Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669—70.   523

     chantable tobacco in caske in some convenient place or places in Wic- Liber JJ
     cocomocco River and at St Georges Riven in St Maries County and in
     petuxent River in Calvert County on or upon the tenth day of Octo-
     ber in every of the said five yeares And the said Charles saith that
     there is behind in arrears the summe of nine thousand pounds of
     tobacco of the yearly rent by the said Indenture reserved whereby
     action hath accrued to the said Charles Calvert to require and have
     of the said John the said summe of nine thousand pounds of tobacco
     and the said Charles further saith that the said John the first day of
     June in the seaven and thintyth yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius
     &c did borrow of the said Charles the summe of One and forty thou-
     sand pounds of tobacco to be paid to the said Charles when theneunto
     required which said sevenall summes in the whole doe amount too
     the summe of fifty thousand pounds of tobacco which said summe
     of fifty thousand pounds of tobacco the said John hath not paid to
     the said Charles nor given him any content therefore whereupon the
     said Charles saith he is dampnified and hath losse to the value of
     foure thousand pounds of tobacco and thereupon he bringeth his
     suite.
       And afterwards at this present provinciall Count to witt the tenth
     day of February in the eight and thirtith yeane of the Dominion of
     Caecilius &c Came the said John Nutthall in his proper person and
     defendeth the force and injury when &c and confesseth judgment by
     nihil dicit for the abovesaid debt of nine thousand pounds of tobacco
     and caske whereupon it is considered of by the Court here that the
     said Charles Calvert Esq recover against the said John Nutthall the
     said summe of nine thousand pounds of tobacco with costs
       Whereupon it was Comanded the Sheriff of St Maries County that
     he levy by way of execution any the goods chattells or Creditts of the
     said John Nutthall to the value of twelve thousand pounds of tobacco
     being a debt recovered by the Honble Charles Calvert Esq at the Pro-
     vinciall Court here to witt the tenth day of Febnuany aforesaid as also
     three hundred and nineteene pounds of tobacco for costs expended
     in the same suits and the same to deliver to the said Charles Calvert
     or his Order and that he make retunne &c the twelfth day of April
     next.

       Ordered the tenth day of February in the xxxviiith yeare of the
     Dominion of Caecilius &c that Henry Ward of Baltemore County be
     allowed out of the publique levy this yeare
                                         Th tob
       For accomodation of Jerome White Esq at Barnones. . .     189
       for his expence at Amickinn          231
       for 3 horses prest 7 dayes           630
       for boate hire                        40
                                            1090