368  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.




     Liber M M              dred foure pounds of tobacco which to her he
                            oweth and unjustly deteineth
                  And whereupon the Said Margarett Penry by Keneim Cheseldyn
                 her Attorny Saith that whereas the Said Thomas Howell the tenth
                 day of October in the 43th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c
                 Annoq Doth 1674 at Caecil County aforesaid did borrow of her the
                 Said Margarett the sume of One hundred and twelve thousand foure
                 hundred pounds of tobacco to be paid to her the Said Margarett
                 when thereunto required Notwithstanding which the Said Thomas
                 the said One hundred and twelve thousand foure hundred pounds of
                 tobacco to her the said Margarett though often thereunto required
                 hath refused to pay and Satisfie and the same to pay and Satisfie as
             p.  278 yet doth deny and refuse whereupon the said Margarett Saith she is
                 dampnified and hath lost to the value of fifty thousand pounds of
                 tobacco and thereupon she produces her Suite &c.
                  And the aforesaid Thomas Howell in his proper person cometh
                 and defendeth the force and injury when &c and the Said Thomas
                 here in Open Court acknowledges the debt aforesaid of the said
                 Sume of One hundred and twelve thousand and foure hundred
                 pounds of tobacco by which the Said Margarett against the Said
                 Thomas for the Said debt of One hundred and twelve thousand and
                 foure hundred pounds of tobacco remaineth wholy undefended
                 Therefore it is considered by the Court here that the Said Margarett
                 recover against the Said Thomas the said Summe of One hundred
                 and twelve thousand and foure hundred pounds of tobacco But that
                 as to fifty Six thousand and two hundred pounds part of the said
                 tobacco that execution thereof cease until the tenth day of October
                 next which shall be in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand Six hun
                 dred Seventy five.
                  And the Said Margarett by Robert Ridgely her Attorny cometh
                 into Court and acknowledgeth her Self e Satisfied contented and paid
                 the Sume of twelve thousand foure hundred pounds of tobacco part
                 of the judgment abovesaid.
                  And it is here further Ordered by the consent of the parties above-
                 said that the Suite depending in Chancery betweene the Said Marga
                 rett Penny Complaint and the Said Thomas Howell and Johanna
                 Goldsmith defts be dismist each party paying their Owne costs.

                Thomas Aron   Jonathan Squire late of St Maries County
                    agt administratrs of the goods and Chattells of
                 Jonathan Squire admr John Morecroft deceased was attached to
                  John Morecroft. answer unto Thomas Aron in a plea of tres
                          pas upon the case.
                  And whereupon the Said Thomas by Robert Carvile his Attorny
                 Said that whereas the Said John in his life time to witt upon the
                 tenth day of November in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand Six