34 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1678.

Liber N N

duced did upon the tenth day of September in the yeare of our Lord
One thousand six hundred seventy foure confesse himselfe Debto^r
to the said Peter Quodman the Suine of twenty nine pounds five
shillings & six pence money sterl being the produce of twelve hogs-
heads of tobacco Shipped home for England upon the account of the
produc[e] of the said Goods As also the sume of Six thousand &
Seventy pounds of tobacco for debts secured in his the said John
Gilberts own name as then yet unpaid In consideracon whereof the
said John Gilber[t] did assume upon himself & to the said Peter
Quodman faithfully promise that he the said John Gilbert the said
sume of Twenty nin [e] pounds five shillings & six pence stert & Six
thousand & Seventy pounds of tobacco to him the said Peter when
thereunto lawfully requested would well & truely content & pay Yet
notwithstanding the said John Gilbert in his life tyme nor the said
John Browning his Adm^r since his death the said Sume of Twenty
nine pounds five shillings & Six pence stert to him the said Peter hath
not paid or satisfied though often thereunto requested, but the same
to pay hath hitherto denyed & refused & still doe deny the same to
the damage of the said Peter Twenty thousand pounds of tobacco
and thereupon he bringeth his suite
And the said John Browning by Robert Carvile his Attorny com-
eth & defendeth the force & injury when &c and saith that he can say
nothing in barr of the action of the said Peter, but that the said
Peter the said severall Sumes declared for ought to recover ou[t]
of the Estate of the said John Gilbert when assets comes to the hands
of the said John Browning his Adm^r Therefore itt is considered by
the Court here this Eleventh day of October in the third yeare of the

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Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Domini 1678 that
the said Peter Quodman doe recover ag^t the Estate of the said John
Gilbert the said sumes of Twenty nine pounds five shillings & six
pence sterling And six thousand & Seventy pounds of tobacco dam-
ages occasioned by the p^rmisses As also pounds
of tobacco costs of suite And the Defend^t in mercy &c
I doe hereby impower & authorize you to appeare tor me to an
action brought by Peter Quodman M^rchant against me as Adm^r of
John Gilbert And to confesse judgem^t thereunto in a plea of trespas
of the case, & for so doeing this shall be your sufficient warrant
As wittnes my hand & Seale this Eleaventh day of October Anno
Doni 1678
To Robert Carvile gentl one of Jn^o Browning (sealed)
Attorneys of the Provinciall Court

Test Vall Shukburgh

Jacob Young

ag^t
Mary Seames

Mary Seames late of Cecil County was Attached to
answer unto Jacob Young in a plea of trespas upon
the case
And whereupon the said Jacob by Kenelm Chesel-