142        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

            Liber N N  Our Rights and Revenues of Comon pleas and likewise for the deter-
                   mining of all matters of Equity for which any releife is Shall or
                   may be justly or reasonably desired in Our said Court Willing and
                   by these presents assigning and constituteing and appointing that
                   Our Said justices or any foure or more of them (of which Our Said
                   deare Unckle and Our Said deare Couzin aiwayes to be two) Shall be
                   a Sufficient Court for the determining the pleas and matters of equity
                   aforesaid Wittnes Our Selfe at Our Citty of st Maries the sixth day
                   of April in the first yeare of Our Dominion over Our Said Province
                   of Maryland Annop Doth One thousand Six hundred Seventy Six.

                                 Eodem die.
                    Then were John Quigley and George Thompson Gent admitted
                   and sworne Attornyes of this Court.

                p. 89 Eodem die.
                    Kenelm Cheseldyn of st Maries County Gent was Sworne his
                   Lopps Attorny Generall.

                  Richard Covell Henry Mitchell and Thomas Bowdie late of Cal-
                      agt vert County otherwise called Henry Mitchell and
                   Henry Mitchell & Thomas Bowdell of Calvert County Planters
                   Thomas Bowdle were Summoned to answer unto Richard Covell
                               of London marriner of a plea that they render

                   to him tenn thousand pounds of tobacco which to him they Owe and
                   unjustly deteine &c.
                    And whereupon the said Richard by Robert Carvile his Attorny
                   complaineth that whereas the Said Henry and Thomas the fiftenth
                   day of June in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand six hundred
                   Seventy five, by their certaine writeing Obligatory Sealed with the
                   Seale of him the Said Henry and him the said Thomas and here in
                   Court produced whose date is the Same day and yeare abovewnitten
                   did grant themselves to be bound and firmly obliged unto Richard
                   Covell of London marriner in the quantity of ten thousand pounds
                   of tobacco and caske to be paid to the Said Richard Covell or to his
                   certaine Attorny his executors administratrs or assignes, to the
                   which payment well and truly to be made they did bind themselves
                   their heirs executrs & administratrs and either of them joyntly and
                   Severally for the whole and in the whole firmly by those presents
                   notwithstanding which the Said Henry nor the Said Thomas the
                   Said quantity of ten thousand pounds of tobacco unto him the Said
                   Richard though often thereunto required hath not paid but the Same
                   to pay hitherto hath and Still doth altogether deny to the damage
                   of him the Said Richard fifteen thousand pounds of tobacco And
                   thereupon he brings his Suite
                    And the Said Henry cometh and defendeth the force and injury