Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675. 55

         Stephen in the full and just Summe of Eight thousand pounds of Liber N N
         good sound merchantable neate porke to be paid upon demand in
         the County of Dorchester To which payment well & truly to be made
         the said John bound himself e his heirs executrs & admrs Yet not-
         withstanding the aforesaid summe of eight thousand pounds of
         porke the said John hath not paid unto him the Said Stephen though
         often thereunto required but Still doth deny and refuse to pay the
         Same whereupon the said Stephen Saith he is dampnified & hath
         losse to the value of ten thousand pounds of porke and thereupon he
         brings his suite
          And the said John by Robert Ridgely his Attorny cometh and
         defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth hearing of the
         said bond or writeing Obligatory and it is read unto him and also
         prayeth the hearing of the Condition of the said writeing Obligatory
         and it is read unto him in these words following vizt The Condition
         of this present Obligation is Such that if the abovebound Peter
         Bawcomb or John Stanley shall well & truly convey and make over
         Securely a parcell of land called by the name of Hogg point in Hogg
         Creeke in Great Choptanck River in the County of Dorchester afore-
         said the quantity being two hundred acres by Such conveyances
         assurances deeds & publique acknowledgment as the Said Stephen
         Paradieu or his learned Councell in the Law shall reasonably re-
         quire within five months after the date hereof So that the said
         Stephen Paradieu & his heirs executrs admrs & assignes shall for ever
         enjoy the aforesaid Lands with every part and parcell thereof that
         then this Obligation to be void and of none effect or else to remaine
         in full force & virtue which being read & heard the Said John pray- p. 35
         eth liberty to imparle here 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 Anno One thousand Six hundred seventy five came
         the said Stephen by his Attorny aforesaid but the said John Came
         not but made default Whereupon it is granted by the Court here that
         the said Stephen recover against the said John Stanley the summe
         of Eight thousand pounds of porke the debt aforesaid as also the
         summe of            pounds of tobacco costs of Suite.

         Christopher Rousby
            agt
         John Gramar
                      these two causes agreed.
         Samuel Winslow
            agt
         George Colleson

         John Ingram
            agt
         Richard Bayly