244       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

          Liber N N   accompts of him the said John Cuningham and all other persons
                  under him substituted to require and take for me and in my name
                  mine allowance of his and their accompts to allow & disallow as
                  the case requireth, One Attorny or more under him the said Samuel
                  Leadbeater to substitute and the same againe at his pleasure to re-
                  voke acquittances or other discharges to make scale & deliver in as
                  lull poweu as if I my selfe were personally present and did the same.

                  I ratifleing allowing holding firme and Stable all and whatsoever
                  my Said Attorny shall lawfully doe or cause to be done of in touch-
                  ing or concerning the premisses In wittnesse whereof I the said
                  Cadwallader Jones have hereunto sett my hand & scale the thirtenth
                  day of September An0 RRis Caroli Sedi nunc Angt &c vicessimo
                  Octavo Annoq Dom 1676.
                  Sealed & delivered in     Cadw: Jones (sealed)
                   the presence of
                   Wm Ratcliffe John Evans and John Darwall wittnesses to the
                   John Evans above Letter of Attorny came before me this
                 John Darwall.  thirtenth day of January 1676 and made Oath
                                That they saw the abovementioned Cadwallader
                                Jones Signe Seale and deliver the same as his
                                act and deed. Witnes my hand.
                                                  Thoma Notley.

                  Robert Ridgely Thomas Griffin administrator of all and Sin-
                      agt gular the goods Chattells & Creditts of Peter
                  Thomas Griffin admt Eure deceased was Sumöned to answer unto
                 Peter Eure     Robert Ridgely one of the Attornyes of the
                                Provinciall Court according to the libertyes
                  and priviledges &c allowed of a plea that he render unto him the full
                  and just summe of Sixteen hundred pounds of good Sound mer-
                  chantable tobacco in caske which from him he unjustly deteineth.
                   And whereupon the Said Robert Ridgely in his proper person
                  Saith That whereas the said Peter in his life time to wit the two &
                  twentith day of January 1674 by his certaine writeing Obligatory
                  sealed with the Seale of him the said Peter Eure and here in Court
                  produced whose date is the day and yeare aforesaid did acknowledge
                  himself e to be holden and firmly bound unto the said Robert in the
                  full and just summe or quantity of twelve hundred pounds of good
                  Sound merchantable tobacco in caske to be paid to the Said Robert
                  or to his certaine Attorny his heirs executrs admrs or assignes at or
                  upon the tenth day of October next ensueing the date thereof in
                  Some convenient place in Maries County To the which payment
                  well and truly to be made the Said Peter did bind himself his heirs
                  executors & admrs firmly by those presents and also whereas the said
                  Peter in his life time to wit the last day of march 1675 by his other
                  certaine writeing Obligatory sealed with the scale of him the said