590  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.




         Liber M M   upon wholly undefended Therefore it is considered by the Court
                 here that the said John Baker recover agt the said Edmund Lindsey
                 aswell the summe of two thousand two hundred ninty five pounds
                 of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the sume of five hundred forty
                 foure pounds of tobacco costs of suite and the said Edmund in
                 mercy.

                 Charles County ss.
                   Mr. Benjamin Rozer this is to desire & authorize you to appeare
                 for me Edmond Lindsey of Charles County in the Province of
                 Maryland Planter in the Provinciall Court of the said Province at
                 the suite of John Baker in an action of debt to the value of two
                 thousand two hundred ninty five pounds of tobacco & to confesse
                 a judgment against me unto him for the said quantity of tobacco
                 besides costs of suite by non sum informatus nil dicit or otherwise
                 & for your so doeing this shall be your Sufficient warrant Wittnes
                 my hand & Seale this 13th day of November 1675
           Wittnesses Alexander Gallant  the marke of
                         Ambrose Bayley.       Edmond   Lindsey (Sealed)

             p. 568 Memorandum that this day to wit the Sixtenth day of November
                 in the 44th yeare of his Lopps Dominion &c Annoq Doth 1675 came
                 Robert Dunn High Sheriff of Kent County and Guardian to Wil
                 liam Vaughan one of the Orphants of Robert Vaughan deceased and
                 produceth to the Court here a Certaine Order of this Court the tenor
                 whereof followeth in these words Vizt.

                 Maryland ss.
                 Att a Provinciall Court of the Right Honble the Lord Propry held at
                 St Maries the 12th day of November in the 42th yeare of his Lopps
                 Dominion over Maryland Annoq Dom 1673 before his justices
                 thereunto assigned.

                   Robert Dunn of Kent County Gent Guardian of Wm Vaughan one
                 of the Orphants of Robert Vaughan deceased petitioneth this Court
                 that whereas he was by this Court appointed Guardian to the said
                 Orphant & also this Court did Order that the said Orphants estate
                 should be delivered into the hands of the Said Dunn Yet notwith
                 standing Jeremiah Eaton of Kent County who married the mother
                 of the said Orphant deteines in his hands tenn thousand pounds of
                 tobacco bequeathed as a Legacy by Major Ingram deceased to the
                 Said Orphant and which was left by his ffather, The Said Dunn
                 waves Order of this Court for the same
                   The Court takeing the premisses into their Serious consideration
                 doe Order that the Comissioners of Kent County doe examine the
                 businesse and what they Shall find in the hands of the Said Eaton