Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     425
         Eodem die.                                  Liber N N
          It is the Opinion of the Court here that Capias may issue in Court
         time against fforreigners returnable Sitting the Court.

         April 20th 1677.
          Wm Chandler of Charles County Gent tooke the Oath of ffidelity
         to his Lopp & of Sheriffalty for the said County, & ordered that he
         be discharged from that part of the Oath of Sheriff relateing to his
         Deputy for that there is none but the last yeares Deputy to be found
         fitt to serve in the said County.

        John  Creycroft Be it remembred that this day vizt the eighth day
            agt of November in the yeare of Our Lord 1676 & in
       Robert Carvile   the first yeare of the Dominion of the right Honble
                    Charles absolute Lord & Propry &c Came here in
         Court of the said Lord Propry John Creycroft by Charles Boteler
         his Attorny and exhibiteth his certaine bill of Complaint against
         Robert Carvile One of the Attornyes of the same Court according to
         libertyes & priviledges &c of a plea of trespas upon the case.
          And whereupon the said John Creycroft by Charles Boteler his
         Attorny complaineth That whereas the said Robert One of the
         sworne Attornyes of the Provinciall Court of his said Lopp was
         upon the first day of November in the yeare of Our Lord 1675 by
         the said John Creycroft imployed & reteined and according to the p. 263
         Law & custome of this Province accepted & received as a ffee from
         the said John the sume of foure hundred pounds of tobacco to prose-
         cute a certaine Suite at Law in the said Court of his said Lopp
         against One Giles Blizard then of this Province for the Summe of
         two thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco when afterwards that
         is to Say upon the twenty sixth day of November in the yeare of
         Our Lord 1675 the aforesaid Robert did sue Out of the Provinciall
         Court of his Said Lopp at the Citty of st Maries beareing date the
         26th day of November aforesaid a certaine Originall writ directed
         to the Sheriff of Calvert County & returnable the eighth day of
         ffebruary then next following the 26th day of November aforesd By
         which Said writ the body of the Said Giles was attached & remained
         in the custody of the Said Sheriff at the Said Suite of the Said John
         as p endorsement of the Said Originall under the hand of the Said
         Sheriff appeareth When the Said Robt Carvile not ignorant of the
         premisses but minding & fraudulently intending him the Said John
         Creycroft from his Said true & just action in the prmisses & from
         the benefitt thereof altogether to exclud debarre & defraud & well
         Knowing that the Said Giles Blizard was at that time insolvent &
         intending to runn away & depart this Province, without the comand
         warrant licence or notice of the said John Creycroft did fraudulently
         & deceiptfully compound & agree with the Said Giles Blizard & upon