Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675. 41

          And whereupon the said Edward by Robert Ridgely his Attorny Liber N N
        Saith that whereas the said Marmaduke the Seven & twentith day
        of January One thousand Six hundred Seventy foure by his certaine
        bill Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of him the Said Marmaduke
        and here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare afore-
        said did acknowledge himselfe to be holden & firmly bound unto the
        Said Robert Barton or his Order his heirs executrs admrs or assignes
        in the full or just Summe or quantity of foure hundred pounds of
        good Sound merchantable tobacco & casque to be paid in Some con-
        venient place in the County aforesaid to the which payment well &
        truly to be made the Said Marmaduke did bind himselfe his heirs
        executrs & admrs firmly by those prsents upon demand notwithstanding
        which the Said Marmaduke the said Summe of foure hundred pounds
        of tobacco to him the Said Robert in his life time nor to the said
        Edward to whom administration of all and Singular the goods
        Chattels & Creditts of the said Robert since his death was committed
        Since his death according to the Tenor of the said bill Obligatory
        hath not paid though often demanded but the Same to pay hath
        denyed & to pay the same as yet doth deny whereupon the Said
        Edward Saith he is dampnified & hath lost to the value of Eight hun-
        dred pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his Suite. And the
        Said Edward also bringeth here in Court the Letters of administra-
        con to him granted of all and Singular the goods and Chattells of
        the said Robert that it may appeare to the Court here that he hath
        the administration thereof.
          And the Said Marmaduke by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorny
        cometh and defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth
        license to imparle hereunto untill next Provincial Court the same day
        is given to both parties. Now here at this day to wit the Six &
        twentith day of November in the 44th yeare of the Dominion of
        Caecilius &c Came the Said Edward by his Attorny aforesaid &
        Offered himselfe against the Said Marmaduke in the plea aforesaid
        but the Said Marmaduke Came not but made default Therefore it
        is granted by the Court here that the said Edward recover against
        the said Marmaduke aswell the summe of foure hundred pounds of
        tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the Summe of five hundred thirty
        Six pounds of tobacco costs of Suite.

        Stephen Murty William Hill of Calvert County was attached to
          agt answer Stephen Murty in a plea of trespas upon the
      Wm Hill      case.
                    And whereupon the Said Stephen by Keneim
        Cheseldyn his Attorny complaineth that whereas One Mathew Stone
        the twelfth day of ffebruary One thousand Six hundred Seventy
        foure was and Stood indebted unto him the said Stephen in the just
        quantity of One thousand and nine hundred pounds of tobacco and