6o6       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.

           Liber M M Baker Brooke Esq
                                   agt
                 Wm Hemsley.

            p. 583 Charles James Thomas Dale and Mary his wife late of Cecil
                     agt County were attached to answer unto Charles
                 Thomas Dale & James in a plea of trespas upon the case
                 Mary his wife And whereupon the Said Charles James by Rob
                             ert Ridgely his Attorny Saith that whereas the
                 Said Charles is and alwayes hath been a true and faithfull man to
                 the Rt Honble the Lord Propry and as a true & faithfull man unto
                 his Said Lopp without any Crime of falsety deceipt extortion perjury
                 or of any other hurt full Crime from the time of his comeing into
                 this Province hitherto he hath Governed & behaved himselfe and of
                 Such unblemished honestly & conversation hath been reputed & taken
                 amongst all the Inhabitants of this Province unspotted of any wicked
                 Crime falsity deceipt extortion perjury or of any other hurtfull
                 Crime whatsoever & So for the whole time aforesaid was reputed
                 as also with the said Lord Propry was So taken & adjudged & there
                 upon in divers weighty & difficult business of the Said Lord Propry
                 was used & imployed in & the said Lord Propry refuseing especiall
                 trust & confidence in the honestly faith fulinesse judgmt & integrity
                 of him the said Charles did by his Lopps Cothission under the lesser
                 Seale of this Province constitute & appoint the said Charles to be a
                 Coroner of his Lopps County of Baltemore & the Honble Baker
                 Brooke Escp Surveyr Generall of the said Province well understand
                 ing the Creditt & repute the said Charles James lived in amongst his
                 neighbours & other the good people of this Province and of Such his
                 unblemished honesty & reputation & also of the trust & confidence of
                 the said Lord Propy had in the honesty faith fulnesse and integrity of
                 the said Charles and therefore had appointed & constituted him to
                 be Coroner of his said Lopps County of Baltemore & also further
                 takeing notice with what integrity & faithfulnesse & honesty the said
                 Charles executed the said Office the said Surveyr Generall by his
                 Comission under his hand & seale at Armes bearing date the Sixth
                 day of April in the 40th yeare of his Lopps Dominion &c Annocp
                 Doth 1671 did comissionate authorize & impower the said Charles
                 to be his sole Deputy in the said County for the laying Out of Lands
                 in the said County and to doe & execute all & every matter & thing
                 belonging to the Surveyr Generall in the said County in as full &
                 ample manner as if he were personally present to doe & performe the
                 same and for the true & due execution of the Said Office of Deputy
                 Surveyour of the said County the said Charles was duly Sworne
                 upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God & also gave bond to the
                 said Surveyour Generall for Such his honest & faithfull executeing
                 the said Office in the Summe of One hundred thousand pounds of