Provincial Court Proceedings, 1678/9. 143

And whereupon the said Jacob Liseler by Robert Ridgely his
Attorney saith, that whereas the said John Blomfield the fifteenth
day of May in the yeare of our Lord One thousand Six hundred
Seventy seven by his certaine bill obligatory Sealed with the Seale
of him the said John & here in Court produced whose date is the
day & yeare aforesaid did acknowledge himselfe to owe & be indebted
unto the said Jacob in the full & just quantity of foure thousand fiue
hundred & twenty pounds of good tobacco in cask, to be paid unto
the said Jacob Liseler his heyres Ex^rs or Adm^rs or assignes att or
upon the tenth day of October next ensueing the date of the same
bill obligatory, for the which payment well & trulely to be made &
done the said John Blomfield did binde himselfe his heyres Ex^rs &
Adm^rs firmly by those p^rsents Notwithstanding which the said John
Blomfield the said Suine of foure thousand five hundred & twenty
pounds of tobacco to him the said Jacob Liseler according to the
tenour of the said bill obligatory although often thereunto required
hath not paid, but the same to pay hath denyed & as yet doth deny,
whereupon the said Jacob saith he is damnified & hath losse to the
value of Six thousand pounds of tobacco, & thereupon he produceth
his suite

Liber N N.

And the said John Blomfield in his proper person Cometh &
defendeth the force & injury when &c and saith, that as to two thou-
sand pounds of tobacco part of the debt in the declaration menconed
he hath satisfied & paid unto the said Jacob Liseler And as to two
thousand five hundred & twenty pounds of tobacco residue of the
debt aforesaid he cannot gainsay for that the same remaines due
unto the said Jacob Therefore itt is considered by the Court here this
day to witt the Eleventh day of March in the fourth yeare of the
Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Doni 1678 that the
said Jacob Liseler recover against the said John Blomfield the sume
of two thousand five hundred & twenty pounds of tobacco the
remainder of the debt aforesaid As also five hundred & Sixty pounds
of tobacco costs of suite And the Defend^t in mercy~Cessat Executio
10^th Octob^r next

p. 805

Mary Roe Ex^x
Edw^d Roe

ag^t
Nich: Racket

The Sheriffe of Talbot County haveing returned
a Cepi in this cause, the plaintiffe by Robert Car-
vile her Attorney moved the Court for special baile,
& itt is granted Whereupon this day to witt the
Eighth day of March in the fourth year of the