316       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1668.

        Liber FF Jno Wright agt Morecroft p quer
              Toby Wells  Jenifer p delt
               The plaintiff sues the deft in a plea wherefore he tooke the Goods
              of him the said John and them did deteine against Suertyes and
              pledges &c
               And the said Toby Wells by Daniel Jenifer his Attorny doth come
              and defend the force and wrong when &c And the said Toby doth
              well avow the takeing and deteineing the said three negroes in the
              place in which &c and justly &c because he saith that Moses Staggoll
              High Sheriff of the Said County of Kent by virtue of a warrant of
              the Lord proprietary issueing Out of his provinciall Court held at
              St Maries the twelfth day of April in the xxxvth yeare of his Domin-
              ion &c the said Moses was Comanded to levy by way of execution any
              the Chattells and debts belonging to Bartholomew Glevin late of his
              County deceased and now in the possession of Mary his administra-
              trix to the value of fourteen thousand three hundred and seventeen
              pounds of tobacco and caske being a debt recovered of John Wright
              who married the said administratrix at a provinciall Court held at
              St Maries the twelfth day of this instant month of April by Tobias
              Wells of the said County of Kent Gent with three hundred pounds
              of tobacco Ordered by the justices of the said Court for costs allowed
              to the said Wells as also two hundred and sixty pounds of tobacco
              more for judiciall Charges expended by the said Wells in the said
              suite to the Clerke of the said Court which said Charges with the
              abovesaid Costs and principall amount in the whole to the summe of
              fourteen thousand eight hundred Seventy Seven pounds of tobacco
              and caske which said Summe So levied as abovesaid the same deliver
              to the abovesd Toby wells or his Order by virtue of which said writ
              the said Moses Staggoll High Sheriff of the said County of Kent
              did take in execution three negroes and did them deliver to the deft
              according to the Tenor of the said writt which said three negroes by
              virtue of the sd delivery the said Tobyas doth well avow the deteine-
              ing and keeping of the said three negroes and this he is ready to
              averr; whereupon he demandeth judgment and returne of the said
              three negroes with his damage and costs by him about this suite in
              this behalfe to be expended by him to be adjudged
               And the said John Wright doth say that the said Tobyas for the
              reason aforesaid the takeing and deteineing of the said three negroes
              for the reason before alledged Ought not to avow because he saith
              that before the tyme of the supposed takeing of the said three negroes
        [p. 6o8]  and at the tyme when &c the said Mary the administratrix had
              according to solemne forme in such case required sett up her name
              openly in the Court house to witt at a provinciall Court held at St
              Maries the xith day of February in the six and thirtith yeare of the
              Dominion of Caecilius &c mentioned there in a noate thereby signifie