliuered them
      to him and Catcht the pigs and deliuered them and the sow by the
      lege and deliuered her to him and George shoold saye unto him I
      hope now you will deliuer mee the yow and her increase with the
      Rame lambe in the same kind that I haue deliuered you the sow and
      her increas and thomas stone answered that hee woold and further
      sayeth not only that this bargaine was in July last past:
                                     the marke of
                                   Edward + Deane







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