180 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.

signes from the said Twenty eighth day of September aforesaid
untill the full End and terme of three yeares from thence next
Ensueing and fully to bee Compleate and ended, By vertue of w^ch
said Demise the said Thomas Lomax into the said tract of Land
Called Richneck w^th the appurtenances Entred and was thereof
posessed, and being soe thereof posessed afterwards, to witt, the
first day of October in the said yeare of our Lord 1679, The said
Gerrard Slye into the said Tract of Land Called Richneck with
the appurtenances w^ch the said John Coode and Susana his wife
late wife of the said Robert Slye dec^d, mother and Guardian of the
said Elizabeth and ffrances Daughters of the said Robert Slye as
aforesaid in Right of the said Elizabeth and ffrances in forme afore-
said Demised for the Terme w^ch is not yet past Entred and him from
the posession thereof did Eject & other harmes to him did, to the
greate damage of the said Thomas Lomax and ag^t the peace of the
R^t hono^ble The Lord Prop^ry &c And Whereupon the said Thomas

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saith hee is the worse and hath Damage to the Vallue of one hun-
dred thousand pounds of Tobacco And thereupon hee bringeth his
suite
Unlesse the Tennant in posession or those und^r whome hee
Claimes doe att the next Provinciall Court to bee held att the Citty
of st Maries the day ffebruary next Appeare to this
Declaration and make him or themselves Def^ts thereunto and by
Rule of Court Confesse the Lease Entry and Ejectm^t and Insist
onely upon the Title The Defend^t in the Declaration will Confesse
Judgment and posession will bee Delivered Accordingly to the pl^t
To Cap^t Gerrard Slye Tennant in posession of the p^rmises w^thin men-
tioned Itt is Ordered by the Consent of Robert Carvile Attorney for
the Pit and Christopher Rousby Attorney for the Defendant Gerrard
Slye That the said Gerrard Slye should bee Admitted Defend^t, and
that hee forthw^th appeare and Receive a Declaracon and plead to
Itt the Generall issue, and att the Tryall To bee thereupon had The
said Gerrard Slye shall appeare in his prop pson or by his Attorney
and shall Confesse the lease Entry and Ejectm' or that in Default
thereof Judgment shall bee Entred against the said James Greene
the Casuall Ejecto^r, but all further prosecution against him shall

Cease untill the said Gerrard Slye shall make default in any of the

p^rmisses And it is further ordered by the Court by the Consent
aforesaid That the said Gerrard Slye shall not take any Advantage
against the pl^t for not prosecuteing upon the Tryall occasioned by
such Default, but that the said Gerrard Slye shall pay to The p^tts
the Costs by this Court to bee Taxed in this Cause, And it is further
Ordered that the Lessor to the plt shall be Charged with the pay-
ment of the Costs to the Defend^t if any bee Adjudged to him
Att a Provinciall Court held att st Maryes the Eighteenth day of
ffebruary in the fifth yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Balte-