148       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666—67.

       Liber FF    Ann Couill and in the name of Jno Couill for the said quantity of
              Fowre hundred acres be made uoid on Record, as allsoe the Certiffi-
              cate of the said land returned in the name of the said Jno Couill to be
              allsoe made uoid and Null on record and to be of noe force nor
              Effect to the said John Couill nor Ann his Guardian nor any pro-
              priety or Claime in or to the sd land expressed or Contained in the
              said Pattent and Certifficate, to be made by the said John or Ann his
              Guardian, But that the said Wm Burges haue forthwth a grant of the
              said land to issue undr the greate seale of the Prouince according to
              the meets and bounds surueyed and sett forth to the said Wm Burges
              as by Certifficate thereof aliready returned into the secretaries Office

       [p. 424] Ordered the CommTs of Charles County doe att the next Prouinall
              Court Certifye the dathage & losse that Garrett Sennett and Ralph
              wormely did receiue in the march up PasCattaway

                          Complaines agt Thomas sprigg for false imprisonmt
              Thomas Taylor]
               Petionr. the ptt lying now undr Execucon at the said spriggs
                          suite
                Ordered that Thomas sprigg doe make his prsonall appearance at
              the next Prouinall Court held the 9th day of Aprill next ensueing,
              then & there to maintaine and make good his said Execucon by which
              the petr is imprisoned otherwise the said Taylor to haue his enlargemt,
              further Ordered that a suihons issue directed to the sherriffe of
              Caluert County to surñons the said sprigg that he makes his appear-
              ance to answere the prmisses

              Wm Moffett plt The defendt Appealed from the County Court
              Tho: Paggett defendt of Caluert to this Prouinall Court as by a
              Jeni fer p quer Coppy of the said Proceedings undr the Clerks
              Rozer p deft hand of that County doth more at large ap-
              peare—To which appeale the defendt saith, that the Jury ought not
              to haue giuen uerdict by reason he Appealed to the Prouinall Court
              before the Jury went out and this hee enters for his Plea—The plt
              denys that; it appearing otherwise by the Coppy of Records sent from
              that Court
                Ordered the said Paggett doe sattis lye to the plt double dathages
              and Cost according to the Ordr of that County Court

                 Court adjourned till the afternoon

                    all mett as in the forenoone

              John Hunt Complt  This Cause resplted from the last Pro-
              John Barnes Fra: Bellows uinall Court, a Dedimus Potestatin then
                and Henry Parker deft Ordred to issue and directed to Rich:
              Morecroft p quer  woollman and Wm Coursey gent to take
              Jenifer p defendts Jthe Answers of the defts to the Corn-