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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. |
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