Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.   321

        six hundred seventy foure & the nineteenth day of June One thousand Liber N N
        six hundred seventy five bought had & received of the said Nathaniel
        in his life tyme divers Goods & Mrchandizes amounting to in the
        whole the sume of tenn thousand seven hundred thirty & seven
        pounds of tobacco a particuler whereof is by the said Henry &
        James here in Court produced In consideracon whereof the said
        Thomas Overton in his life tyme did assume upon himselfe & to the
        said Nathaniel Styles in his life tyme did faithfully promise, that
        he the said Thomas him the said Nathaniel the said sume of tenn
        thousand seven hundred thirty seven pounds of tobacco when there-
        unto required would well & truely content & pay And although the
        said Thomas him the said Nathaniel in his life tyme six thousand
        Eight hundred fifty foure pounds of tobacco part of the said Tenn
        thousand seven hundred thirty seven pounds of tobacco did pay &
        satisfie Yet as to three thousand Eight hundred Eighty & three
        pounds of tobacco residue of the said tenn thousand seven hundred
        thirty seven pounds of tob the said Thomas in his life tyme nor the
        said Jane whilst she was sole to whom Admcon of all & singuler
        the Goods Chattells & Creditts of the said Thomas in his life tyme
        since his death hath been comitted, nor the said George & Jane since
        the Espousalls between them celebrated have not paid or satisfied
        to the said Nathaniel in his life tyme nor to the said Henry & James
        since his death to whom Admcon of all & singuler the Goods Chattels
        & Creditts which were of the said Nathaniel in his life tyme since his
        death hath been comitted although often thereunto required, but the
        same to pay or satisfie have denyed & as yet doe deny in retardacon
        of the Admcon of the said Nathaniel & to the damage of the said
        Henry & James five thousand pounds of tob & thereupon they bring
        their suite.
          And the said James & Henry bring into Court here the Letters of
        Admcon to them granted of the Estate of the said Nathl Styles, that
        itt may appeare to the Court here that thereof they have the Admcon.
        And the said George & Jane by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorney
        comes & defend the force & injury when &c and pray liberty to im
        parle hereunto untill next Court & itt is granted unto them, the same
        day is given to the plaintiffes 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 Anoq
        Doni 1678. came the said parties by their Attorneys aforesaid And
        the said Defendts by their said Attorney say, that the said Thomas
        Overton in his life did not assume upon himselfe & make such prom
        ise as the plaintiffes above have declared, & of this they putt them
        selves upon the Countrey & the plaintiffes also Therefore comand
        is given to the Sheriffe of St Maryes County that he cause to come
        here twelve &c by whom &c who neither &c to recognize &c because
        as well &c And the Jurors impannelled being called likewise came to p. 558
        witt Wm Dorrington, Wm Wells, Edward Williams, Philip Lynes,