Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.     35

        amounting in the whole to the summe of One thousand three hundred Liber N N
        twenty five pounds of tobacco In consideration whereof the Said
        Thomas Pearce did assume upon himself e and to the said Marke
        did faithfully promise that he the said Thomas when thereunto re-
        quired the said summe of One thousand three hundred twenty five
        pounds of tobacco to him the said Marke would well and truly con-
        tent & pay Notwithstanding which the said Thomas the said summe
        of One thousand three hundred twenty five pounds of tobacco to
        him the said Marke hath not paid according to his promise but the
        same to pay hitherto hath & Still doth altogether deny to the damage
        of him the Said Marke the summe of two thousand five hundred
        pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his Suite.
          And the Said Thomas by John Quigley his Attorny cometh and
        defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth liberty to im-
        pane here untill the next Provinciall Court the same day is given
        to both parties.
          Now here at this day to wit the Six and twentith day of November
        in the 44th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Came the said
        Marke by his Attorny aforesaid and offered himself e against the
        Said Thomas in the plea aforesaid but the said Thomas Came not
        but made default Therefore it is considered by the Court here that
        the said Marke recover against the Said Thomas the Summe of
        One thousand three hundred twenty five pounds of tobacco damages
        occasioned by the trespas aforesaid as also the Summe of
               pounds of tobacco costs of Suite.

        Philemon Loyd Memorandum that this present ninetenth day of
           agt ffebruary One thousand Six hundred Seventy foure
      John Quigley Came Philemon Loyd Gent by Robert Carvile his
                   Attorny and exhibiteth his certaine bill here in Court
        against John Quigley One of the Attornyes of this Court present
        here in Court in his proper person for that that is to say That the Said
        John the Sixth day of June in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand
        six hundred seventy foure by his certaine bill or writeing Obligatory
        Sealed with the Seale of him the Said John and here in Court pro-
        duced whose date is the day and yeare abovesaid did confesse him-
        self e to be holden and firmly bound unto the Philemon Loyd in the
        full and just quantity of eight thousand pounds of good Sound
        merchantable tobacco and caske to be paid to the Said Philemon in p.23
        Some convenient place in Talbott County upon the tenth day of
        October then next ensueing Yet notwithstanding the Said John the
        Said summe of eight thousand pounds of tobacco to him the said
        Philemon though often requested hath not paid or Satisfied but the
        Same to pay hath hitherto denyed and Still doth deny to the damage
        of the Said Philemon twelve thousand pounds of tobacco and there-
        upon he bringeth his suite.