142      Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

              Liber N N & Suits whatsoever there depending to stand & remaine in Statu
                     quo & to be of the same force power & validity as if no adjournment
                     had been & for so doeing this shall be your sufficient warrant Given
                     under Our lesser scale at Armes the first day of December in the third
                     yeare of Our Dominion Over this Province Annoq Dom 1677
                     Wittnes Our trusty & welbeloved Thomas Notley Esq Our Leivt
                     Generall Cheife Governour & Cheife justice of this Our Province of
                     Maryland. which being read & heard the said Court was by the
                     Chancellour adjourned untill the morrow three of the Clocke in the
                     afternoone, At which said Morrow to wit the fifth day of the same
                     December the Chancellour did againe adjourne untill the then mor
                 p.404  row ten of the Clock at which morrow to wit the sixth day of De
                     cember the said Court was by his Lopps writ of adjournment ad
                     journed untill the twelfth day of ffebruary then next following.

                     December 19th 1677
                      Came William Hatton gent who undertooke for Maligo Peale in
                     the sume of two thousand pounds of tobacco that the said Maligo
                     Should prosecute his replevin against Richard Ridgell for his unjust
                     deteineing One boate of the said Maligo's as it is said & to make
                     restitution to the said Richard if to him it shall be adjudged.

                                 Maryland ss.
                        Att a Provinciall Court held att St Maryes the twelfth day
                        of ffebruary in the third yeare of the Dominion of the night
                        Honble Charles absolute Lord & Propry of the Provinces of
                        Maryland & Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore & Annoq Doni
                    One thousand six hundred seventy seven

                                    Present
                             Philip Calvert Esqr Chancelour
                   The Honble Wm Calvert Esqr    Justices
                             Benjamin Rozer Esqr
                      His Lordshipp the Lord Propry of this Province sendeth his writt
                     of Adjournment to his said Justices, the tenour whereof followeth
                     in these words vizt Charles absolute Lord & Propry of the Provinces
                     of Maryland & Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c To our Justices
                     of our Provincial Count assigned greeting, for certaine causes us
                     moveing we have ordained, that all pleas Writts bills proces & pre
                     cepts & other things whatsoever which before us this twelfth day
                     of ffebruary instant remaine as well in Law as Equity undetermined
                     in our said Provincll Court or att any other dayes hereafter next
                     following ought to be pleaded returned untill the thirteenth day of
                     this instant month of ffebruary ten of the clock att our said Pro
                     vinciall Court att St Maryes are adjourned to be heard & tryed
                     Wee therefore comand you that all pleas writts bill precepts & other
                     proces whatsoever either in Law or Equity before us att St Maryes