Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677. 5
        Thomas Notley Esq 1                          Liber N N
            agt
        Thomas Helgar
          m            these two actions are agreed.
        W Pyper
          agt
        Mark Cordea

        John Newton George Oldfeild late of Cecil County otherwise p. 311
        agt called George Oldfeild of Cecil County Gent was
     George Oldfeild   Suthoned to answer unto John Newton in a plea
                  that he render unto him the sume of foure thousand
        pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth & unjustly deteineth
         And whereupon the said John by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorny
        Saith that whereas the said George Oldfeild the sixth day of April
        in the yeare of Our Lord 1676 did by his certaine writeing Obliga
        tory sealed with the seale of the said George here in Court produced
        whose date is the same day & yeare abovewritten acknowledge him
        selfe holden & firmly bounden unto John Newton of the same County
        Gent in the full & just quantity of foure thousand pounds of good
        sound merchantable tobacco in caske to be paid to the said John
        Newton his executrs admrs or assignes to the which payment well &
        truly to be made he did bind himselfe his heirs executrs & admrs
        firmly by those prsents notwithstanding which the said George the
        said summe of foure thousand pounds of tobacco according to his
        said writeing Obligatory hath not paid but the same to pay hitherto
        hath & still doth deny to pay to the damage of the said John the
        summe of five thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth
        his suite. And the said George by Robert Ridgely his Attorny cometh
        & defendeth the force & injury when &c & prayeth heareing of the
        writeing aforesaid & it is read unto him he prayeth also heareing
        of the Condition of the said writeing & it is read unto him in these
        words The condition of this Obligation is such That if the above
        bounden George Oldfeild his Executrs admrs or assignes doe and
        shall well & truly pay or cause to be paid to the abovenamed John
        Newton his Executrs admrs or assignes the full and just quantity of
        two thousand pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco & caske
        to be paid at or upon the tenth day of October next ensueing the
        date hereof then this Obligation to be void or else to stand in full
        force & vertue.
         Which being read & heard the said George Old feild the twentith
        day of June 1677 Came in his proper person & Saith nothing in barr
        or avoidance of the action aforesaid of him the said John Newton
        whereupon the said John remaineth against the said George there
        upon undefended Therefore it is granted by the Court here That the
        said John Newton recover against the said George Oldfeild the