72        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.

        Liber FF Samuell Brockett declar'd he could say nothing in the Bussiness
        [p.310] that the pll should either possesse the plantacon himselfe or giue

             possession to Prickloue
               Wherefore it is found by the Board that the plt is not sattisfyed,
              neither hath he any possession taken as by the deft alleadg'd of the
              said Plantacon
               The ptt Craues Judgmt uppon his Bond and according to the tenor
              thereof
               Ordered that William Smyth haue Judgmt agst the Estate of Wm
              Price which in the said Bond is bound ouer for security by the said
              Price, and according to the tenor of the sd Bond for Thirety Thow-
              sand pounds of tobacco and Caske wth Cost of Suite

                  Court adjourns till one of the Clock in the afternoone

                  All mett as in the morning except W Thomas Truman

              Henry Coursey ptt
                           Retracted
             Godfrey Bayley deftj

             To The Honble Gouernor and Councell In Prouinall Court Assembled
               The humble petn of Demetrius Cartwright Sheweth
               That on the 16th day of January last at a Cott held for Caluert
              County yor petr was impleaded by Thomas Bowdell Administratr of
              Stephen Clifton in an accon of debt to the uallue of 414th tobacco
              as pretended by the said Bowdell due to the Estate of the said Clifton,
              though nothing of proofe could by the said Bowdell be made for
        [p. 311]  the said debt Yet neuertheless the said County Court would haue
              giuen Judgmt agst yor petr for the said debt, did he not timely appeale
              to yor Honnors more graue Judgmts for redresse
               And doth humbly begg the same of this Honble Board wth a rehear-
              ing of the merritts of the said Cause in which yor petr is unjustly
              molested hauing sufficient proofe that sattisfaccon for the said debt
              is sufficiently made, which wittnesses yor petr humbly desires may
              be sworne before yor Honnors and that the said Bowdell may proue
              his declaracon agst the appealant preferr'd in the County Court
              abouesaide Otherwise that he may be allowed dathages for his un-
              nessesary trouble & uexacon wth Cost of Suite And he shall euer
              pray &c

              Att a Court held for the County of Caluert The 16th January 1665/6
                   Tho: Mannyng Richard Collett Gentn
              prseflt           Geo: Peake Toby Norton
                            Wm Groome
             To the worspll Commrs of Caluert County
               The humble petn of Tho: Bowdell Admtr of Stephen Clifton
              Sheweth