Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.    403

         tyme unto the said Charles James hath not paid And the said Henry Liber N N
         Stockett & James Stavely to whom Admcon of all the Goods Chat-
         tells & Creditts of him the said Nathaniel was comitted, the same
         seven thousand nine hundred ninety seven pounds of tobacco unto
         the said Charles James since the death of the said Nathaniel have
         not paid nor either of them hath paid though often thereunto re
         quired, but the same to pay have denyed & the said Henry & James
         still doe deny Whereupon the said Charles James saith he is damni
         fled & hath losse to the Value of tenn thousand pds of tobacco &
         thereupon he bringeth his suite.
          And the said Henry Stocket & James Stavely by George Parker
         their Attorney come & defend the force & injury when &c & pray
         liberty to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court & itt is
         granted unto them, the same day is given to the pfl also
          Now here att this day to witt the seventeenth 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, & the
         said Henry & James by their said Attorney say, that the said Nath'
         Styles did not assume upon himselfe nor to the said Charles James
         make such promise in manner & forme as the pfl in his declaracon
         hath declared & of this they putt themselves upon the Countrey, & the
         plt also Therefore itt is comanded 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 Att which said seventeenth day of
         June in the yeare aforesaid came the said parties by their Attorneys
         aforesaid, & the jurors impannelled being called likewise came to
         witt Tho: Stagg, Henry Phippes, Edmond Dennis, Richard Keene,
         Robt Ellys, Edward Turner, Tho: Smith, Henry Parker, Edward
         Cooke, Jno Dickson, Wm Guither & John Baker who being elected
         tryed & sworne to say the truth in the prmisses upon their Oaths doe
         say that the said Nathl Styles did not assume upon himselfe in his
         life tyme nor to the said Charles make such promise in manner &
         forme as the said Charles hath above declared agt him Therefore itt
         is considered by the Court here that the said Henry & James recover
         agt the said Charles James the sume of twelve hundred forty foure
         pounds of tobacco for their costs & charges by them about their
         defence in this behalfe laid out & expended, to the said Henry &
         James by the discretion of the Justices here adjudged And the said
         Charles James in mercy for his false claime

        Wm  Nichols Richard Royston late of Talbot County was at
            agt tached to answer unto Wm Nichols of a plea of
         Richard Royston trespas of the case.
                      And whereupon the said Wm Nichols by Robert
         Carvile his Attorney saith, that whereas Richard Pope the Younger
         of the Citty of Bristoll Grocer by his Indenture bearing date the