116       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677.

           Liber N N Richard Peacocke Henry Allison otherwise called Henry Allison
                       agt merchant in Maryland in the County of Talbot
                 Henry Allison   was sumoned to answer unto Richard Peacocke
                                 of a plea that he render unto him One thousand
                    eight hundred & fifty pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth &
                    unjustly deteineth
                      And whereupon the said Richard by Robert Carvile his Attorny
                    saith that whereas the said Henry upon the three & twentith day
                    of April One thousand six hundred seventy five by his certaine bill
                    or writeing Obligatory Sealed with the seale of him the said Henry
                    and here in Court produced whose date is the day & yeare abovesaid
                    did confesse and acknowledge himself e to owe and Stand indebted
                    to the said Richard in the summe of One thousand eight hundred
                    & fifty [pou] nds of Aronoco tobacco which he the said Henry did
                    promise to shipp for [him and] pay it according to his Order at or
                    upon the twelfth day of October the[n next] Yet the said Henry
                    the said summe of One thousand eight hundred & fifty pounds of
                    tobacco for him the said Richard hath not shipped or to him paid
                    accordin[g to] the said bill though often thereunto requested but
                    the same to pay hath [denyed] & Still doth deny to the damage of
                    the said Richard three thousand [po]unds of tobacco & thereupon
                    he bringeth his suite.
                      And the said Henry by John Rousby his Attorny cometh & de
                    fendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth liberty to imparle
                    here untill the next Court the same day is given to both parties.
                      Now here at this day came the said parties by their said Attornyes
                    to wit the eighth day of October Anno One thousand six hundred
                    Seventy seven and the said Henry Saith nothing in barr of the action
                    aforesaid of him the said Richard in forme aforesaid brought
                    Whereupon the said Richard remaineth against the said Henry
                    wholly undefended Therefore it is granted by the Court here That
                    the said Richard Peacocke recover against the said Henry Allison
                    aswell the summe of One thousand eight hundred & fifty pounds of
                    tobacco the debt aforesaid as also five hundred & sixty pounds of
                    tobacco costs of suite, but so as execution cease untill the next Court.

               p. 387 Thomas Mountfort James Wass late of Talbott County was at
                      agt tached to answer unto Thomas Mountfort in a
                 James Wass      plea of trespas upon the case.
                                  And thereupon the said James by Robert
                    Carvile his Attorny cometh and defendeth the force and injury when
                    &c and prayeth liberty to imparle here untill the then next Provinciall
                    Court, the same day is given to both partyes Afterwards to wit
                    the eighth day of October in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand
                    six hundred Seventy Seven Came the said James Wass by his said
                    Attorny but the said Thomas Mountfort came not to prosecute his