460        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

            Liber N N cause to be paid unto Robert Williams of ifalmouth in Old England
                   merchant or to his heirs executrs or assignes or to his law full Attorny
                   the full & just summe of fourteen thousand One hundred forty
                   Seaven pounds of good sound merchantable leafe tobacco & caske &
                   to be paid at his owne dwelling plantation at or upon the tenth day
                   of October next ensueing the date of the said writeing Notwith-
                   standing which the said George though often required the said four-
                   teen thousand One hundred forty Seaven pounds of tobacco hath
                   not paid but the same to pay hath denyed & yet doth deny where-
                   upon the said Robert Saith he hath losse to the value of twenty
                   thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his suite.
                    And the said George Robins the twentith day of April 1677 in
                   his Proper Person came here into Court & Saith nothing in barr or
                   avoidance of the action aforesaid of him the said Robert whereupon
                   the said Robert remaineth against the said George thereof unde-
                   fended Whereupon it is granted by the Court here that the said
                   Robert Williams recover against the said George Robins aswell the
                   sume of fourteen thousand One hundred forty Seaven pounds of
                   tobacco the debt aforesd as also the summe of five hundred forty
                   foure pounds of tobacco costs of suite.

                   Robert Ridgely Stephen Murty admr of all & Singular the
                       agt goods Chattells right & Creditts which were of
                   Stephen Murty admr John Balley deceased was Sumöned to answer
                    Jno Baileyunto Robert Ridgely One of the Attornyes of
                    the Provinciall Court according to the lib
                   ertyes & priviledges &c allowed of a plea that he render unto him
                   the full & just quantity of two thousand eight hundred pounds of
                   good sound merchantable tobacco in caske which from him he un-
                   justly deteineth
                    And whereupon the said Robert Ridgely in his proper person
                   Saith that whereas the said John Balley in the life time of the said
                   John to wit the ninth day of December in the yeare of Our Lord
                   1674 by his certaine bill Obligatory sealed with the Seale of him
                   the said John & here in Court produced whose date is the day &
                   yeare aforesaid did acknowledge himself e to be holden & firmly in-
                   debted unto the said Robert in the full & just quantity of two thou-
                   sand eight hundred pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco in
                   caske To be paid to the said Robert Ridgely or to his certaine Attorny
                   his heirs executrs admrs or assignes at some convenient place in the
                   said County upon demand To the which payment well & truly to be
                   made he the said John did bind himself e his heirs executrs & admrs
                   firmly by those presents Yet the aforesaid John in his life time nor
                   the said Stephen Since his death to whom the administracoñ of all
                   & Singular the goods chattells rights & creditts of the said John since
                   his death hath been committed the said two thousand eight hundred