406Talbot County Court Proceedings, 1662-1674.




          Liber BB ment, the premisses Considered your petitioner Craueth order for
            No.2 his Come and Closes against the said mr Sybery and your petitioner
                shall Ever pray/

                 Mr Sybery nott being found to bee his master the Court haue
                ordered it for the defft with Cost of suite/

                Beniaman Pride Planff
                                 an action in the Case
               Tho: Boylston def
                 To the Worshipfull Commissioners for Talbott County the humble
                petition of Ben: Pride.
                 Shewith That Thomas Boylston Came to Virginia into Northum
                berland County to your Petitioners house and there pretended to
                haue Choptanke River in the County of Talbott one Thousand Acres
                of maine good Land Called Pohick; and the said Boylston promissed
                your petitioner that it should bee Cleare from all and all manner of
                Claimes of any pson whatsoever and did further promiss to giue
                your Petitioner A Conveyance and full assureance for the said Land,
                upon which your petitioner delivered him one maid servant that had
                seven yeares to serve, att the rate of Two Thousand flue hundred
                pounds of Tobacco in part of payment; butt now soe it is the said
                Boylston being intreated by your petitioner to perform the bargaine
                with what speede hee Could, being that your petitioner was come
                up according to promiss, much to his Cost being forced to hier Boat
           [p.66]   and two hands, and haueing waited fourteene Dayes att Lest; was
                forced to goe withoutt any performance att all, the premisses Con
                sidered your petitioner Craueth Order for the restoreing of his
                servant or elce that the said Boylston may putt in sufficent security
                to pay Two Thousand flue hundred pounds of Tobacco upon demand
                with Cost of suite and your petitioner Shall Ever Pray

                 William Dawson aged ninety yeares or there abouts sworne in
                open Court.
                 Saith That Benjamin Pride did severall times demand A Bill of
                sale of Thomas Boylston, and hee ref ussed to giue him any security
                or bill of sale, butt what the Court should think fitt and further
                Saith Nott

                 The Planff Craues A Jury & it is Granted

                 Wee of the Jury doe find it for the planff and that the deift doe
                forthwith pay the Tobacco sued for by petition with Cost of suite.
                                          Anthony Griffin foreman

                Mr Thomas South planff
                                  In an action of the Case.
                William Bagley deff
                 To the Worshipfull the Commissioners for Talbott County the
                humble petition of Thomas South.