Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     177

        Meekins by his Attorny aforesaid and Offered himselfe against Liber N N
        the said Andrew in the plea aforesaid but the said Andrew Came
        not to prosecute his plaint aforesaid Therefore it is granted by the
        Court here that the said Richard Meekins recover against the said
        Andrew Insley the Summe of Seaventeen hundred sixty three pounds
        of tobacco for his costs and charges in this behalfe laid Out and ex-
        pended and the said Andrew in mercy for his false claime.

        April the 10th 1676
          Then were Thomas Bland and Henry Johnson Gent Sworne At-
        tornyes of this Court according to the usuall forme.

        Robert Ridgely George Yate late of the County of Ann Arundell
           agt otherwise called George Yate of the County of Ann
      George Yate  Arundell Gent was summoned to answer unto Rob-
                   ert Ridgely One of the Attornyes of the Provincial
        Court according to the libertyes and priviledges &c allowed of a plea
        that he render unto him the summe of twelve hundred pounds of
        good Sound merchantable tobacco in caske which to him he oweth
        & unjustly deteineth.
          And whereupon the said Robert Ridgely in his proper person
        Saith that whereas the Said George Yate the foure and twentith
        day of October in the two & fortith yeare of the Dominion of
        Caecilius &c Annoq Dom 1673 by his certaine writeing Obligatory
        sealed with the seale of him the said George and here in Court
        produced whose date is the day and yeare aforesaid did bind him-
        selfe his heirs or assignes to pay or cause to be paid unto the said
        Robert Ridgely his heirs or assignes the full and just Summe of
        twelve hundred pounds of good Sound merchantable tobacco and
        caske to be paid upon demand in Some place in Ann Arundell County
        Notwithstanding which the said George the said twelve hundred
        pounds of tobacco to him the said Robert according to the tenor of
        the Said writeing Obligatory hath not paid though often demanded
        but the same to pay denyeth & as yet cloth deny to the damage of the
        said Robert Eight hundred pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bring-
        eth his suite.
          And the Said George Yate by George Parker his Attorny Cometh
        and defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth license to
        imparle hereunto untill next Court the same day is given to both
        parties
          Now here at this day to wit the tenth day of April in the first
        yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Came the said
        Robert Ridgely by his proper person and offered himself e against
        the said George in the plea aforesaid and the said George by his
        Attorny aforesaid came likewise and the said George Saith nothing
        in barr or avoidance of the action aforesaid of him the Said Robert