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Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676. 247 Obligatory Sealed with the seale of him the said Wm and here in Liber N N Court produced whose date is the day and yeare abovewritten did p. ‘55 bind himselfe his heirs executors & admrs to pay or cause to be paid to the Said John the Summe of eight hundred pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco with caske by the tenth day of October next ensueing the date thereof at his present plantation in St Maries County Notwithstanding which the Said William in his life time according to the tenor of his said writeing Obligatory the said summe of eight hundred pounds of tobacco nor the Said Garret since the death of the Said Wm hath not paid though often there- unto required but the same to pay hath altogether denyed and still doth deny whereupon he Saith he is dampnified & hath losse to the value of sixteene hundred pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bring- eth his suite. And the Said Garret by Keneim Cheseldyn his Attorny cometh & defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth liberty of Speakeing hereunto untill the next Court and it is granted him the same day is given to both partyes. Now here at this day to wit the fourtenth day of April in the first yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Dom 1676 Came the said John and Garret by their Said Attornyes and the said Garrett Saith nothing in barr or avoidance of the action aforesaid of him the said John Whereupon it is granted by the Court here that the Said John Bright recover of the goods and chattells of him the said Wm Baker aswell the Summe of eight hundred pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the Summe of five hun- dred Sixty Seaven pounds of tobacco costs of Suite when so much of the goods & chattells of the said Wm Baker come to the hands or possession of the said Administrator. Wm Carpenter Thomas Bland late of Ann Arundell County agt and Damoris his wife executrix of the last will Thomas Bland & ux: and Testament of Nicholas Wyat deceased Exx Nich: Wyat was attached to answer unto Wm Carpenter in a plea of trespas upon the case. And whereupon the said William by Robert Carvile his Attorny Saith That the said Nicholas was in his life time indebted unto the said Wm for worke and businesse done for him the Said Nicholas in writeing his severall accompts and makeing bills for him and goeing about his businesse by his Order at severall times from the first day of July in the yeare of Our Lord 1672 untill the 18th day of March in the yeare of Our Lord 1673 a particular whereof is hereunto an- nexed amounting in the whole to the summe of two thousand six hundred and ten pounds of tobacco. He the said Nicholas in con- sideration thereof did assume upon himself e and to the said Wm faithfully promise that he the said Nicholas the said summe of |
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