62 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1666—1668.

          Liber C As to all acons depending this CTt agt Gerrard Browne as Adminr
          of John Browne It was ordered tht the writts should abate for tht
          the will of the said John Being not proved, nor letter of Administra-
          [p. 130] tion issued thereupon before the Session of this Courte he could
                    not be understood to be Administrator
               Mr James Lindsey Pif     Stephen Montague &
                                  Ignatius Causeen Defts
                    The Defendts as Adminirs of Captaine Robert Troope decd acknowl-
               edged a Judgment to the Plf for two thousand two hundred and
               seaventy pounds of tobaccoe due unto the Plf upon accot in the life
               time of the sd Troope to wch accot tht it was just and true the Plf
               declared upon his oathe Ordered therefore tht the Defts satisfie the
               Plaintife the sd sume of 2270 lb of tobaccoe.

                    George Harris Plf Oliver Bault Deft
                    Ordered tht the Plaintife be Nonsuited p nihil dicit for not having
               entered anie Declaration 3 dayes before the Court.

                    John Sherman produced an accot of eight hundred and thirty
               pounds of tobaccoe due unto him from the sd Captaine Robert
               Troope decd requesting order of Crt for the payment of the same
               by Stephen Montague and Ignatius Causeen his Adminrs who there-
               upon acknowledged a Judgment for the sd sume and It was Ordered
               tht the Adminrs satisfie the same to the said Sherman

                    Edmund Lindsey produced an accot of 405 1/2 lb of tobaccoe due to
               him from the sd Troope in his life time, and the Adminrs of the sd
               Troope before Named acknowledging a Judgmt for the same It was
               Ordered tht they should Satisfie the same to the sd Edmund Lindsey.

                Whereas Will: Boyden gave bond to Walter Peake bearing date
               the 18th of January 1666 obliging himselfe under the penaltie of
         [p. 131]   twentie thousand pounds of tobaccoe to give unto the sd Peake
               firme Assurance for 150 acres of land called by the Name of the
               Doegs Neck at this present Courte and allsoe obliged himselfe by
               one other Bond to the sd Peake for the assuring and passing firme
               Conveyance to the sd Peake of one other parcell of land called Wheel-
               ers Choice containing 300 acres, the sd Will. Boyden did accordingly
               acknowledge both the sd parcells of Land to the sd Peake this present
               Courte

                By virtue of an act of Assembly Entituled an Act agt Hogstealers
               a Grand Jury of Inquest was Impaneld, and this Crt returned for
               enquiry, and Presentmt of all Misdemeanors agt the sd Act and all
               other good Lawes of this Province who gave in this verdict That
               they found noe person worthy of Presentmt for anie Misdemeanrs
               agt the lawes of this Province