238       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

           Liber N N  to an Order from his Lopps Leivt Generall of this Province Charles
                  Calvert Esq three hundred acres of land in Pangaya Mannour, and
                  of the said Survey make a Certificate & thereof draw a paire of Leases
                  from his said Lopp to the said ffrancis for the same, he the said
                  ffrancis did faithfully promise that he the said ffrancis for his labor
                  paines & travell therein would pay unto him the said James what he
                  should deserve for the same, And the said James in fact saith that
                  he did survey for the said ffrancis Wyne three hundred acres of
                  Land in the said Mannor of Pangaya & did draw out a Certificate &
                  also a paire of leases thereof, and that for his paines labor and
                  travell in and about the Same he doth reasonably deserve the summe
                  of seven hundred sixty and five pounds of tobacco, notwithstanding
                  which the Said ffrancis his pmise so as aforesaid made not regard-
                  ing but the Said James deviseing in this ease to defraud, the said
                  James for his paines labour & travell aforesaid to Satisfie though
                  often thereunto required hath denyed and as yet denyes to doe the
                  Same, to the damage of the Said James two thousand pounds of
                  tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his Suite.
                    And the said ffrancis by Benjamin Rozer his Attorny cometh
                  and defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth liberty of
                  Speakeing hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court and it is granted
                  him the same day is given to the Said James Thompson.
                    Att which day to witt the fourtenth day of April 1676 Came the
                  said James and ffrancis by their Attornyes aforesaid and the said
                  ffrancis saith that the said James Thompson did not Survey for him
                  the said ffrancis any tract of Land in any of his Lopps Mannours
                  nor did make any Certificate of the same, neither did draw any leases
                  thereof nor did the said ffrancis assume to make any Satisfaction
                  for the Same as he the said James in his declaration hath alleadged
                  and this he prayeth may be enquired into by the Country and the
                  said James likewise. Therefore Comand is given to the Sheriff of
                  st Maries County that he cause to come here twelve &c by whom &c
                  to recognize, who neither &c because aswell &c and the jurors of
                  that jury came to witt William Abestone John Askin Thomas
                  Stonstreet Henry Rider Richard Ridgell Richd Atwood Thomas
                  Potter Richard Chilman Wm Newport, Giles Blizard Robt Large &
                  Nicholas Guither who being impannelled Suthoned & Sworne to say
                  the truth in the premisses upon their Oathes doe say Wee find for
                  the plaintiff with costs of suite. Whereupon it is granted by the
                  Court here that the said James Thompson recover against the said
                  ffrancis Wy[n]e aswell the summe of Seven hundred sixty five
                  pounds of tobacco for his damages occasioned by the trespas afore-
                  said as also the summe of nine hundred flinty two pounds of tobacco
                  cost of suite.