Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.  341




      Attorny come and defend the force and injury when &c & pray Liber M M
      heareing of the writeing Obligatory aforesaid and it is read unto
      them they pray also the heareing of the Condition of the said write
      ing and it is read unto them in these words following Vizt The
      Condition of this Obligation is Such that whereas the above bounden
      ffrancis Lovelace hath this day drawne by exchange on W Samuel
      Sedgewick & Mr Robert Wolley foure bills of exchange for twenty
      eight pounds & Six pence Sterling all of One tenor & date payable
      at fourteene dayes Sight payable unto the abovenamed Charles Cal
      vert or his Order If therefore the Said Samuel Sedgwick & Robert
      Wolley shall well & truly pay the Said bills according to the tenor
      thereof without fraud or delay then this Obligation to be Void & of
      none effect otherwise to Stand and be in full force.
        And the aforesaid ffrancis and Thomas Say nothing in barre or
      avoydance of the aforesaid action of the aforesaid Charles by which
      the Said Charles remaineth against the Said ffrancis & Thomas
      thereupon wholly undefended Therefore it is considered by the Court
      here that the Said Charles recover against the Said ffrancis &
      Thomas aswell the Summe of twenty eight pounds Six pence Sterling
      his debt aforesaid as also the Summe of Seaven pounds One Shilling
      Six pence Sterling damages by reason of the deteineing of the same
      debt by him Susteined as also the Sume of Six hundred eighty
      Seaven pounds of tobacco for his costs and Charges in this behalfe
      expended and the Said ffrancis & Thomas in mercy.
        And the said ffrancis and Thomas by their Attorny alleidging
      that by reason of the Scarsity of mony Sterling in this Province
      they could not procure ready mony to Satisffie the said judgment
      being in all thirty five pounds Seven Shillings Six pence Sterling
      besides the costs of Suite but offering to make payment thereof in
      tobacco at Such reasonable rates and prices as this Court should
      Order & allow of and the Said Charles as also the said ffrancis &
      Thomas putting themselves upon the judgmt of the Court to value
      & sett the price of tobacco P pound in mony Sterling This Court doth p. 256
      Order that the Said ffrancis Lovelace and Thomas Long doe make
      Satisfaction to the Said Charles for the said judgment for the Said
      thirty five pounds Seven shillings Six pence Sterling in tobacco at
      One peny P pound which amounts unto the summe of eight thousand
      foure hundred & flinty pounds of tobacco at One penny Sterling?
      pound to which adde the Six hundred eighty Seven pounds adjudged
      to the Said Charles for his costs the Summe in the whole amounts
      unto the Summe of nine thousand One hundred Seventy Seaven
      pounds of tobacco which said Summe of nine thousand One hundred
      Seventy Seaven pounds of tobacco this Court Orders the Said ffran
      cis Lovelace and Thomas Long forthwith to pay & satisfie to the
      Said Charles Calvert or his Order accordingly.