Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     339

         Our Provinciall Court before Our justices at the Citty of st Maries Liber N N
         by the consideration of the same Court had recovered against the
         estate of Thomas Gerard Esq deceased aswell the summe of thirty
         five thousand pounds of tobacco for his damages which he hath
         susteined by Occasion of a certaine action of trespas upon the case
         by the said Thomas Gerard Gent brought in Our said Court against
         John Gerard & Rose Gerard executrs of the last will & Testament
         of the said Thomas Gerard Esq deceased, whereof they are convict
         as also the summe of two thousand & eight pounds of tobacco more
         for his costs & charges in that behalf e laid Out & expended & there-
         upon by Our said writ Wee have lately Comanded you that of the
         goods & chattells of the said Thomas Gerard Esq deceased if they
         should be found in your Bailiwick you cause to be made the Sev-
         erall Summes aforesaid & the same in your custody deteine ready to
         deliver unto the said Thomas Gerard Gent whereupon you made
         returne you had caused to be levyed of the goods & chattells of the
         said Thomas Gerard Esp deceased in your Bailiwick the Sumffie
         of fourteene hundred pounds of tobacco parcell of the damages &
         costs aforesaid which said tobacco you had ready to render to the
         aforesaid Thomas Gerard Gent for part of the damages & costs
         aforesaid. And further that the said Thomas Gerard had not any
         Other goods or chattells in your Bailiwick whereof the residue of the
         damages & costs aforesaid or any part thereof you could cause to
         be made And because the Said Thomas Gerard Gent in the same
         Court chooseth to be delivered unto him all the goods & chattells of
         the aforesaid Thomas Gerard Esp besides his Oxen & Affros of his
         cart & in like manner the moyety of all his Lands & Tenements in
         your Bailiwick to hold to him the goods & chattells aforesaid as his
         owne proper goods & chattells & the moyety aforesaid as his ffree-
         hold to him & his assignes according to the forme of the Statute in
         that cause made & provided untill the remainder of the damages &
         costs aforesaid shall be thereupon levyed. Therefore Wee comand
         you that all the goods & chattells of the aforesaid Thomas Gerard Escp
         besides his Oxen & Affros of his Cart & in like manner the moyety of
         all his Lands & Tenements in your Bailiwick of which he was Seized
         at the time of his death to the aforesaid Thomas Gerard Gent you
         cause to be delivered by reasonable price & extent to hold to him the
         goods & chattells aforesaid as his owne proper goods & chattells &
         the moyety aforesaid as his ffreehold to him & his assignes according
         to the forme of the Statute aforesaid untill the residue of the dam-
         ages & costs aforesaid shall be thereupon fully levyed & in what man-
         ner you shall execute this Our writ you shall make appeare before Our
         said Court the eight & twentith day of November next & have you
         there this writ Wittnes Our trusty & welbeloved Thomas Notley Esq
         Our Deputy Leiut & Cheife justice of Our said Province of Mary-
         land the thirtenth day of Septemr in the first yeare of Our Dominion
         &c Annop Dom One thousand six hundred seventy six.