272       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

             Liber N N  Stephen Murty Memorandum that att this Court to witt the
                    Adr Patrick Lewis Eleventh day of April in the third yeare of the
                         agt     Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c over
                    Benja Rozer Esqr this Province Annocp Doni 1678. came here into
                    Admr BodkinCourt Stephen Murty AdmT of the Goods &
                    Chattels of Patrick Lewis deceased & exhibitteth
                    his certaine bill agt Benjamin Rozer Esqr one of the Justices of this
                    Court Admr of the Goods & Chattels of Dominick Bodkin ffitz James
                    deceased in these words:
                      Stephen Murty Admr of all & singuler the Goods Chattels & Cred
                    itts of Patrick Lewis deceased complaineth agt Benjamin Rozer Esqr
                    one of the Justices of the Provinciall Court here prsent in Court
                    Admr of the Goods & Chattels of Dominick Bodkin ffitz James de
                    ceased in a plea that he hold with him the Covenant between the
                    said Dominick & Patrick made according to the force forme & effect
                    of a certaine writeing of Covenant which to doe he ought. And
                    thereupon the said Stephen by John Blomfeild his Attorney saith,
                    that whereas the said Dominick & Patrick in their life tyme to witt
                    the seventh day of May One thousand six hundred seventy foure
                    covenanted between them under their hands & Seales, that the said
                    Patrick was to serve the said Dominick for the space & tyme of one
                    whole yeare comencing the first day of June then next to be imployed
                    as the said Dominick should thinke fitt And in consideracon thereof
                    the said Dominick was to pay unto the said Patrick foure thousand
                    pounds of tobacco with meate drinke washing & lodgeing as by the
                    said Covenant here in Court pduced may appeare And the said
                    Stephen in fart saith, that the said Patrick did well & truely serve
                    the said Dominick the space & tyme of One whole yeare according
                    to the Covenant abovesaid Yet notwithstanding the said Dominick
                    in his life tyme nor the said Benjamin since his death the said sume
                    of foure thousand pounds of tobacco to the said Patrick in his life
                    tyme nor to the said Stephen since his death to whom Administracon
                p. 517  of all & singuler the Goods Chattells & Creditts of the said Patrick
                    is comitted hath not paid, but the same to pay though often required
                    hath denyed & still doth deny to the damage of the said Stephen
                    foure thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his suite.
                    And the said Stephen bringeth here into Court his Letters of Admcon
                    to him granted that itt may appeare to the Court here that he is
                    Admr of the said Patrick & of his Estate to have the Admcon.
                      And the said Benjamin Rozer in his proper person here prsent
                    in Court defendeth the force & injury when &c and saith that as to
                    three thousand six hundred pounds of tobacco he is content that
                    Judgemt passe agt him as Admr as aforesaid Therefore it is consid
                    ered by the Court here this day to witt the Eleventh day of April in
                    the third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c
                    Annoq3 Doni 1678. that the said Stephen Murty Admr as aforesaid