Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.     53

          And whereupon the said Wm by Robert Carvile his Attorny saith Liber N N
        that whereas the said John upon the One & thirtith day of August
        in the year of Our Lord One thousand six hundred Seventy One
        by his certaine bill or writeing Obligatory Sealed with the seale of
        him the said John & here in Court produced whose date is the day
        and yeare aforesaid did confesse & acknowledge himselfe to owe
        and stand indebted unto the said John Parker or his assignes the
        neate quantity of Seven thousand pounds of good Sound mer-
        chantable tobacco & caske to be paid unto him the Said John Parker
        or his assignes upon demand Yet notwithstanding the Said John
        Pollard the said summe of Seven thousand pounds of tobacco to
        him the said John Parker in his life time or to the Said Wm Dare
        since his death hath not paid or Satisfied though often thereunto
        requested but the same to pay or Satisffie hath hitherto denyed &
        Still doth deny to the damage of the said Wm tenn thousand pounds
        of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his suite. And the said Wm
        bringeth here in Court his Letters of administration by which it may
        appeare to the Court here that he is admr.
          And the said John Pollard by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorny
        cometh and defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth
        liberty of Speakeing hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court the
        same day is given to both parties.
          Now here at this day to wit the twelfth day of ffebruary One
        thousand six hundred seventy five Came the said Wm by his Attorny
        aforesaid & offered himselfe against the said John in the plea afore-
        said but the said John Came not but made default Therefore it is
        granted by the Court here that the said Wm Dare recover against the
        said John Pollard aswell the summe of Seven thousand pounds of
        tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the summe of six hundred and
        three pounds of tobacco costs of suite.
        John Baker    .      .
           a the sheriff of Cecil County amerced the def not ap-
           g Ipeareing last Court & continued,
        John Tingle

        Wm King
          agt
        Wm Dare admr
          John Parker these two causes continued untill next Court.
        John Quigley
           agt
        Jacob Jenifer.

        Samuel Winslow Wm Ladds late of Kent County otherwise called
          agt Wm Ladds of the County of Kent in the Province
        Wm Laddsof Maryland Cooper was Summoned to answer
        unto Samuel Winslow of a plea that he render