36        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.

        Liber FF The Board well weighing All depositiones now taken and more
               especially the abouesd Bill, it imploying more terme of time then
               one yeare, did Judge the deft lyable either to signe and passe those
               other six bills which was to Compleate the seauen yeares, or sattisfye
               the plt: all dathages by him susteyned therein or in and about the
               land & plantacon which of the deft was demanded, who replyed bee
               would sattisfye the damages when proued
        [p. 2461 Whereupon Ordered that a writt of Inquiry of damages for a
               Jury of 12 men of the neighbourhood thereabouts doe issue to the
               sherriffe of St Marys County them to impannell & make returne of
               theire Verdict the next Prouinall Court

         The Court adjournes till one of the Clock in the afternoone
                All mett in the Afternoone as before

                 The Honble Board then taking next into Consideracon the Bussi-
               ness of Hannah Price, who was called & appeared, and Jone Neuill
               summoned as a wittness to testifye on behalfe of the Lord Propr agst
               the said Hannah Price being allsoe Call'd but nop appearance made
                 The sherriffe of Charles County declares that the said Neuill was
               legally sumoned Whereupon Ordered that the said Jone Neuill doe
               sattisfye to his lordp flue hundred pounds of tobaccoe for her non-
               appearance according to summons, and Contrary to that law in such
               Cases prouided

               To the Honble Gouernor & Councell
                 The humble pet” of John Bayley Sheweth
                 That whereas in the yeare 1662 Hee did wth Reymond Staplefort
               in partnership purchase a plantacon of Wm Jones, called by the
               name of Talorhy in petuxent riuer the howses and all appurtenances
               thereunto belonging, and allsoe in Joynt stock hath put for the manag-
               ing of the said plantacon seruants Cattle sheepe and Hoggs and hous-
               hould stuff, And yor petr hath allsoe wth the said Staplefort in part-
               nershipe One Vessell named the Prouidence for both which yor petr
        [p. 247] hath been at great disbursmts Now soe it is that your petr for diuers
               Causes mouing him thereunto, doth not finde it Conuenient to Con-
               tinue any longer in that Estate, & therefore did desire the said Staple-
               fort to come to a diuisione soe that each person might know his owne
               the which the sd Staplefort refuseth, and as yor petr conceiues on
               purpose to defraud him of his Just right, Therefore yor petr Craueth
               Ordr for a writt of diuision wth Cost of Suite and as in duty bound
               shall euer pray &c

               John Bayley plaintiffe iThe deft put's in his answere to the for-
               Reymd Staplefort defendt goeing declaracon
                 The Plea of Reymond Staple fort to the Declaracon of John Bayley
               plaintiffe