Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     335

        Nicholas ffountaine Came Robert Ridgely Attorny for the plaintiff Liber N N
            agt & in Open Court the nine & twentith day of
        Henry Hawkins November 1676 and acknowledged Satisfaction
        upon the judgment obtained against the de-
        fendant the 24th November 1675 for 2000l tob damages & two thou-
        sand three hundred & nine pounds tobacco costs.

        December 19th 1676.
          Then Came Abraham Rhodes of st Maries County Carpenter &
        desired his marke to be entred upon Record vizt
           The right eare a hole & Swallow-forkt
           the left eare Cropt & overkeel'd.

        Robert Carvile George Robins late of Talbott County Gent other- p. 203
            agt wise called George Robins of Calvert County Gent
        George Robins  was Suthoned to answer unto Robert Carvile Gent
        One of the Attornyes of the Provinciall Court ac-
        cording to the libertyes & Priviledges &c allowed in a plea that he
        render unto him the summe of foure hundred pounds of tobacco &
        caske which to him he oweth & unjustly deteineth.
          And whereupon the said Robert in his proper person Saith that
        whereas the said George Robins the fourth day of May Anno 1675
        by his certaine bill Obligatory Sealed with the seale of him the said
        George & here in Court produced whose date is the day & yeare afore-
        said did acknowledge himself e to be holden & firmly indebted unto
        the said Robert Carvile in the full & just quantity of foure hundred
        pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco & caske to be paid to the
        said Robert Carvile his heirs executrs admrs or assignes upon the
        tenth day of October next ensueing the date of the said bill To the
        which payment well & truly to be made he did bind himself e his heirs
        exrs & admrs firmly by those prsents notwithstanding which the said
        George the said summe of foure hundred pounds of tobacco accord-
        ing to the tenor of his said bill although often thereunto required
        hath not paid but the same to him to pay hath denyed & Still doth
        deny whereupon the said Robert saith he is dampnified & hath losse
        to the value of eight hundred pounds of tobacco And thereupon he
        bringeth his suite.
          Now here at this day to wit the fourth day of December in the
        Second yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq
        Doth 1676 Came the said George Robins into Open Court & saith
        nothing in barr or avoidance of the action aforesaid of him the said
        Roberts for that he oweth unto the said Robert the said summe of
        foure hundred pounds of tobacco in manner & forme as is above
        declared Whereupon it is granted by the Court that the said Robert
        Carvile recover against the said George Robins the summe of four
        hundred pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the summe of