336        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1668.

        Liber FF  said Office and tending or relateing to the estate of John Bateman
              Esq deceased from the time of his death to the day and yeare above-
              mentioned, which Coppy of the said proceedings was returned hither
              from the Right Honble the Lord proprietary of this province to
              Charles Calvert Esq Leiftennt Geñll thereof this ninth day of June
              One thousand six hundred sixty eight with the severall papers here-
              after mentioned annexed thereunto which by the said Leiftennt Genll
              is Ordered to be fortwith recorded and are as follow (vizt)
             To the Right Honble Caecilius Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the
                 provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c
               The Humble Petition of Henry Scarburgh of London merchant
              Humbly sheweth
               That yr Lopps petitioner did heretofore entrust One John Bateman
              of London aforesaid Haberdasher afterwards called John Bateman
              of the said province of Maryland Esq as Factor and Agent in Mary-
              land for yr petitioner with the management of One thousand pounds
              the proper monies of your petitioner to be disposed off for the use of
              your petitioner in the way of trade.
               That the said Bateman afterwards disposed of part of your Oratrs
              said monies in the purchaseing of lands and hereditaments in your
              Löpps said province of Maryland in your petitioners name and in
              the name of himselfe the said Bateman as joyntenants, or in the
              sole name of him the said Bateman in trust for your Pete and his
              heirs.
               That the said Bateman haveing purchased the said lands as afore-
              said and haveing likewise Severall great Summes of your petrs monyes
              in his hands to be disposed off for your petrs Use in a way of trade
              made his last will and nominated Mary his wife sole executrix thereof
              and dyed.
               That the said Mary had notice of and was privy to the transactions
              and trusts before mentioned who after the said Batemans death made
              probate of the said Will and tooke upon her the execution thereof and
              possessed her selfe of all the personall estate of the said Bateman
              and also of your petrs in the hands of the said Bateman at the time
              of the death of the said Bateman and entred upon the said purchased
              premisses pretending the same to be devised unto her by her said hus-
              band And by fraud and covin confessed a judgment against herselfe
              as executrix of the said Bateman in your Löpps provinciall Court
              there for two thousand pounds debt pretended to be due unto One
              Margarett perry in trust for her the said Mary upon a certaine bond
              long since entred into by the said Bateman but not prtended to be due
              for any debt or monyes incurred in the way of trade but for a pre-
              tended debt pretended to be due long before he entred upon the way
              of trade or was imployed as a Factor in yr Löpps said province.
               That the said Mary permitted all the said personall estate of the
              said Bateman and also of yr Pete and likewise the said purchased