22        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.

       Liber FF    seale this 27th day of March in the yeare of Our Lord God 1666
              Signed sealed & deliuered Abraham Rowsc (seald)
                In the prsence of
                   Cesar Wheeler
                   Edward Sauage
              The abouesaid letter of Attorney was in Open Court proued By
              The wittnesses thereto

                The deft by his Attorney put's in his Answer to the plts declara-
              con which is as followeth uizt
                To the Complt: of William Hempsteed Abraham Rowse humbly
              answereth that there Comming no accompt along wth this paper att
              the time hee was arrested the Bill of Complaint is alitogether insuf-
              ficient and uncertaine to be answered unto & therefore prayes that
              the writt att law by which he was arrested may abate
          [p. 224]                      Ordered Nonsuite pass agst the plt:    These Charges following
                Abraham Rowse by his Attorney John Gittings humbly desires this
              Honble Court to allow him these Fees following (uizt)
                 To Nonsuite                  150 270 lb tob:
                 Attorneys Fees goeing and Coming     120

              Marks Pheypo plt
                             Compounded
              Gaspar Guerin deft

                This day Came John and Nicholas Goyther Sonns to Capt Nicholas
              Goyther late of St Marys County deceased into Open Court and
              desired the Honble Philip Caluert Escp would undergoe the trouble
              of being their Guardians as they were disstressed Orphants Which
              upon himselfe hee was willing to take being appointed before, Ad-
              ministrator of the Estate of the said Nicholas deceased by the Leiu-
              tennt Generall and Cheife Officer for probate of Wills and granting
              Administracons

              Robert King plt   sherriffe returnes writt thus (languidus
              Wm Greene Eliz defts in persona) of William Greene but
                his wife & Braddy sends to George Marshall a note to desire
              him to be his Attorney in the Case, which the said Marshall did first
              produce by a pecce of paper, which was not thought an authenticke
              power, then the said Marshall did allsoe deny (being askt if he would
              answere for him) to be his Attorney, whereupon the plt: Craues
              fudgmt upon default, but the husband Wm Greene being incapaple
              of making his appearance could not pass Judgmt agst the wife, But
              Ordered that he appeare next Prouinall Court by himselfe or At-
              torney, Otherwise to shew Cause to the Contrary to the said Court