Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     313

           Tilghman executrix of Richard Tilghman late of Talbott County Liber N N
           deceased in an action of debt depending betweene me & the
           said Mary next Provinciall Court upon my bill for five thousand
           nine hundred twenty nine pounds of tobacco & then and there
           confesse judgment for me and in my name for the said five
           thousand nine hundred twenty nine pounds of tobacco or Suffer
           judgmt to passe against me for the said debt by nihil decit or
           non sum informatus & for your or any of yr so doeing this shall
           be your sufficient warrant Given under my hand & seale this
           sixth day of May Anno Dom 1676.
        Sealed & delivered in the  Corn: Steenaert (sealed)
          presence of
           Matt Warde
           John Bell.

          Memorandum That Thomas Kirk servant to Christopher Rousby
        petitioned his Lopp the Lord Propry That at a Calvert County Court
        he was adjudged by the justices of the same Court to serve his
        Mastr the full time & terme of seaven yeares which was expired in
        January last, That in the time of his servitude at severall times
        absented himselfe from his masters Service in all about six weekes
        for which he was every time Severely punished which he doth humbly
        conceive was the full vigour of the Act of Assembly in that case
        made nevertheless the petitioner is Still by force & contrary to jus-
        tice deteined from his liberty, whereupon he beggs of his Lopp that
        (the prmisses considered) he may be sett free.
        On the backside of which petition was endorsed thus.
          His Lordp will give no answer to this Petition till W Rousby may
        be heard and in the interim desires the said Mr Rousby to remitt any
        correction to the Petitioner
                   Signed by Order Ri: Boughton
                      Clerke of the Assembly.
          Afterwards to witt the eighth day of June in the first yeare of his
        Lopps Dominion &c Annoq Dom One thousand six hundred Sev-
        enty Six Came the said Thomas Kirk and the said Christopher
        Rousby likewise came and the said Christopher offered his reasons
        to the Court why the said Petition ought not to be granted. which
        being read & heard and the said Thomas Kirk confesseing that he
        had runn away from his said masters service nine weekes It is the
        judgment of the Court here that the said Thomas Kirk Serve accord-
        ing to the Act of Assembly the terme of ninty weekes.

          Memorandum That at this Court to witt the fifth day of April
        One thousand six hundred seventy six Henry Carew Robert Carvile
        & Clement Hill executors of the last will of Elizabeth Moy executrix
        of Richard Moy deceased did exhibitt their certaine bill against