Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.
            Liber N N John Howard         (sealed)  the marke of
                  Edward Dorsey  (sealed) John  Durden  (sealed)
            Richard Beard    (sealed)      the marke    of
            Abraham Chilld   (sealed)     DaniellTaylor(sealed)
            Maren Duuall     (sealed)     Wm Roper       (sealed)
             John Beard      (sealed)
             the marke of
            Richard Bedworth (sealed)
                                     R
                    Which being read and heard it is the judgment of the Court here
                  this ninth day of ffebruary in the yeare aforesaid that the Said
                  ffifty acres of land whereof the Said John Clarke dyed Seized of is
                  escheated to the Lord Proprietary for want of heire.

                    Upon the Petition of James Hall and Rowland Soly That they
                  embarked themselves from New England to this Province On board
                  the Betty Ketch James Allison master and had contracted with the
                  said Master for forty Shillings apeice for each of their respective
                  passages of which said summe they have already paid thirty Shillings
                  & agreed with the master to pay him five hundred pounds of tobacco
                  as full satisfaction for the residue of the aforesaid summe of mony
                  which said tobacco also they have severall times tendered according
                  to contract notwithstanding the said Master hath privily & under-
                  hand sold them to One Michaell Catterton to serve according to the
                  Custome of the Country whereby they are in danger unjustly to be
                  made Servants for five yeares to their unspeakeable prejudice and
                  damage. Whereupon they pray the Honble the Governour would be
                  pleased to interpose his authority to prevent so great injury that
                  they may follow their imployment without molestation or hinder-
                  ance & use their best industry for their Livelihoods—Underneath
                  which Petition was written thus.
                    In case you desire to be releived as in ye Petition is sett forth you
                  must pTferre this Petition at the next Provinciall Court and have
                  there such wittnesses ready as will make appeare what is alleadged
                  in the abovesaid Petition and you may have justice done you.
                                                  Charles Calvert.
                  January 10th 1675.
                    Att which said next Provinciall Court to witt the tenth day of
                  ffebruary in the yeare aforesaid came the Petitioners & exhibited
                  the said Petition which being read & heard and the Court here
               p.32   haveing heard what the Petitioners could say for themselves and
                  Wm Twisse & Wm Dare being examined in the premisses It is the
                  judgment of the Court here that the Petitioners are free untill the
                  said Michael Catterton make appeare to the Contrary.

                    Upon the Petition of James Bill alias Ellis That he Came into this
                  Province the 17th day of October Anno Dom 1671 in the Shipp