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