Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.     27

    Then undrwritten the said Accompt as followeth    Liber FF
      I Fortune Mittfond doe acknowledge that those seuerll Sumes [p. 231]
    Charged in this Accompt are allneady due unto Mr John Monecroft
    from my deceased husband Mr Bulmer Mittford and that he did
    neuer yet neceiue any sattisfaccon for the same either from my said
    Husband in his life time or from me since his death
               marke                 Fortune Mittford
    Wittnes Nicholas x Rawlins
             marke
          John I B Booth

      By Vertue of the foregoing power on behalfe & in the name of
    the aforesaid Fortune Mittford Daniel Jenifer did in open Court
    acknowledge Judgmt to the said Jno Morecroft for Fowre Thowsand
    Eighte hundred pounds of tobaccoe as allsoe for Twenty Fiue pounds
    Fowne shillings and Eighte pence sterling Daniel Jenif en, The
                             Attorney of Fortune Mittford

    Sarah morison aged 30 yeares or thereabouts saith
      That Thomas Martin sould to Timothy Gooddridge One man
    seruant by name Roger Williams To serue the Compleate and full
    terme of 5 yeares and wth all yor depont saith that she was a witnes to
    the said Ass ignmt from Tho: Martin to the said Timothy Gooddridge
    & further saith not             marke
    Sworne in open Court Philip Caluert     Sarah X morison

      Enoch Combes aged 28 yeares or thereabouts: Examined & saith
    That Tho: Martin sould to Timothy Gooddridge one man seruant by
    name Roger Williams to serue the said Gooddridge the full & Com-
    pleate terme of flue yeares & further saith not
  Sworne in open Cort Philip Caluert         Enoch Coomes

    James Jolly plt Noe returne made from Baltemore County sherr: [p. 2321
    Peter Jones deft Caluert County return'd (not to to found)


Abraham Rowse ph
                    Declaracon as followeth—
    William Hempsted deft

    To the honble the Gouernor and Councell of the Prouince of Maryland
      St Marys ss: Abraham Rowse of St Marys in the County of St

    Marys Complaines agst Wm Hempsted of the sd County for that
    whereas the said Abraham Rowse was possessed of Certaine Goods
    to the uallue of Nineteene pounds seauen shillings and six pence ster-
    ling, the Noate of perticulers of the said Goods being hereunto an-
    nexed which said Goods the said Abraham did Causually Out his
    posson loose—which said Goods did afterwards come to the handes
    and possession of the said William Hempsted by flndeing which said
    Goods the said Hempsted doth deney to deiiuen to the said Abraham