Provincial Court Proceedings, 1678. 11

the same agt Richard Lowther

Liber N N

Propry agt Henry Stocket & James Stavely Ex" Nathl Stiles

Memorandum that att a Provinciall Court held the day of October in the second yeare of the Dominion &ca & in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred Seventy seven here prsent in Court Kenelm Cheseldyn Attorney Genll of the said Lord Propry In his proper person who

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for the said Lord Prop^ry followeth in this behalfe, & exhibitteth to
the Court here his certaine Informacon against James Stavely of
Cecil County & Henry Stocket Exec^rs of the last Will & Testament
of Nathaniel Styles deceased, thereby giveing the Court here to
understand & be informed

That whereas the said Nathaniel in his life tyme to witt the six-
teenth day of April in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hun-
dred Seventy two by a certaine writeing under the hand of the said
Nathaniel did binde himselfe his heyres Ex^rs & Adm^rs to pay unto
the Hon^ble Charles Calvert Esq^r now Lord & Prop^ry of this Province
the sume of three thousand Seven hundred Eighty two pounds of
tobacco upon demand In consideracon whereof the said Nathaniel
did assume upon himselfe that he the said Nathaniel the said sume
of three thousand Seven hundred Eighty two pounds of tobacco
would according to the tenour of the said writeing well & truely
content & pay Notwithstanding which the said Nathaniel the same
hath not paid in his life tyme according to his promise, nor the said
James & Henry since his death Exec^rs of the last Will & testament
of the said Nathaniel hath not paid though often thereunto required,
but the same to pay hitherto hath & still doth deny to pay to the
damage of the said Lord Prop^ry the sume of six thousand pounds
of tobacco Whereupon the said Kenelm Cheseldyn as aforesaid for
the said Lord Prop^ry prayeth advice of the Court in the p^rmisses
And that the said James & Henry may come here in Court & Answer
the said Lord Prop^ry upon

And the said James & Henry by Robert Ridgely their Attorney
come & defend the force & injury when &c and pray liberty to im-
parle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court & itt is granted unto
them, the same day is given to the said Kenelm Cheseldyn Attorney
Gen^ll &c likewise

Now here att this day to witt the ffifteenth day of Octob^r in the
third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq
Doni One thousand six hundred Seventy Eight came aswell the said
Kenelm Cheseldyn Attorney Gen^ll aforesaid as the said Defend^ts by
their Attorney aforesaid And the said Henry & James by their said
Attorney say, that the aforesaid Kenelm Cheseldyn Esq^r Attorney