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Proceedings of the Provincial Court, 1679-1680/1
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116 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.

addiconall allowance, together wth the charges for the said Edward
Mollins bee and is hereby Ordered to bee paid and Defrayed by the
Country

p. 105

February y e IIth 1679
Upon the peticon of Richard Newman that hee was fformerly
servant to George and ffrancis Beckwith deceased and had from
the twelfth day of Aprill Annoq Dominij 1676, three yeares and a
halfe to serve, and that the said time of servitude was Expired on
the ffourth day of November last Yet never thelesse Capt Gerrard
Slye his present Master refuses to give him a discharge, And hum-
bly requested an Order of this Court, for his ffreedome and ffree-
dome Corne and Cloathes. Whereupon it being made appeare to
this Court by a Certifficate ffrom of the Records of George Beck-
with's estate, that the said Richard Newman is free, Itt is therefore
the oppinion and Judgment of ye Court that the said Richard New-
man is ffree, And ordered that Capt Gerrard slye satisfie and pay to
the said Richard his freedome Corn and Cloaths

Lydia Solley
agt
Collen Mackensy

Whereas there was formely Issued out of his
Lopps high Court of Chancery a Certiorari Di-
rected to the Comissioners of Charles County
Court, to send under their hands and seales unto

the Justices of this Court, a true transcript of the Record of the
Judgment in the said Court upon an Action lately depending between
the said Lydia Solley and Collen Mackensy, wch not being as yet
returned, Itt is ordered by the Court upon the request of Robert
Ridgely Attorney for the said Lydia Solley. that the Comissionrs
of Charles County Court aforesaid Doe ffourthwith without delay
Transmitt unto the Justices of this Court a true transcript of the
Record aforesaid, And that the same bee sealed and attested as a true
Coppy of the Record by the Comissioners, that shall sitt att the next
County Court whether they were att the hearing of the Cause or noe

Febry IIth 1679

Upon the peticon of Thomas Smith, Robert Jones, Ellis Thomas,
& Lewis Mereddy that they were consigned servants to Mr John
Addison, by Thomas Chapman of Liverpoole in old England Mar-
chant, and were to serve from theire arrivall in this Province
ffoure yeares, wch time of servitude was expired the seaventeenth
day of December last, Yet notwthstanding wch theire Masters, Thomas
Doxey Thomas Keeting and Marke Cordea refuses to give them
discharges, And humbly prayed an Ordr of this Court for theire
ffreedomes freedome Corne and Cloathes, WHEREUPON itt being
made appeare to the Court here by the oathes of John Addison
and Elizabeth Potter that the Said Thomas Smith. Robert Jones,
Ellis Thomas and Lewis Mereddy came servants into this Province


 

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