Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.   193

                                                   Liber N N
      the same Admr Tho: Salmon
           agt
      Charles James

      Robert Carvile Richard ifenwick Admr of the Goods & Chattels of p. 448
           agt Cuthbert ifenwick deceased was Attached to An
       Richd ifenwick swer unto Robert Carvile one of the Attorneys of
       Admr Cuthbert this Court according to the priviledges &c of a plea
       ifenwick that he render unto him foure hundred & sixty
                   pounds of tobacco which from him he unjustly
                   detaineth.
          And whereupon the said Robert in his proper person saith, that
       whereas the said Cuthbert on the second day of August One thou
       sand six hundred seventy six, by his certaine bill or obligacon sealed
       with the seale of him the said Cuthbert & here in Court produced,
       whose date is the day & yeare above said, did confesse himselfe
       to owe & stand indebted to the said Robert in the full & just sume
       of foure hundred & sixty pounds of good sound Mrchantable tobacco
       in caske to be paid to the said Robert upon demand in some con
       venient place in Calvert County, Yet the said Cuthbert the said
       sume of foure hundred & sixty pounds of tobacco in his life tyme
       to him the said Robert, nor the said Richard since his death the
       said sume have paid or satisfied though often thereunto requested,
       but the same to pay have hitherto & still doe deny, to the damage of
       the said Robert One thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he
       bringeth his suite.
          And the said Richard by Charles Boteler his Attorney cometh
       & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty of speak
       ing hereunto untill next Court & itt is granted him, the same day is
       given to the said Robert.
          Now here att this day to witt the three & twentieth day of ffebry
        in the third yeare of the dominion of Charles Lord Balternore &c
        Annoq Doni 1677. came the said Robert Carvile & offered himselfe
        against 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 plaintif recover against the Estate of the said
        Cuthbert ifenwick the aforesaid debt of foure hundred & sixty
        pounds of tobacco And also five hundred eighty four pounds of
        tobacco costs of suite.
        Henry Laurence &   Garret VanSweringen late of the Citty of st
        uxrMaryes gentl, otherwise called Garret Van
             agt      Sweringen of the Citty of St Maryes & in the
        Garret VSweringen County of St Maryes genti was sumoned to
                      answer unto Henry Laurence & ifrances his
        wife lately called ifrances Hyde widdow of a plea that he render