Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677.     109

        ing which the said Tobias in his life time nor the said Mary while Liber N N
        she was sole administratrix of the goods and chattells of the said
        Tobias nor the said Lewis Blangy and Mary his wife since espousalls
        betweene them celebrated the said thirteene hundred pounds of to
        bacco to him the said Jonathan hath not paid but the same to pay
        hitherto hath and Still doe deny to the damage of the said Jonathan
        three thousand pounds of tobacco and thereupon he bringeth his
        suite. And the said Jonathan bringeth here into Court the Letters of
        Administration to him granted of all and Singular the goods & chat-
        tells which were the said Johns at the time of his death that it may
        appeare to the Court here that he is administrator of the said John
        and of the said estate to have administration.
          And the said Lewis and Mary his wife by Robert Carvile their
        Attorny come and defend the force and injury when &c and pray
        liberty to imparle hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court and it is
        granted them the same day is given to the Said Jonathan
          Att which said next Court to wit the sixth day of October Anno
        Domini One thousand six hundred Seventy Seven came the said
        Jonathan by his said Attorny and offered himselfe against the said
        Lewis and Mary in the plea aforesaid and the said Lewis and Mary
        by Robert Carvile their Attorny before the Honble Philip Calvert
        Escp Chancellour and Baker Brooke Esqr two of the justices of this
        Court also came and say nothing in barr of the action aforesaid by
        the said Jonathan against them brought Wherefore it is granted by
        the Court that the said Jonathan Squire recover against the estate
        of the said Tobias Wells deceased aswell the said summe of thirteene
        hundred pounds of tobacco damages occasioned by the trespas a fore
        said and also the summe of five hundred thirty six pounds of tobacco
        costs of suite.

        John Creycroft
           agt    this action in ejectmt is agreed.
        John Slye

        Joseph Hext Pope Alvey late of st Maries County planter was at- p. 382
          agt tached to answer unto Joseph Hext in a plea of trespas
        Pope Alvey upon the case.
                   And whereupon the said Joseph by Kenelm Ches
        eldyn his Attorny complaineth that whereas the Said Pope the thirtith
        day of January in the yeare One thousand six hundred Seventy foure
        bought had and received of the Said Joseph divers goods and men
        chandizes at divers dayes & times to wit from the said thirtith day
        of January aforesaid in the yeare aforesaid untill the sixth day of
        ffebruary in the same yeare a particular whereof is here in Court pro
        duced amounting in the whole to the summe of five thousand two
        hundred Seventy two pounds of tobacco In consideration whereof