514       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669—70.

        Liber JJ   minion &c Betweene Richard Perry plaintiff and Justinian Gerard
              deft the plaintiff is allowed for costs of suite two thousand eight hun-
              dred forty eight pounds of tobacco and whereas the record saith
              Richard perry plaintiff and Justinian Gerard alias John Cocks de-
              fendants in lib prouin: F.F. fol 685 Ordered that the words John
              Cox be expunged.

                Upon the desire of his Lopps justices of Calvert County Court to
              his Lopps justices of his Provinciall Court here to witt the ninth
              day of February in the xxxviiith yeare of his Löpps Dominion &c,
              That his Lopps Justices here would be pleased to Order what course
              might be taken for the preservation of the estate of Robert Kings-
              berry for the Orphants and that whether William Moffett may still
              Act as an Attorny of the said Kingsberry and keepe the estate in his
              owne possession and whether Letters of Administration may be
              granted to some other person in trust for the Orphans to keepe the
              said estate, whereupon it was then Ordered by his Lopps justices
              here That the said County Court present to the judge in testamentary
         [p.63]    buisnesse an Administrator to whom the estate of the said Robert
              Kingsberry may be comitted and also that they appoint auditors to
              examine the accompt of the said William Moffett.

              Daniel Jenifer agt Edward Burton late of Kent County planter ad-
              Edward Burton fministrator of the goods and Chattells of Re-
              becca Burton deceased administratrix of the goods and Chattells of
              Edmund Burton late of Kent County Cooper otherwise called Ed-
              mond Burton of the Isle of Kent in the Province of Maryland Cooper
              was by a writt of priviledge issueing out of this Court attached to
              answer unto Daniel Jenif en One of the Attornyes of this Court in a
              plea that he render unto him the summe of twelve hundred pounds of
              tobacco and caske which he unjustly deteineth &c.
                And whereupon the said Daniel in his proper person Saith that
              whereas the said Edmond in his life time to witt the fourtenth day
              of February in the xxxvith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c
              Annocp Doth One thousand six hundred sixty seaven by his certaine
              bill Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of him the said Edmond and
              here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare abovesaid,
              did bind himselfe his heirs executors and administrators to pay or
              cause to be paid to the said Daniel Jenifer his heirs executors admrs
              or assignes the full and just summe or quantity of twelve hundred
              pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco and caske to be paid in
              some convenient place in the said Isle of Kent before or upon the
              tenth day of November next ensueing the date of the said bill which
              said summe of twelve hundred pounds of tobacco and caske the said
              Edmund in his life nor the said Rebecca after his death to whom