180 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1668—1670.

        Liber D Stephen Champ prsents his petition agt Willi: Marshall produceing
              an Indenture signed by Wm Barrett for five yeares whereupon he
              craveth order agt Wm Marshall as aforesd for a Discharge & for his
              Come & Cloathes where upon it is ordered tht the sd servant be free
              & tht the sd Wm Marshall pay him his Corne & Cloathes he makeing
              the sd Marshall satisfaction for two daies comeing to Court & for
              the Amercemt pd to the Court for judgeing his Age

               John borne of Phillis Hayward is by the Consent of the Court &
              his Mother bound to Mr Wm Barton his heires or Assigns for 21
              yeares he or they paying Lu him at the Expiration of the time accord-
              ing to the Custome of the Country to servants

        [P.   Hussy plt Acct Debt for 1050 lb Tobacco p bill
              John Munne Deft
               The plt complaineth agt the Defendt for tht the Defendt standeth
              indebted unto him by byll under his hand & seale bearing date the
              140 of January 1667 in the Sume of one thousand & fifty pounds of
              Tobacco as by the sd byll may appeare & being there unto required
              hath refused & as yet doth refuse the sd sume of Tobacco to the
              plts Damage of one thousand five hundred pounds where upon he
              bringeth his suite and craveth order agt the Defendt for the sd
              sume of Tobacco with Cost of Suite &c.
               Where upon the Defendant pleading tht it was not demanded the
               enter'd his answer tht an Arrest is a sufficient Demand in law
              upon wch it is order'd tht the Defendant shall pay the debt & the
              charge to be divided betweene them

               Thomas Hussy upon his Lops Answer to his peticon prsents a
              peticon to the Court for to take his evidence tht he was sick wch
              hindred his Coming
               Thomas Buckridge aged 26 yeares or there abouts Sworne &
              examined in open Court saith That on the ninth of 9br Tho: Hussey
              was Distempered wth the wind Collick & on the 100 day he had a
              feaver wch to out ward appearance hinder'd his Coming

        [p. 44] Robert Cossleton craveth a continuance of the Attachmt agt Joseph
              Edmonds estate till the Court to be held in Charles County on the
              second Tuesday in March for 1238 lb of Tobacco wch is granted

               Will Allen & John Munne acknowledge a Parcell of Land 300
              Acres call'd the Doags Neck to Henry Aspinoll
               This Indenture made this ninth day of Janr One Thousand six
              hundred sixty eight betwixt John Munne & Will Allen of Charles
              County in the Province of Maryland planters of the one parte &
              Henry Aspinoll of the same County & province planter of the other
              parte witnesseth tht the sd John Munn & Wm Allen for & in con-