300      Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

             Liber N N And whereupon the said Benjamin by Christopher Rousby his
                    Attorney saith, that whereas the said Henry Bonner the first day of
                    April One thousand six hundred seventy eight did accompt with him
                    the said Benjamin of divers Goods & Mrchandizes before that tyme
                    by the said Henry of the said Benjamin bought had & received And
                    upon that accompt the said Henry was found in arreare to the said
                    Benjamin in the quantity of Seven thousand pounds of tobacco
                    Whereupon action did accrew to him the said Benjamin to demand &
                    receive of him the said Henry the said Sume or quantity of Seven
                    thousand pounds of tobacco Yett the said Henry the said sume or
                    quantity of Seven thousand pounds of tobacco unto the said Ben
                    jamin hath not paid though often thereunto required, but the same
                    to pay hath altogether refused & still doth refuse to the damage of the
                    said Benjamin in tenn thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he
                    brings his suite
                     And the said Henry Bonner in his proper person cometh & de
                    fendeth the force & injury when &c and saith nothing in barr or
                    avoidance of the action aforesaid of him the said Benjamin, whereby
                    the said Benjamin remaineth agt the said Henry thereof wholy un
                    defended Therefore itt is considered 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 Annocp Doni 1678. that the said Ben
                    jamin Rozer recover agt the said Henry Bonner the said sume of
                    seven thousand pounds of tobacco debt As also three hundred &
                    Sixteen pounds of tobacco costs of suite

                    Wm Rawles & ux Thomas ffrancis late of Ann Arundell County was
                    Admr Coppage Sumoned to Ancwer unto Wm Rawles & Elizabeth

                       agt     his wife Admx of the Goods & Chattells of Edward
                    Thomas ffrancis Coppage deceased in a plea that he render unto
                               them his reasonable accompt for the tyme that he
                    was receiver of the tobaccoes of the said Edward Coppage in his
                    life tyme which to them he ought &c
                     And whereupon the said Wm & Elizabeth by Kenelm Cheseldyn
                    their Attorney say, that whereas the said Thomas ffrancis the ninth
                    day of ffebry in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred
                    seventy five did by the hands of Robert Proctor of Ann Arundell
                    receive the sume of two thousand seven hundred & seventy pounds
                    of tobacco, to render an accompt of the sume to the said Edward
                    Coppage in his life tyme when thereunto required Neverthelesse the
                    said Thomas ffrancis though often thereunto required his reasonable
                    accompt to him the said Edward in his life tyme hath not Rendred,
               p. 540a nor to the said Wm Rawles & Elizabeth his wife Admx of all & singu
             [two pages ler the Goods & Chattells which were the said Edward att the tyme of
             numbered his death since his death to her comitted hath not rendred but the

                    same to them to render hitherto hath denyed & still doth deny to the