548  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.




           Liber M M Jno Eason & ux
                                   agt
                             Richard Gorsuch
                  George ffinion    these foure causes agreed.
                                   agt
                 John Blackiston
                 Thomas Oakely
                                   agt
                 Lydia Solley admrx
                               Benja Solly

                 May the 6th 1675.
                   Upon the Petition of Henry Mitchell that being under execution
                  at the Suite of Covell and Groves in the custody of Mr Henry Darnall
                  Sheriff of Calvert County and now being like to be turned Over to
                  Mr Hill Sheriff of St Maries County desireing to remaine in the Cus
                  tody of the Sheriff of Calvert County by which meanes he may the
                  Sooner be capable of Satisfieing the debt due from the petitioner
                  to the Said Covell and Groves. The Petition was then granted.

                  Richard Keene     Thomas Dent Administrator of the goods and
                      agt Chattells of William Ditton merchant deceased
                 Thomas Dent Admr was attached to answer unto Richard Keene
                   Wm Ditton of a plea of trespas upon the case.
                                  And whereupon the Said Richard Keene by
                                Robert Ridgely his Attorny complaineth that
                  whereas the Said William the twelfth day of March One thousand
                  Six hundred Seventy foure being languishing of a grevious dis
                  temper in consideration that the Said Richard would take the Said
                  William into his house and there cause him to be carefully looked
                  after and tended in his Said Sicknesse and provid him Such necessary
                  accomodation at his said house as should be fitt for him the Said
                  William did assume upon himselfe and to the Said Richard did
                  faithfully promise that he would well and truly Satisfie and content
                  the Said Richard what he Should deserve And the Said Richard in
                  fact Saith that he did receive the Said William into his house and
                  him there provided for with Such things as were necessary and
                  caused him to be tended and looked after dureing the time of his
                  sickness to say from the twelfth day of March untill the flftenth day
                  of March then next following for which he did reasonably deserve
                  the Summe of two thousand pounds of tobacco an accompt of the
                  particulars of which the Said Richard here in Court produceth Not
                  withstanding which the Said William in his life time nor the said
                  Thomas Since his death to whom Administration of all and Singu
              p.531 lar the goods and chattells of the said William Since his death was