Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.     67

         And whereupon the said Jonathan by Keneim Cheseldyn his At- Liber N N
       torny Saith that whereas the Said Thomas Norris the two and
       twentith day of December in the yeare One thousand six hundred
       seventy One did by his certaine writeing Obligatory Sealed with the
       seale of the Said Thomas here in Court produced whose date is the
       Same day and yeare abovewritten acknowledge himself e holden &
       firmly bound unto the Said John Morecroft of the Citty of st Maries
       Gent in the full and just summe of foure hundred pounds of tobacco
       to be paid to the said John Morecroft or to his certaine Attorny his
       heirs executors admrs or assignes upon demand at some convenient
       place in Chester River to which payment well & truly to be made he
       did bind himselfe his heirs executors & admrs firmly by those presents
       notwithstanding which the Said Thomas the said Sume of foure
       hundred pounds of tobacco to him the said John in his life time
       hath not paid according to his Said writeing Obligatory nor to the
       said Jonathan Since his death to whom administration of all and
       Singular the goods & chattells of the said John after his death was
       committed but the same to pay hitherto hath and still doth deny to
       the damage of the said Jonathan the summe of twelve hundred
       pounds of tobacco and thereupon he bringeth his suite.
         And the Said Jonathan bringeth also here in Court the Letters of
       admcon to him granted that it may appeare to the Court here that he
       is administrator of the Said John & thereupon to have administration.
         And the Said Thomas by Mathew Warde 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 ninth day of ffebruary in the
       yeare One thousand six hundred Seventy five came the said Jona-
       than by his Attorny aforesaid and offered himselfe against the Said
       Thomas in the plea aforesaid but the said Thomas came not but
       made default Therefore it is granted by the Court here that the
       Said Jonathan recover against the said Thomas Norris aswell the
       summe of foure hundred pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as
       also the Summe of         pounds of tobacco costs of
       suite.

       Robert Williams
           agt
       George Robbins
       Gerard Slye
         agt
       John Allen
       John Allen
           agt
       Randall Brent