98        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677.

            Liber N N Proprietary Memorandum That at a Provinciall Court held
                      agt the ninth of ffebruary in the first yeare of the
                    Arthur Carleton & Dominion &c Came here in Court Kenelm Ches-
                      Charles James eldyn Attorny Generall of the said Lord Pro
                                 prietary who for the said Lord Propry in this
                    behalf e prosecuteth and giveth the Court here to understand & be in
                    formed That whereas Arthur Carleton of Cecil County and Charles
                    James of the same County gent did the thirtenth day of ffebruary
                    in the three & fortith yeare of the Dominion of Cacilius &c Annoq
                    Doth One thousand six hundred Seventy foure become holden &
                    firmly bounden unto the Right Honble Caecilius then Lord and Pro
                    prietary of this Province in his life time in the summe of thirty
                    thousand pounds of tobacco in caske to be paid to the Said Lord
                    Proprietary or to his certaine Attorny his heirs executrs admrs or
                    assignes To the which payment well & truly to be made they did
                    bind themselves and either & every of themselves & their & every of
                    their heirs executrs and either & every of them joyntly and Severally
                    by those presents notwithstanding which the said Arthur or Charles
                    or either of them the same hath not paid to the said Right Honble
                    Caecilius in his life time nor to the Said Right Honble Charles Abso
                    lute Lord & Proprietary of this Province since his death but the same
                    to pay hitherto hath & still doth deny to pay to the damage of the
                    Said Lord Proprietary sixty thousand pounds of tobacco Where
                    upon the said Kenelm as Attorny as aforesaid prayeth advice in
                    the premisses and that the said Arthur & Charles may come here
                    into Court to answer the said Lord Proprietary in & upon the same.
                p.  And the said Charles James by Christopher Rousby his Attorny
                    cometh & defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayeth heare-
                    ing of the writeing aforesaid and it is read unto him he prayeth also
                    heareing of the Condition of the said writeing and it is read unto
                    him in those words The Condition of this Obligation is Such That if
                    the abovebounden Arthur Carleton of Caecil administrator of all and
                    Singular the goods chattells & debts of Capt Thomas Carleton late
                    of the said County deceased doe make or cause to be made a true &
                    perfect inventory of all & Singular the goods Chattells & debts of
                    the Said deceased & the same so made doe exhibite or cause to be
                    exhibited into the Office for probate of Wills and Testaments On
                    or before the thirtenth day of May next ensueing in One thousand
                    six hundred seventy five and the said goods Chattells & debts doe well
                    and truly administer vizt doe pay the debts of the deceased which
                    he did Owe at the time of his decease so farr forth as the Said goods
                    Chattells & debts will extend and the Law will charge and further
                    doe make or cause to be made a true and just accompt of & upon his
                    said administration within twelve months if he Shall be thereunto
                    lawfully called & such part or portion of the Said goods Chattells &
                    debts which shall be remaineing on the Said accompt examined &