Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677.     117

       plaint aforesaid Whereupon it is considered by the Court here that Liber N N
       the said James Wass recover against the Said Thomas Mountfort
       the summe of eight hundred forty three pounds of tobacco for his
       costs & charges in this behalf e laid Out and expended and the said
       Thomas in mercy for his false complaint

       Thomas Mountfort William Taylor late of Talbott County was
          agt attached to answer unto Thomas Mountfort
    Wm Taylor        in a plea of trespas upon the case.
                      And thereupon the said William Taylor by
       Robert Ridgely his Attorny cometh and defendeth the force and
       injury when &c and prayeth liberty to imparle hereunto untill the
       next Court the same day is given to both partyes Afterwards to wit
       the eighth day of October Anno Doth One thousand Six hundred
       Seventy Seven came the said Wm Taylor by his said Attorny but
       the said Thomas Mountfort came not to psecute his plaint aforesaid
       Wherefore it is considered by the Court here that the said William
       recover against the said Thomas Mountfort the summe of Eight
       hundred & twelve pounds of tobacco for his costs & charges in this
       behalf e laid Out & expended and the said Thomas in mercy for his
       false complaint.

       Michael Miller
          ag . the defendants not appeareing this October Court
       Robert White
                  the Sheriff of Talbott County amerced & the causes
       John Moll
              continued untill next December Court.
          ag
       Stephen Tully

       John Jones
          agt   this action abates the plaintiff being dead.
       Joseph Chew

       Lidia Solley Robert Toate & William Rosewell late of st Maries
          agt County otherwise called Robert Toate and Wm
       Robert Toate & Rosewell both of St Maries County in the Prov
       Wm Rosewell ince of Maryland Gent were Suthoned to answer
                  unto Lidia Solley widdow in a plea that they render
       unto her two thousand pounds of tobacco in caske which to her they
       Owe & unjustly deteine.
         And whereupon the said Lydia Solley by Christopher Rousby her
       Attorny saith that whereas the said Robert & ‘William the twenty
       ninth day of july 1675 by their certaine writeing Obligatory Sealed
       with their Seales of them the said Robert and William here in Court
       produced whose date is the day and yeare abovewritten did acknowl
       edge them to be holden & Stand firmly bound unto the said Lidia