Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.    309

        possession of the Messuage land & prmisses with the appurtennces Liber N N
        & itt is granted unto him accordingly     p. 547

        Wm Knott Comand was given to the Sheriffe of Baltemore County
          agt that he take Edward Bleek late of Baltemore County
      Edwa Bleek  Mrchant if he should be found in his bailywick & him
                safe keep so that he have his body here the ninth day
        of April in the third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Balte
        more &c Anncxp Doni 1678. to answer unto Wm Knott Marryner
        of a plea of trespas upon the case Att which said ninth day of April
        the same Sheriffe maketh returne of the writt aforesaid that he hath
        taken the said Edward Bleek whose body he hath as by the same
        Writt he was required
          Afterwards to witt the thirteenth day of April in the yeare aforesd
        came the said Wm Knott by George Parker his Attorney & moved
        the Court for speciall bayle & itt is granted him Then came James
        Denton & James Philips suertyes for the said Edward Bleek &
        acknowledged themselves in open Court as suertyes for the said
        Edward, & undertooke for him the said Edward in the sume of Sixty
        pounds stert to be Levyed of their & either of their lands & tenements
        Goods & Chattells to the use of the said William Knott Upon this
        condicon That if the said Wm Knott shall obtaine a judgemt in an
        accon of trespas upon the case depending in the said Court agt the
        said Edward Bleek, that then the said Edward Bleek shall pay
        the condemnacon or deliver himself e to the prison of the Sheriffe of
        the County of St Maryes or that they the said James Denton & James
        Philips will doe itt for him. Which suerties were accepted of by the
        plaintiffes Attorney.
          Afterwards to witt the day & yeare aforesaid came Robert Ridgely
        Attorney for the said Edward Bleek, & informed the Court that
        the said Wm Knott is a fforreigner, & moved for speciall baile for
        costs of suite, if the said Wm should be cast in the accon aforesaid
        Whereupon came George Parker gent & undertooke for the said
        Wm Knott to pay unto the said Edward Bleek such costs & charges
        as shall be taxed & allowed him in this suite, if the said Wm Knott
        shall be cast therein.

        Stocket & Stavely Comand was given to the Sheriffe of Cecil
          Adrs Salmon County take [sic] he take Ralph Hutchinson
             agt    if he should be found in his bailywick, & him
        Ralph Hutchinson safe keep, so that he have his body here the ninth
                    day of April in the third yeare of the Dominion
        of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Doni 1678 to answer unto
        James Stavely & Henry Stocket Admrs of the Goods & Chattells of
        Thomas Salmon decd of a plea that he rendr unto them three thou
        sand two hundred Eighty five pounds of tobacco which from them