Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.  437




      said John Quigley the summe of forty thousand pounds of tobacco Liber MM
      And thereupon he bringeth his Suite.
        And the said Jonathan and Edward by Robert Carvile their At
      torny doth Come and defend the force and injury when &c and pray
      heareing of the writeing aforesaid and it is read unto them they also
      pray heareing of the Condition of the said writeing and it is read
      unto them in these words The Condition of the above Obligation is
      such that if the abovebound Jonathan Hopkins or Edward Winckles
      they or either of them their heirs executors administrators or assignes
      will well and truly without any manner of fraud deceipt covin or
      trouble pay or cause to be well and truly paid unto the abovenamed
      John Quigley his heirs executors administrators factors or assignes
      the neate quantity of Sixteene thousand nine hundred and three
      pounds of good Sound merchantable arranoco tobacco in caske either p.
      in Wye or Miles River at or before the tenth day of October next
      then the above Obligation to be void or else to remaine and be in
      full force and virtue in Law In wittnes whereof Wee have here
      unto sett Our hands and affixed Our scales the day and yeare above-
      written which being read and heard the said Jonathan and Edward
      by their Attorny aforesaid at this day to witt the ninth day of
      December in the three & fortith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius
      &c Say nothing in barre of the action aforesaid of him the said John
      for that they Owe unto him the said John Quigley the said summe
      of Sixteene thousand nine hundred and three pounds of tobacco
      Whereupon the said John remaineth against the said Jonathan and
      Edward thereof undefended therefore it is considered by the Court
      here that the said John Quigley recover against the said Jonathan and
      Edward the said summe of Sixteene thousand nine hundred and
      three pounds of tobacco as also the samme of five hundred forty
      foure pounds of tobacco for his costs and charges in this behalfe
      laid Out and expended but so as execution for the One moyety or
      halfe part of the debt aforesaid Stay untill the tenth day of October
      next.
        Whereas Wee Edward Winckles and Jonathan Hopkinson both
      of Talbott County in the Province haveing been arrested at the Suite
      of John Quigley in a plea of debt These are therefore to authorize
      and appoint Robert Carvile One of the Attornyes of the Provinciall
      Court of the said Province to appeare and putt in such plea as to him
      shall seeme meet & convenient, and for So doeing this shall be his
      warrant Wittnes my hand & scale this 14th day of December 1674.
      Wittnes hereunto       Edward Winckles (Sealed)
        Peter Eure
        Kenelm Cheseldyn.

        I doe hereby nominate and appoint Robert Carvile Gent One of
      the Attornyes of the Provinciall Court to be Attorny and of Coun