312        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

            Liber N N Garret Vansweringen
                                   agt
                  Wm Elworthy

                    Thomas Skillington being subpoened to testifie for Stephen Per-
                  dieu agt John Stanley allowed for his goeing comeing & attendance
                  One hundred & fifty pounds of tobacco to be paid him by the said
                  Stephen Perdieu.

             p. 190 Mary Tilghman exx Cornelius Stenart late of Cecil County was
                       Rich: Tilghman Suthoned to answer unto Mary Tilghman ex-
                       agt ecutrix of the last will and Testament of Rich-
                Cornelius Stenart    ard Tilghman decd in a plea that he render
                                unto her five thousand nine hundred twenty
                  nine pounds of tobacco which from her he unjustly deteineth
                    And whereupon the said Mary by Mathew Warde her Attorny
                  Saith that whereas the Said Cornelius the first day of July Anno
                  Dom 1674 by his certaine writeing obligatory Sealed with the Seale
                  of him the said Cornelius and here in Court produced whose date
                  is the day and yeare abovewritten was holden and firmly bound unto
                  Richard Tilghman in his life time in the full and just quantity of
                  five thousand nine hundred twenty & nine pounds of sound mer-
                  chantable tobacco & caske to be paid to the said Richard or to his
                  certaine Attorny his executrs admrs or assignes at or upon the tenth
                  day of October wch shall be in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand
                  six hundred seventy five notwithstanding which the said Cornelius
                  the said summe of five thousand nine hundred twenty nine pounds
                  of tobacco according to the tenor of his said writeing Obligatory to
                  him the said Richard in his life time nor to the said Mary since his
                  death hath not paid although he hath been often thereunto required
                  but the Same to pay hath altogether denyed and Still doth deny
                  whereupon she saith she is dampnified and hath losse to the value
                  of ten thousand pounds of tobacco And thereupon she bringeth
                  her Suite.
                    Afterwards to witt the foure & twentith day of May in the first
                  yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Dom
                  1676 came the said Cornelius by Robert Carvile his Attorny and
                  Saith nothing in barr or avoidance of the action aforesaid of her
                  the said Mary in forme aforesaid brought against him whereupon
                  the said Mary remaineth against the said Cornelius thereof wholly
                  undefended Therefore it is granted by the Court here that the said
                  Mary Tilghman recover against the said Cornelius Stenart aswell
                  the summe of five thousand nine hundred twenty nine pounds of
                  tobacco the debt aforesd and also the summe of Six hundred Sev-
                  enty One pounds of tobacco costs of suite.
                     Mr Robert Carvile or Mr Kenelm Cheseldyn I pray appeare
                     for me Cornelius Stenart of Cecil County at the suite of Mary