576  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.





            Liber M M Benony Eaton
                             the def by Mathew Warde his Attorny appeares
                     agt     land imparles untill next Court.
                   John Slaughter
                   Joseph Eaton       Wm Coursey Sheriff of Talbott
                      agt             County haveing returned his writt
                   John Mitchell James Cleyland     that he hath taken John Mitchell and
                     & Edward Winckles    that the said James Cleyland & Ed
                                      ward Winckles are not found in his
                                      Bailiwick and the said John Mitchell
                                      not appeareing Ordered that unlesse
                                      the said Mitchell appeare next Court
                                      the Sheriff be in misericordia

                   Stephen Perdieu
                      agt      the deft Stanley appeares by Robert Ridgely his
                   Peter Bawcomb & Attorny and imparle till next Court.
                                Jno Stanley

             p. 555 Charles Calvert Esq Memorandum that this Court to wit the fourth
                       agt day of May in the forty third yeare of the
                William Stevens  Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Doth 1675
                                 Came the Honble Charles Calvert Esq Chei fe
                                 justice of the Same Court by Robert Carvile
                                 his Attorny and exhibiteth here into Court his
                                 certaine bill against William Stevens Gent in
                                 a plea of trespas upon the case.
                    And whereupon the Said Charles Calvert by Robert Carvile his
                   Attorny complaineth that whereas the Said William was indebted to
                   the said Charles in the Summe of eleaven pounds five shillings and
                   foure pence of currant mony of England and being So indebted
                   the Said William did in consideration thereof On the twenty Sev
                   enth day of May in the forty Second yeare of the Dominion of
                   Caecilius &c Annoq Doth 1674 draw One bill of exchange according
                   to the Custome of merchants and Signed with the proper hand of
                   the Said William and directed to One Mr John ifoster of London
                   for the payment of the said eleven pounds five shillings and foure
                   pence at tenn dayes Sight to the Said Charles or his Order and the
                   Said William did then and there assume upon himselfe and to
                   the Said Charles did faithfully promise that if the said John ifoster
                   the Said eleaven pounds five shillings and foure pence to him the
                   Said Charles or his Order should not well and truly pay according
                   to the tenor of the Said bill of exchange that he the Said William
                   would well and truly pay the same when thereunto required And
                   the Said Charles in fact Saith that On the two and twentith day of
                   July One thousand Six hundred Seventy foure he did Order the