Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     241

        Came the Said Charles in his proper person & offered himself e Liber N N
        against the Said Nehemiah in the plea aforesaid but the said Nehe-
        miah came not but made default Whereupon it is granted by the
        Court here that the said Charles recover against the Said Nehemiah
        aswell the Summe of nine hundred & thirty pounds of tobacco the
        debt aforesaid as also the summe of Six hundred thirty seaven
        pounds of tobacco costs of Suite.

        John Broome Wm Hill late of Calvert County otherwise called Wil-
          agt liam Hill of London merchant was Sumoned to answer
        Wm Hillunto John Brome of a plea that he render unto him
        the full and just summe of two hundred & eighty
        pounds of good and lawfull mony of England which to him he oweth
        and unjustly deteineth &c
          And whereupon the said John Brome by Charles Boteler his At-
        torny Saith that whereas the said Wm Hill upon the twenty fourth
        day of July in the foure & fortith yeare of the Dominion of the right
        Honble Caecilius &c Over this Province Annoq Dom One thousand
        six hundred Seventy five by his certaine writeing Obligatory Sealed
        with the Seale of him the said William & here in Court produced
        whose date is the day and yeare aforesaid was holden & firmly
        bounden unto John Brome of the County of Calvert in the Prov-
        ince of Maryland merchant in the full and just summe of two hun-
        dred and eighty pounds of lawfull mony of England for the payment
        whereof well and truly to be made upon demand to the said John
        Brome his heirs executrs administrators or assignes the said Wm Hill
        did bind himself e his heirs executors & admrs firmly by those presents
        Yet the aforesaid William Hill though often thereunto required the
        aforesaid two hundred and eighty pounds to the aforesaid John
        Brome hath not paid but the same to pay hath refused and as yet
        doth refuse whereupon he Saith he is dampnified & hath losse to the
        value of three hundred pounds of good & lawfull mony of England,
        & thereupon he bringeth his Suite &c.
          And the said Wm Hill by George Parker his Attorney comes &
        defends the force & injury when &c and prayeth heareing of the Said
        writeing and it is read unto him he also prayeth heareing of the
        Condition of the said writeing & it is read unto him in these words
        The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the abovebounden
        William Hill in consideration that the aforesaid John Broome doe
        give unto the Said Wm Hill good and Sufficient Security for the
        payment of certaine bills of exchange formerly by the said John
        Broome passed for the Summe of One hundred & forty pounds of
        lawfull mony of England, beareing date the twentith day of June
        last past before the date of these presents, doe at the next County
        Court to be holden for the County of Calvert upon the third tuesday
        in August next at the proper cost &c Charges in the Law of the said