Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.    179

        he the said Jarvis did take the bill Obligatory of the said John Gould Liber N N
        for the said sume, whose date is the day & yeare above written Yett
        the said John Gould whilst he was ifactor of the said Richard, nor
        the said Richard att any tyme since the said sume of twelve thou
        sand six hundred & flue pounds of tobacco hath not paid, but the
        same to pay hath refused & as yet doth refuse, whereupon the said
        Jarvis saith he is damnified & hath losse to the Value of twenty
        thousand pounds of tobacco, & thereupon he bringes his suite.
          And the said Richard by Christopher Rousby his Attorney cometh
        & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty of speake
        ing hereunto untill next Court, & itt is granted him, the same day is
        given to the said Jarvis also.
          Now here att this day to witt the two & twentieth day of ffebry
        in the third yeare of the dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c
        An&p Doni 1677. came the said plaintiffe by his Attorney afore
        said & offered himselfe agt the said Richard in the plea aforesaid,
        but the said Richard came not but made default Therefore itt is
        considered by the Court here that the said Jarvis Ballard recover
        against the said Richard Perry the sume of seven thousand seven
        hundred & ninety pounds of tobacco damages occasioned by the
        trespas aforesaid being the ballance of the accompt As also five
        hundred fifty two pounds of tobacco costs of suite

        James Connoway
            agt    This action is agreed
        Ralph Sedgwick
        Howells Exrs                               p. 436
           agt
        George Wells
        Henry Stocket
           agt
        Tho: Bland
        Wm Rawles Admr
        Edward Coppage
           agt
        Tho: ffrances      .   .        .
                      These six actions are continued untill April
        John Moll
          agt
        Stephen Tully
        Wm Dare
          agt
        John Brooke Admr
        Wm Worgan
       Christopher Hassell
           agt
     Richard Nash