Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.     17

    Grace of Charles the second King of England &c) Lord Proprietary Liber FF
    of the Prouinces of Maryland and Aualon ptsonally appeares hath
    acknowledged himselfe to Owe unto Collonell William Euans in the
    County of St Marys in the Prouince of Maryland aforesaid Esq
    Fiffteene hundred pounds sterling To be paid unto the Said Wil-
    liam Euans or to his Certaine Attorney his Executors Administrators [p. 216]
    or Assignes on the Feast of St Philip and Jacob next Ensueing the
    date of this Recognizance, And except he doe it he doth will and
    grant that the said sume of Fiffteene hundred pounds sterling shall
    be Leauyed and Recouered of the Goods Chattles and debts lands
    Tenements and Hereditaments of the said Humphery Warren his
    heires Executors Administrators wheresoeuer they shall be found
    wthin this Prouince aforesaid To the onely and Proper Use and
    behoofe of him the said William Euans his heires Executors Admrs
    or Assignes Wittnes Philip Caluert Esq Chancellor this tenth day
    of Aprill 1666
      The aboue specifyed Recognizance was att the instance partyes
    (To witt) Collonell Wm Euans and Humphery Warren desired the
    same may be Recorded       Mee Daniel Jenifer Clke
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    Att a Prouinciall Court held att St Marys The 3d day of Aprill 1666
                              Mr Edward Loyd
        Charles Caluert Escp Gouernot
                              Mr Henry Coursey
        Philip Caluart Esq Chancellorr
                                 Mr Baker Brooke
                Coll Wm Euans
                              Councellors
                     Mr Tho: Truman

    William Smyth plt Habeas Corpus issuing according to Ordt of
    William Price deft Jthe Prouinall Court to remoue the deft downe
    from Charles County there in the Sherriffs Custody and undr Execu-
    con to this Prouinciall Cort to answere the suite of William Smyth
    the plt:
      The defendant alleadgeth, That hee was not brought downe by [p.217]
    Vertue of the said Habeas Corpus but presst and imployed by the
    said sherriffe uppon publicque seruice Whereupon the sherriffe being
    Called, Answered That he had discharg'd him from that Seruice
    and since summoned by the said writt
      Then being required from the defendant to put in his answere
    to the declaracon preferr'd by the plt: a Coppy whereof was form-
    erly deliuered him and is as followeth.

    To the honble the Gouernot and Councell in Prouinciall Court
        Assembled
      St Marys ss: Wm Smyth of St Marys aforesaid Complaines agst
    William Price of Charles County in the Prouince aforesaid, for