490        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669.

        Liber JJ   same in his custody to keepe untill the said Thomas More shall
              either by himselfe or his Attorny appeare to answer the suite of the
              said Thomas pearce and that he make returne of the execution of
              the same precept to the justices here the eighth day of February next

                Ordered by the justices here to witt the One and twentith day
              of December in the xxxviiith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c
              That Garret Vansweringen the Administrator of the goods and Chat-
              tells of William Thellwell satisfie and pay unto Thomas Paine for
              buriall and funerall expences of the said William the quantity of
              foure hundred pounds of tobacco.

        [p.41] To the Honble the Deputy Governours and the rest of his Löpps
              Honble Council.
                The humble Petition of Christopher Rousby Sheweth
                That the Governour and Council at the last Generall Assembly
              did agree and order that your Petitioner should be allowed two thou-
              sand pounds of tobacco out of the levyes of Ca!vert County this yeare
              for forty yards of tradeing Cloth to be then delivered to Mr Henry
              Coursey for the Indians on the easterne Shoare.
                That the said Cloath was accordingly delivered as by Mr Courseys
              receipt may appeare, But by a mistake in laying the Levy the said
              tobacco is charged in Charles County and made payable to the Gov-
              ernour by which meanes your petitioner is in danger of looseing his
              said satisfaction
                And therefore humbly prayes that Mr Notley the Goünours pub-
              lique receiver to whom the said tobacco is or wi!be paid may by your
              Honrs be Ordered to give Creditt to your petitioner this yeare upon
              the Governours accompt for two thousand pounds of tobacco for the
              cloth aforesaid, And &c.

              December xviiith MDClxix
                Was then Ordered that Mr Notley discount with the Petitioner
              two thousand pounds of tobacco according to the prayer abovesaid.

                To the Honble Chancellour and Collonell William Calvert with
              the Rest of his Lopps justices in the provinciall Court sitting
                The Humble Petition of Thomas Ingram Sheweth
                That Whereas the estate of Francis Armstrong late of Talbott
              County deceased is endebted to your Petitioner six thousand five hun-
              dred pounds of tobacco and being not within the cognizance of the
              County Court that your petitioner could not there sue for the same
              and being visitted with long sicknesse and lamenesse that he could
              not travell nor write in Order to a prosecution in the Provinciall
              Court whereby yr petitioner is like to be much dampnified and de-
              frauded of his just debt by imbecilling and Squandring away the