258  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.





         Liber M M  to his certaine Attorny his heirs executrs admrs or assignes for the
                 which payment well and truly to be made the said Benjamin did
                 bind himselfe his heirs executors and administrators firmly by those
                 presents Notwithstanding the said Benjamin Cooper the said summe
                 of two hundred pounds Sterling to him the said Caecilius Lord
                 Baltemore according to the said writing Obligatory hath not paid
                 though often thereunto required but the same to pay hath denyed
                 and Still doth deny to the damage of the said Caecilius Lord Balte
                 more One hundred pounds sterling and thereupon he bringeth his
                 Suite.
                  And the aforesaid Benjamin by  his Attorny corn
                 eth and defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth heare
                 inge of the writeing Obligatory aforesaid and it is read unto him he
                 prayeth also the heareing of the Condition of the Said writeing and
             p. 188 it is read unto him in these words following Vizt The Condition of
                 this Obligation is such that whereas the abovebounden Benjamin
                 Cooper hath this day drawn by exchange on Mr John Thornbush of
                 London Merchant foure bills of exchange for forty two pounds and
                 two shillings sterling all of One tenor and date payable at twenty
                 dayes sight thereof unto the said Lord Baltemore or his Order if
                 therefore the said John Thornbush shall well and truly pay the said
                 bills of exchange according to the tenor thereof without fraud or
                 delay that then this Obligation to be Void & of none effect other
                 wise to stand remaine and be in full force strength and Virtue
                 which being read and heard &c.
                  Now here at this day to wit the eightenth day of April in the
                 42th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c the same Sheriff returnes
                 to the Court here that the Said Benjamin Cooper is not found in
                 his Bailiwick whereupon the Said Caecilius Lord Baltemore pray
                 eth attachmt against the goods and chattells of the said Benjamin
                 according to an Act of Assembly in Such case made and provided
                 and it is granted unto him
                  Therefore it is Comãnded the same Sheriff that he attach any
                 the goods or chattells of the said Benjamin if &c to the Value of
                 two hundred sixty six pounds Sterling and them or any part thereof
                 in his custody to Keepe untill the Said Benjamin shall by himselfe
                 or his Attorny appeare here the twelfth day of May next to answer
                 unto the Said Lord Baltemore in the plea aforesaid.

                Robert Carvile     It was Comanded the Sheriff of St Maries
                    agt County that he take William Hollingworth
                 William Hollingsworth of his County merchant otherwise called
                                 William Hollingsworth of the County of
                                 Charles County in the Province of Mary
                                 land merchant if &c to answer unto Robert
                                 Carvile One of the Attornyes &c in a plea