Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     343

           And whereupon the said Henry Robert & Clement in their proper Liber N N
         persons Say that the said George Charlsworth in his life time to
         wit upon the Second day of ffebruary in the yeare of our Lord 1674
         by his certaine bond or writeing Obligatory Sealed with the Seale
         of him the said George & here in Court produced whose date is the
         day & yeare abovesaid did con fesse and acknowledge himselfe to owe
         & Stand indebted to the said Richard Moy in the full & just summe
         of eight thousand pounds of good Sound & merchantable tobacco
         & caske to be paid On demand Yet notwithstanding the said George
         in his life time nor the said Morgan Since his death have paid or
         Satisfied the said eight thousand pounds of tobacco or any part
         thereof to the said Richard in his life time nor to the said Elizabeth
         since his death nor in her life time nor to the said Henry Robert or
         Clement Since her death though often thereunto required but the
         same to pay have denyed & still doe deny to the damage of the said
         Henry Robert & Clement fourteen thousand pounds of tobacco And
         thereupon they bring their suite.
           And they bring here into Court the Letters testamentary aswell of
         the said Richards as of the Said Elizabeths estate whereby it may
         appeare to the Court here that they are executors & have right of
         Administration &c.
           And the said Morgan by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorny cometh
         & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth the heareing of
         the said writeing Obligatory & it is read unto him he prayeth the
         heareing of the Condition of the said writeing Obligatory & it is
         read unto him in these words The Condition of this Obligation is
         such That if the abovebounden his heirs executrs admrs or assignes
         or any of them shall & doe well & truly pay or cause to be paid to the
         within named Richard Moy his executors admts or assignes the full
         & just Summe or quantity of foure thousand pounds of like good
         Sound & merchantable tobacco & caske at or before the first day of
         march next ensueing the date hereof at One entire payment at the
         now dwelling plantation of him the said George Charlsworth in
         St Michaells hundred in st Maries County then this present Obliga-
         tion to be void & of none effect or else to stand in full force & virtue,
         which being read & heard the said Morgan prayeth liberty of Speake-
         ing hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court the same day is given to
         both parties
           Now here at this day to wit the ninth day of December in the
         second yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq
         Doth 1676 Came the said Morgan by his Said Attorny & Saith that
         he Stands indebted by bills of a higher nature beyond which he hath
         not assetts come to his hand. Whereupon it is granted by the Court
         here that the said Henry Robert & Clement recover against the estate
         of the said George Charlsworth aswell the Summe of foure thou-
         sand pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the Summe of five