Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     285

       this behalfe. costs allowed him twelve hundred fifty eight pounds Liber N N
       of tobacco


       John Blomfeild Thomas Potter administrator of the goods
           agt and chattells of George Marshall deceased
       Thomas Potter admr was sumoned to answer unto John Blomfeild
         of George Marshall in a plea that he render unto him the full &
                      just quantity of foure hundred pounds of
       good sound merchantable tobacco & caske which from him he un-
       justly deteineth.
         And whereupon the Said John by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorny
       saith that whereas the said George Marshall in his life time that is
       to say the two and twentith day of May One thousand six hundred
       seventy foure by his certaine bill Obligatory Sealed with the seale
       of him the said George and here in Court produced whose date
       is the day and yeare abovesaid did acknowledge himselfe holden and
       firmly bounden unto the said John in the full & just quantity of foure
       hundred pounds of good Sound merchantable tobacco in caske to be
       paid to the said John or to his certaine Attorny his executors admrs
       or assignes conveniently in the County of St Maries at or upon the
       tenth day of October then next ensueing the date of the same bill
       To the which payment well and truly to be made the said George
       bound himself e his heirs executors & admrs firmly by those presents
       notwithstanding which the said George in his life time the said
       summe of foure hundred pounds of tobacco to him the said John
       according to the tenor of his said bill hath not paid nor the said
       Thomas to whom administration of the goods and Chattells of him
       the said George at the time of his death since his death hath bin
       Committed though often thereunto required hath not paid but the
       same to pay hath denyed and as yet doth deny whereupon the said
       John saith he is dampnified & hath lost to the value of eight hun-
       dred pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his suite.
         Now here at this day to witt the fiftenth day of April in the first
       yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Anncxp Doth
       1676 Came the said John by his Attorny and offered himself e against
       the said Thomas in the plea aforesaid and the said Thomas in the
       custody of the Sheriff of st Maries County also came & the said
       Thomas saith nothing in barr or avoidance of the action aforesaid
       of him the said John in forme aforesaid against him brought Where-
       upon it is granted by the Court here that the said John recover
       against the goods and chattells of the said George aswell the summe
       of foure hundred pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the
       summe of            pounds of tobacco cost of suite but so
       as execution Stay untill assetts.