Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.  293





       Randall Revell                            Liber M M
           agt
       George Johnson

       Daniel Jenifer  James Thompson late of Calvert County
           agt administrator of the goods and chattells of
       James Thompson admr William Greene otherwise called William
       Wm Greene Greene of the County of Calvert Taylor
                       who dyed intestate was Summoned to
                       answer unto Daniel Jenifer gent of a plea
                       that he render unto him the summe of foure
                       pounds and tenn Shillings Sterling mony
                       of England which from him he unjustly
                       deteines &c
         And whereupon the said Daniel by Robert Carvile his Attorny
       saith that whereas the said William Greene in his life time to witt
       upon the fifth day of December in the yeare of Our Lord One thou
       sand six hundred and seventy by his certaine bill or writeing
       Obligatory sealed with the seale of him the said William and here
       in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare aforesaid did
       confesse and acknowledge himselfe to Owe and Stand indebted to
       the said Daniel Jenifer the full and just summe or quantity of foure
       pounds ten shillings Sterling mony of England to be paid to the
       said Daniel upon demand to the which payment well and truly to
       be made he the said William did bind himselfe his heirs executors
       and administrators by the same bill Yet the aforesaid William in his
       life time and the aforesaid James after the death of the said
       William to whom the administration of all and singular the goods
       and chattells which were the aforesaid Williams at the time of
       the death of the aforesaid William by the Cheife judge for pro
       bate of Wills and granting of administrations after the death of
       the said William was Committed although often thereunto required
       the said sume of foure pounds ten shillings Sterling have not
       rendred to him the said Daniel but the sume to him to render have
       denyed and the said James to him the said Daniel as yet to render
       doth deny and unjustly deteine whereupon he Saith he is dampnified
       and hath losse to the value of seven pounds Sterling And thereupon
       he bringeth his suite
         Afterwards to witt the 14th day of April in the 42th yeare of the
       Dominion of Caeçilius &c came the said James Thompson by John
       Rousby his Attorny and prayed liberty to imparle hereunto untill
       the first day of this Court and the same day was given to both parties.
         Att which day to witt the 12th day of May in the yeare aforesaid
       came the said Daniel Jenifer by Robert Carvile his Attorny and the
       said James Thompson by John Rousby his Attorny likewise came
       and the said James prayed liberty of Speakeing hereunto untill two p. 217