146       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666—67.

       Liber FF The said Emerson Entred into Bond of Two Thowsand pounds
              of tobacco to the Lord Proprietary to keep good Orders in his said
              howse during the said time &c: The same wth Philip Lands Recog-
              nizance Mutatis Mutandis in ditto lib: et fo: Ut supra

              January 14th
                Edward West of St Marys County Taylor came this day and de-
              sires the marke of his Cattle may be recorded which is as followeth
              Cropt in the right Eare, Ouerkeel'd halfe way from the head of the
              left eare

              January 19th 1666
                Demetrius Cartwright demds writt of Execucon agt the Body of
              Thomas Bode!! Administrator of Stephen Clifton decd untill he shall
              sattisfye and pay the said Cartwright the sume of Nine hundred &
              Thirety pounds of tobacco and Caske being for Cost of suite allowed
              att the Prouinall Court held the 6th Aprill 1666
                Warrt to sher. of Caluert County to take into Execucon the Body
              of the said Bodell and him safely keepe untill he sattisfye the same

        [p. 422] The Prouinall Court of the Rigt Honble Caecilius Absolute Lord and
                Proprietary of the Prouince of Maryland houlden att St Maries
         before the Justices of the said Court the 12th day of Febru
          ary in the 35th yeare of his lops Dominion Annoq
                            Domini 1666
                                       Jerome White
              prseflt Charles Caluert Escp Gouernor        Esqrs
                                             Coll: Wm Euans
                   Philip Caluert Esp Chancellor   Justices
                                       Tho: Truman

                After Proclamacon made and Court sett The Respectiue sherriffes
              of each County was called for theire Returnes &c
                The sherriffes not hauing made any Returnes being not yet come
              to Court by reason of the fowleness of Weather, The Justices doth
              therefore adjourne the Court untill tomorrow morning

              February the 13th all mett as yesterday

                Thomas Nottley and Richard Boughton gent was then sworne two
              Attorneys for this Court
              Thomas Ringgold p!aintiffe    in this Cause it was Ordered last
              Tho: Hinson & Henry Parker Court that the lands now in dispute
               defendtsbetweene the plt and defts should be
              Caluert & morecro ft p quer   surueyed by a deputed surueyr and a
              Jenifer p deftJury of 12 men of the Neighbour-