Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677.     9

        Obligation is such That if the abovebounden John Turpin of Balte- Liber N N
        more County administrator of all & singular the goods chattells &
        debts of Wm Hewit late of the said County deceased doe make or
        cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all & Singular the
        goods chattells & debts of the sd deceased & the same So made doe
        exhibite or cause to be exhibited into the Office for pbate of Wills
        &c On or before the 13th of November next ensueing & the said goods
        chattells & debts doe well & truly administer vizt doe pay the debts
        of the said deceased which he did Owe at the time of his decease
        so farr forth as the same shall extend & the Law will charge,
        ffurther doe make or cause to be made a true & perfect accompt of
        & upon his administracon within twelve months if he shall be there-
        unto lawfully called & Such part or portion of the said goods chat-
        tells & debts which shall be found remaineing upon the Said accompt
        examined & adjudged by the judge appointed for the time being for
        the probate of Wills &c shall distribute & dispose as by the said
        judge shall be limitted & appointed & lastly doe at all & every time &
        times hereafter clearly acquitt discharge & save harmlesse the Said
        Lord Propry & his Lopps said judge and all other his Lopps Officers
        & ministers against all persons haveing or prtending to have any
        Right title or interest of in & to the said goods chattells & debts that
        then this prsent Obligation to be void & of none effect otherwise
        the same to stand remaine & be in full force & vertue in Law. Which
        being read & heard the said Edward Inglish produceth here in Court
        severall receipts aswell under the hand of the said John Turpin as
        severall other persons for his use of tobacco received by the said
        Turpin of the estate of the said Hewit to the summe of sixteen thou
        sand foure hundred & foure pounds of tobacco, and also the said
        Edward alleadgeth that there was three hogesheads of tobacco re
        ceived by Capt Bull by the said Turpins Order formerly received by
        John Vanheck at the house of Christopher Andrews for the accompt
        of Wm Toulson amounting to fourteen hundred eighty three pounds
        of tobacco of the proper estate of the said Hewit and the judge
        Testamentary haveing assigned the bond of administration of the
        said John Turpin wherein the said John Irland was suerty unto the
        said Edward English. It is granted by the Court here the three &
        twentith day of June Anno 1677 That the Said Edward Inglish p. 314
        recover against the said John Irland the summe of sixteen thousand
        foure hundred & foure pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also
        eight hundred twenty eight pounds of tobacco costs of Suite, and
        also the said summe of fourteen hundred eighty three pounds of
        tobacco when proved by the said Capt Bull as is afore alleadged.

       Thomas Notley Esq Richard Swetnam late of St Maries County
            agt Inholder Otherwise called Richard Swetnarn
     Richard Swetnam  of the County of St Maries Carpenter was
                      summoned to answer unto the Honble Thomas