516 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674/5.




          Liber M M And whereupon the Said Garret Vansweringen by Kenelm Chesel
                  dyn his Attorny Saith that whereas the said William Baker the two
              p.504   and twentith day of June in the yeare One thousand Six hundred
                  Seventy foune by his certaine writeing Obligatory Sealed with the
                  Seale of the said William here in Court produced whose date is the
                  Same day and yeare abovewrittew did acknowledge himsel fe holden
                  and firmly bounden unto Gerard Vansweringen of the County of
                  St Maries in the Province aforesaid in the full quantity of two
                  thousand Seven hundred and ninty pounds of good Sound mer
                  chantable tobacco in caske for a Valuable consideration already
                  received to be paid unto the said Gerarett or to his centaine Attorny
                  his heirs executors admrs or assignes convenient in the County afore
                  said On demand to the which payment well and truly to be made he
                  did bind himselfe his heirs executors admrs firmly by those prsents.
                  Notwithstanding which the said William Baker the said Summe of
                  two thousand Seven hundred and ninty pounds of tobacco according
                  to the tenon of his Said writeing Obligatory hath not paid though
                  often thereunto required but the same to pay hitherto hath and Still
                  doth altogether deny to the damage of the Said Garrett Vanswen
                  ingen the summe of three thousand pounds of tobacco And there
                  upon he bringeth his suite.
                    And the Said William Baker by Robert Ridgely his Attorny com
                  eth & defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth liberty
                  to imparle here untill the next Provinciall Court and the same day
                  is given to both parties here.
                    Now here at this day to wit the fiftenth day of ffebruary in the
                  43th yeane of his Lopps Dominion &c Annoq Doth 1674 Came the
                  Said Garret Vansweringen and offered himselfe against the said Wil
                  liam Baker in the plea aforesaid but the said William came not but
                  made default Therefore it is considered of by the Court here that
                  the Said Garret recover against the said William Baker the said
                  summe of two thousand Seven hundred and ninty pounds of tobacco
                  the debt aforesaid as also the summe of five hundred & ten pounds
                  of tobacco for his costs and charges in this behalfe laid Out and
                  expended and the said Wm in mercy

                  Gerard Slye   Richard Boughton late of Ann Arundell County
                    agt otherwise called Richard Boughton of Charles
               Richard Boughton County in the Province of Maryland Gent was
                              Sumöned to answer unto Gerard Slye merchant
                              in a plea that he render unto him nineteene hun
                              dred twenty eight pounds of tobacco which to
                              him he oweth & unjustly deteineth.
                    And whereupon the said Gerard by Robert Carvile his Attonny
                  Saith that whereas the Said Richard upon the first day of August
                  in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand Six hundred Seventy three