378Talbot County Court Proceedings, 1662-1674.







         Liber BB John Askings plant In an action of the Case! The Deft Craueth an
           No.2 John Anderton deft appaile to the Provinciall Court and it is

                            Granted.

          Thomas Wilkison plant
               Stephen & Martha Whetstone deft In an action of Defimation
                 This action Comeing to A triall, upon sufficent Evidences the
               plant was ordered to pay Cost of suite

                 To the Worshipfull Commissioners for Talbott County the humble
               petition of Tho: Wilkison.
                 Shewith That whereas Stephen Whetstone and his Wife being
               Fallen outt, and some words haueing passed betweene them, hee told
               his wife that shee must Cleare her selfe, and shee made answere that
               hee must Cleare himselfe first, and bee asked her for what and
               shee told him that Thomas Wilkson had told her, that hee saw the
               said Stephen Whetstone and mrs Wollman nought together The
               premisses Considered your Petitioner humbly Craueth that the said
               Martha Whetstone may proue that your Petitioner hath soe said or
               Elce make repareation according to Law and yor petitioner Shall
               Ever pray

                 The Plantiff By sufficent Evedences is ordered to pay Cost of
               suite.


                 To the Worshipfull Commissioners for Talbott County the humble
               petition of Fran: Morgan widdow
          [p.  31] Shewith That whereas your petitioner haueing Laid Excecution
               upon a man servant of Robert Knapps; which servant was nott
               apraised by the sheriff to order of yor said Petitioner, to which pro
               ceedings your petitioner is ready to make sufficent oaths/ wherefor
               your petitioner request is that the Court would be pleased to order
               that the Excecution may proceede as the Court already formerly
               ordered and yor petitioner Shall Ever pray

                 Whereas an Excecution was granted upon A Judgment of this
               Court beareing date the Twenty second day of Aprell one Thousand
               six hundred sixty and Two against the Estate of James Macgregory
               in the hand of Robert Knapp according to attachment in that behalf e
               Legally Laid, and William Hambleton the then Sheriff haueing
               seased on A man servant of the said Knapps for and towards the
               satisfaction of the said Judgment, butt afterwards as by the said
               sherriffs owne Confession hee did ommitt the apprasing of the said
               servant soe excecuted in the hands of the said Knap to the dutre
               ment of the Complant mrs Morgan she nott being fully satisfied her
               order by seven hundred Twenty flue pounds of Tobacco it is there
               upon ordered that the sheriff or his deputy doe take the said servant