54        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675,

            Liber N N unto him the summe of sixteene hundred Sixty and three pounds of
                  tobacco which to him he owes and unjustly deteines.
                    And whereupon the said Samuel by John Rousby his Attorny
                  Saith that whereas the said William the Sixth day of June in the
                  yeare of Our Lord One thousand six hundred Seventy two did by
                  his certaine bill Obligatory Sealed with the seale of him the said
                  Wm here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare above-
                  said for a valuable Consideration before that time received acknowl-
                  edge himself e to owe and Stand firmly indebted unto the Said
                  Samuell the full & just quantity and Summe of Sixteene hundred
                  and Sixty and three pounds of merchantable tobacco & caske Such
                  as the said Winslow shall like of due to be paid at One entire place
                  in Chester River Some time before the last of November then next
                  ensueing the date of the said bill and to the true performance of the
                  same the said Ladds did bind himselfe his heirs executors and
                  admrs firmly by those prsents notwithstanding which the said Wm
                  the Said summe of Sixteen hundred sixty three pounds of tobacco
                  according to the tenor of the said bill hath not paid though often
                  thereunto required but the Same to pay doth altogether refuse &
                  deny to the damage of the said Samuell the Summe of three thousand
                  pounds of tobacco. And thereupon he bringeth his suite
                    And the said Wm by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorny cometh and
                  defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth liberty to im-
                  parle here until the next Provinciall Court & the same day is given
                  to both parties.
                    Now here at this day to wit the ninth day of ffebruary One thou-
                  sand six hundred Seventy five Came the said Samuel Winslow by
                  his Attorny aforesaid and offered himselfe against the said Wm in
                  the plea aforesaid but the said Wm Came not but made default
                  Whereupon it is granted by the Court here that the said Samuel
                  recover against the said Wm Ladds the summe of Sixteene hundred
                  sixty three pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the summe
                  of               pounds of tobacco cost of Suite.

                  Stephen Paradieu John Stanley of Talbott County otherwise called
                      agt John Stanley of Talbott County in the Province
                  John Stanleyof Maryland Plantcr was Summoned to an3wcr
                  unto Stephen Paradieu in a plea that he render
                  unto him the summe of Eight thousand pounds of good sound mer-
                  chantable neate porke which to him he oweth and unjustly detaineth.
                    And whereupon the Said Stephen by Vincent Lowe his Attorny
                  Saith that whereas the said John On the fifth day of August Anno
                  Dom One thousand Six hundred Seventy foure by his certaine write-
                  ing Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of him the said John and here
                  in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare abovewritten
                  did Owe & firmly remaine bound and indebted unto him the said