428        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669.

      Liber FF    Thompson aske at the first of the said Oakely attempting to breake
             open the doore who is there and the said Oakely replyed Only it is I
             and the said Thompson demanded what he would haue and he re-
             plyed and said that he would come in and the said Thompson replyed
             that it was his roome and that he would not Lett him nor any man
      [p. 772]    liveing enter into the same that night Whereupon Edmund Lindsey
             said that if in Case he the said thompson had that Rome to himselfe
             that night he would make him pay One hundred pounds of tobacco
             for it Whereupon the said Thompson replyed he did not Care if he
             paid two Or three hundred pounds of tobacco for it & still the said
             Oakely Lay beateing & strikeing att the said dore to breake it Open
             Whereupon the said Thompson forwarnd him the said Oakely from
             persisting his evill accons & told him that he had his Rapier drawne
             in his hand & that he would kill him Or any man Liveing that should
             breake into his Roome that night & thereupon Called Out to mr
             Addams mr young mr Louelace & said he was afraid of being mur-
             dered that night & Charged mr Addams as he was a justice of the
             peace to see the peace kept that night for he was afraid of tht night's
             event & the said Oakely imediately brake downe the doore & Came
             into the said Roome Whereupon a light was brought this Deponant
             & Others Comeing in this deponant saw that the said Oakely was
             Wounded & that the said Thompson had hold of him One hand
             & in the Other hand his naked Rapier by the hilt downwards & the
             said Thompson bid him not Cutt his hand & soe Letteth goe & fur-
             ther saith not
         Sworne before me this 20th of April 1669
                              Charles Calvert

               Ordered that William Hopkins doe give Security to appeare at the
             next Provinciall Court there to answer the Complaint of the Sheriff
             of Ann Arrundell County for his the said Hopkins disposeing of
             tobacco received by the said Sheriff for his Lopps Rent and the
             publique Levy and in the interim to be of good abearance
                                   Signed by Order of the Council
                                                Philip Calvert

               The Deposition of Wm Cole aged 28 yeares or thereabouts Saith
               That being att Edmund Lindseys there Came George Thompson
             who went into a Roome & barred himself e up Thomas Oakly made
             seuerall Attempts to goe in and Would haue the Roome from him
             Thompson told the said Oakely that if he Came in he Came upon his
             Owne perill, & the said Thompson Called to the Genu mr Addams
             mr young & mr Louelace & desired them that they would see the
             peace kept this Deponant further saith tht Thomas Oakely Would
             not be sattisfyed but sayed he would goe in & did breake Open the
             Doore & went in and presently there was Calling for a Light a light