Provincial Court Proceedings, 1670.     543

    by John Morecroft his Attorny and prayed resplte untill the next Liber JJ
    provinciall Court which was accordingly granted him by the Court
    Thomas Jones of Somersett County haveing acknowledged himselfe
    security in Open Court for the payment of all costs and charges if
    the said John England be cast.

    John Tully agt The plaintiff declares and imparlance till next
    Mathias Decosta Court.

      Memorandum that this day to witt the fourtenth day of April in
    the xxxviiith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c came James
    Nutthall the sonn of John Nutthall late of the Crosse Mannour in
    the County of St Maries and chose for his Gardian Thomas Sprigg
    of Calvert County Gent who was admitted by the Court.

      Ordered that Joseph Wickes execute the office of a Coroner in Tal-
    bott County and that Thomas South be discharge of that office.

 Benjamin Rozer agt The deft appeares by Thomas Knighton his
                  Henry Stockett Attorny and imparlance untill the next Pro-
                  vinciall Court.

    Henry Hooper agt William Burges late of South river in the
    Wm Burges et al County of Ann Arrundell Gent Thomas Taylor
    late of the ridge in the said County of Ann Arrundell Gent and Sam-
    uel Chew late of [blank] in the said County of Ann Arrundell were
    attached to answer unto Henry Hooper in a plea of trespas upon the
    case
      And whereupon the said Henry by John Morecroft his Attorny
    complaineth that whereas by the Statute of magna charta chapter the
    twenty ninth made in the ninth yeare of the Raigne of King Henry
    the third it is contained that no free man shall be taken or imprisoned
    or disseised of his freehold or his liberties or his Free Customes or
    outlawed or banished or by any meanes destroyed neither will wee goe
    upon him neither will we send upon him except by legall judgment of
    his equalls or by the Law of the land Wee will sell to none Wee will
    deny or delay to none justice or right and the said Henry Saith that
    whereas the said Henry was by virtue of certaine letters of adminis-
    tration the twenty first day of February in the One and thirtith yeare
    of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Doth One thousand six hun-
    dred sixty two under the lesser seale of this province by Henry Sewall [p. 88]
    Cheife Officer for the probate of wills and granting administration
    within the said Province lawfully constituted appointed and author-
    ized to the said Henry Hooper committed and appointed administra-
    tor of the Goods and Chattells of Richard Gott deceased whereby the
    said Henry Hooper became lawfully invested with the said estate as