198       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

             Liber N N  the action aforesaid of him the said Edward, whereupon the said
                    Edward Tarleton remaineth agt the said James Lewis thereupon
                    wholy undefended Therefore itt is granted by the Court here, that
                    the said Edward Tarleton recover agt the said James Lewis as well
                    the sume of Sixteen hundred pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid
                    As also Eight hundred & Seventeen pounds of tobacco costs of suite.

                    Morgan Jones Admr James Lewis late of St Maryes County planter
                   Geo: Charlesworth was Attached to Answer unto Morgan Jones
                       agt Admr of the Goods & Chattels of George
                James Lewis       Charlesworth deceased in a plea of trespas
                                  upon the case.
                     And whereupon the said Morgan by Kenelm Cheseldyn his At
                    torney complaineth that whereas the said George in his life tyme,
                    to witt the thirtieth day of Septembt in the yeare of our Lord, One
                    thousand six hundred seventy five did sell & deliver unto the said
                    James Lewis one man Servant att the price of twelve hundred pounds
                    of tobacco, & three barrels of Indian Come aft three hundred pounds
                    of tobacco, & one man Servant more att two thousand foure hun
                    dred pounds of tobacco, & one hundred twenty six pounds of beefe
                    att one pound & half e of a pound of tobacco p pound, in all one hun
                    dred eighty nine pounds of tobacco, All which said several sumes
                    in the whole amount to the sume of foure thousand eighty nine
                    pounds of tobacco In consideracon whereof the said James did as
                    sume upon himselfe & to the said Geo: Charlesworth did faithfully
                    promise, that he the said James when thereupon required the same
                    would well & truely content & pay, Notwithstanding which the said
                    James the same to him the said George in his life tyme hath not paid
                    though often thereunto required, nor to the said Morgan since his
                    death, Admr of all & singuler the Goods & Chattels which were the
                    said Georges att the tyme of his death since his death to him comitted
                    though often required, but the same to pay hitherto hath & still doth
                    deny to pay, to the damage of the said Morgan five thousand pounds
                    of tobacco, & thereupon he bringeth his suite. And the said Morgan
                    bringeth here in Court the letters of Administracon to him granted,
                    that itt may appeare to the Court here that he is Admr of the Estate
                    of the said George, & thereupon to have Admcon
                     And the said James Lewis by Robert Carvile his Attorney cometh
                    & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty of speake
                    ing hereunto next Court, & itt is granted him, the same day is given
                    to the plaintiffe also.
                     Now here att this day to witt the twenty fifth day of ffebruary in
                p. 453  the third Yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c
                    Annoq 1677. came the said parties by their Attorneys aforesaid And
                    the said James saith, that he did not assume upon himselfe & to the
                    said George make such promise as the said Morgan hath above im