310       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

           Liber N N & twentith day of March Anno Doña 167* by his certaine bill or
                  writeing Obligatory Sealed with the seale of him the said John Wells
                  and here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare above-
                  said did bind himselfe his heirs exrs admrs & assignes to pay or cause
                  to be paid unto Nicholas Goodridge & Partners merchants in Lon-
                  don the full & just summe of seven & twenty hundred fifty & six
                  pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco in caske to be paid to
                  the abovesaid Nicholas Goodridge & Partners their executrs admrs
                  or assignes upon all demands upon his Own Plantation Yet notwith-
                  standing the said John Wells the said summe of seven & twenty hun-
                  dred fifty six pounds of tobacco or any part thereof to them the said
                  Nicholas Goodridge and Partners according to the said bill or write-
                  ing though often demanded hath not paid but the same to pay hath al-
                  together denyed & refused & still doth deny and refuse to pay the same
                  whereupon the said Nicholas & Partners say they are dampnified and
                  have losse to the value of foure thousand pounds of tobacco & there-
                  upon they bring their suite. Now here at this day to wit the foure &
                  twentith day of May in the first yeare of the Dominion of Charles
                  Lord Baltemore &c Came the said John Wells in his proper person &
                  saith nothing in barr or avoidance of the action aforesaid of them
                  the said Nicholas & Partners in forme aforesaid brought for that he
                  oweth the said summe of seven & twenty hundred & fifty six pounds
                  of tobacco to them the said Nicholas & Partners in manner & forme
                  as they have above declared against him Therefore it is granted by
                  the Court that the said Nicholas & partners recover against the said
                  John aswell the said summe of seven & twenty hundred fifty six
                  pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid & also six hundred fifty One
                  pounds of tobacco costs of suite.

                       p. 189 Garrett Vansweringen
                                   agt
                  Thomas Clegatt
                  the same
                   agt
                  Timothy Tracey
                  Mathew Paine
                                   agt
                  John Jordaine
                  Jno Moll
                   agt           these seaven actions are agreed.
                                Wm Worgan
                  the same
                   agt
                  the same
                  the same
                   agt
                  Wm Hemsley