Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     457

         dred pounds of tobacco payable to the said Richard Keene & also Liber N N
         an accompt for a new dowlas Shirt One hundred pounds of tobacco.
         Whereupon it is granted by the Court here the seaven & twentith
         day of April 1677 That the said Henry Ward recover against the
         estate of the said Richard Keene the summe of three thousand six
         hundred pounds of tobacco the remainder of the debt aforesaid but
         so as execution cease untill the tenth day of October next.

        Henry Stockett this cause being upon an appeale from Ann Arun-
            agt dell County Court the partyes appeare here & the
        Thomas Bland deft in his proper person imparles untill next Court.

        Samuel Cooke Memorandum that this present Court to wit the
            agt thirtenth day of ffebruary in the yeare of Our Lord
         Peter Sayer & 1676 Samuel Cooke of London marriner exhibited
         Henry Coursey his certaine bill into this Court against Peter Sayer
                    One of the Attornyes of this Court & the Honble
         Henry Coursey Esq One of the justices of this Court here present
         in Court in their proper persons according to the Customes & privi-
         ledges &c in these words.
          Samuel Cooke of London Marriner by Robert Carvile his Attorny
         complaines against Peter Sayer One of the Attornyes of this Court
         in his proper person here present otherwise called Peter Sayer of
         Talbott County Gent & Henry Coursey Esq One of the justices
         of this Court here also present in Court otherwise called Henry
         Coursey of the same County Gent That whereas the said Peter &
         Henry upon the tenth day of ffebruary in the yeare of Our Lord
         1675 by their certaine bond or writeing Obligatory sealed with the
         seales of them the said Peter & Henry & here in Court produced
         whose date is the day & yeare abovesaid did acknowledge themselves
         to be holden and firmly bound unto the said Samuel Cooke in the
         full & just quantity of Seaventeen thousand One hundred fifty two
         pounds of good Sound merchantable tobacco and caske to be paid
         to the said Samuel or to his certaine Attorny his executors admrs
         or assignes To which payment well & truly to be made they did
         bind themselves & either of them by themselves their & either of their
         heirs executrs & admrs in the whole joyntly and severally by those
         presents Yet notwithstanding the said Peter & Henry nor either of
         them the said summe of Seaventeen thousand One hundred fifty two
         pounds of tobacco or any part thereof to him the said Samuel though
         often thereunto requested according to the tenor of the said writeing
         Obligatory have not paid or satisfied hut the same to pay & Satisfie
         have hitherto denyed & refused and still doe deny & refuse to the
         damage of the said Samuel foure & twenty thousand pounds of
         tobacco & thereupon he brings his suite.
          And the said Peter & Henry in their proper persons come & de