Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     377

          Now here at this day to wit the seaventh day of December in Liber N N
        the second yeare of the Dominion of Charles &c Annoq Dom 1676,
        the said Thomas Boudell being present in Court the plaintiffs Attorny
        pray the Court that the said Thomas might putt in speciall bayle to
        the action aforesaid, But the said Thomas Boudell is content that
        judgment passe against him for the same whereupon it is granted by
        the Court that the plaintiffs recover against the defendant aswell the
        summe of seaven thousand six hundred & nine pounds of tobacco the
        debt aforesaid as also the summe of Eight hundred forty One pounds
        of tobacco costs of suite.

        John Body     Thomas Banks of Calvert County administra- p.231
           agt tor of the goods & chattells which were of
        Thomas Banks admr George Beckwith late of the same County de-
          George Beckwith ceased was sumoned to answer unto John
                      Body of a plea that he render unto him foure
        thousand One hundred eighty & Seaven pounds of tobacco & caske
        which from him he unjustly deteineth
          And whereupon the said John Body by Christopher Rousby his
        Attorny Saith that whereas the said George Beckwith the seaven &
        twentith day of July 1674 by his certaine writeing Obligatory sealed
        with the scale of the said George here in Court produced whose date
        is the same day & yeare aforesaid did acknowledge himselfe to Owe
        and stand indebted unto the said John Body the full & just quantity
        of foure thousand One hundred eighty seaven pounds of merchant-
        able tobacco & caske to be paid to the said John Body or his law full
        Attorny Yet the aforesaid George Beckwith in his life time nor the
        said Thomas after the death of the said George although often re-
        quired the aforesaid foure thousand One hundred eighty & seaven
        pounds of tobacco unto the said John Body hath not rendred but
        the same to render have denyed & the said Thomas the same to the
        said John as yet to render doth deny whereupon he saith that he is
        dampnified & hath losse to the value of seaven thousand pounds of
        tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his suite.
          And the said Thomas by George Parker his Attorny cometh and
        defendeth the force and injury when &c and saith nothing in barr
        of the action aforesaid of him the said John Body in forme afore-
        said brought, Whereupon it is considered by the Court here the ninth
        day of December 1676 That the said John Body recover against the
        estate of the said George Beckwith aswell the summe of foure thou-
        sand One hundred eighty Seaven pounds of tobacco the debt a fore-
        said as also the summe of five hundred Seventy nine pounds of to-
        bacco costs of suite.

        John Baker
           agt
        Edward Pynn