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        teen pounds of good sound well condiconed tobacco & cask which Liber N N
        from him he unjustly detaineth
          And whereupon the said John Hance by George Parker his At
        torney saith, That whereas the said John Jones the Eleventh day of
        July Anoq3 Doni One thousand six hundred seventy seven by his
        certaine bill Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of him the said John
        Jones & here in Court produced whose date is the day & yeare first
        abovesaid, did acknowledge himselfe to owe & to be truely indebted
        unto John Hance of the County of Calvert in the Province of Mary
        land Innholder in the full & just sume of five hundred & thirteen
        pounds of good sound well condiconed tobacco & cask to be paid
        to the said John Hance or to his certaine Attorney his Execrs Ad
        mistrs or Assignes upon all demands within half e a Mile of some
        convenient landing place in Calvert County aforesaid To which pay
        ment well & truely to be made & done he the said John Jones did
        binde himselfe his heyres Exrs & Admistrs firmly by these prsents
        Notwithstanding which the said John Jones the said sume of five
        hundred & thirteen pounds of tobacco to him the said John Hance
        though often thereunto required hath not paid according to the said
        bill obligatory nor the said Kenelm Cheseldyn since the death of the
        said John Jones, but the same to pay hath refused & yet doth refuse,
        Whereupon the said John Hance saith he is damnified & hath losse
        to the Value of fifteen hundred pounds of tobacco thereupon lie
        bringeth his suite.
          And the said Kenelm Cheseldyn in his proper person cometh and
        defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty to im
        parle hereunto untill next Court & itt is granted unto him, the same
        day is given to the plaintiffe also
          Now here att this day to witt the fifteenth day of June in the
        third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq3
        Dni 1678. came the said John Hance by his Attorney aforesaid &
        offered himselfe agt the said Kenelm Cheseldyn in the plea afore
        said, but the said Kenelm came not but made default Therefore itt
        is considered by the Court here, that the said John Hance recover
        agt the Estate of the said John Jones as well the sume of five hun
        dred & thirteen pounds of tobacco debt As also pounds
        of tobacco costs of suite


        Geo: Parker   Memorandum that the ninth day of April in p.
            agt the third yeare of the Dominion of the right
        Ken: Cheseldyn Exr Honble Charles absolute Lord & Propry &c in
        John Jonesthe yeare of our Lord God One thousand six
        hundred seventy & eight, came here in Court
        George Parker one of the Attorneys of this Court according to this
        liberties & priviledges of Attorneys &c and exhibitted to the Justices
        here in Court his certaine bill against Kenelm Cheseldyn one of the