Provincial Court Proceedings, 1673.   95




       Dayes craves allowance for two dayes coming five Dayes staying Liber M M
       and Two Dayes Retorning in all nine Dayes at 30 l Tob a day.
         Ordered by the Cort that the said Verlinda Stone pay ye said
       Thomas Obryan 270 l Tob for his Attendance according to act of
       Assembly in that case pvided.

         Came William Wright late sonne of Wm Wright of Popler hill
       Deceased and Did Elect and Choose Thomas Bennet to be his
       Guardian and the Court approves of such his Eleccön

         Christopher Batson peticions this Cort that whereas in the yeare
       i668 the sd Batson did put himself an Apprentice to one Abell
       Londgen of London to serve him foure yeares and the sd Londgen
       was to teach the sd Batson the Art of Navigation, and the said
       Londgen afterwards Contrary to the sd Indenture sold the said
       Batson to one John Stevens who although the said Batson hath
       served the sd Terme of foure yeares yet will not set him free but
       still Keepes him a servant to his very great Damage.
         The Court Examining the matter and perrusing the Indenture
       doe order and Adjudge the said Christopher Batson to be set free.

         Richard Tilghman being suthoned by his Excellency to Render
       an account of the Estate of John Richardson, appeared and offered
       some papers to the Cort, who ordered the Clerke to Receive the same,
       and make out Coppyes of them for the Complt Richardson agt next
       Cort, when the Court orders both ptyes to attend for a full Determi
       nacOn of the business the said Tilghman Delivered also into the Cort
       three bills payable to the said Richardson vizt One from John Yate
       for 807l Tob, One from John Cooke and Simon Richardson for
       40001 Tob. and another from Richard Cadmore for 3000l Tob. wch
       said bills the Court ordr the Clerke to take into his Custody and to
       Deliver into the hands of John Clemons Marchant.

      Humphry Limbry The Court having seene this day a bill of Costs
            agt in Calvert County Cort taxed betweene ye sd ptyes
     Wm Smith       under the hands of Thomas Brooke gent one of
      the Justices of the said Cort for Two hundred sixty three pounds of
      Tobacco, ordered by the Cort that the said sume be added to ye
      Execution agt the sd Smith.

       Maryland ss. By his Excellency the Capt Generall. p. 32
         Whereas their was formerly Surveyd for Samuell Withers of
      Ann Arundell County gentt Two hundred Acres of Land called
      Witherington lyeing in Talbot County on the North side of Chop
      tanke River neare to the head of a Creeke called The Second Creeke
      Adjoyning to ye Land formrly Laid out for John Hooper beginning