Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 191

Garrett Vanswearenl agt William Perfitt

Memorandum that the Sixteenth day of June Un the fourth yeare of the Dominion of Charles &c. came Garret Vanswearen by Robert Car-

Liber W. C.

vile his Attorney before the hono^Dle .Philip Cal-
vert Esq^r Chancello^r of this province of Maryland, and Prayed his
Lopps writt of Erro^r to him the said Garret to bee granted to the
Comissioners of Charles County to bee directed to Require them
the said Comissioners of the said County Court of Charles County
to send before his Lopps Justices of the Provinciall Court the
Tenor of the Record and proceedings & Judgment of the said County
Court in a cause lately there depending betweene the said Garret
Vanswearen pl^t and W^m Perfitt defend^t in a plea that hee Rend^r unto
him Two hundred Twenty five pounds of Tobacco w^ch to him hee
oweth and unjustly Deteyneth, And Itt is granted unto him the
Teno^r of w^ch writt followeth.

Charles Absolute Lord and Prop^ry of the Provinces of Mary-
land and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c To the Comissioners
of Charles County greeting, because in the Record and Processe as
also in the Rendring of Judgment before you in o^r said Court of
Charles County against Garret Vanswearen in a Cause late depend-
ing before you Betweene the said Garret Vanswearen Pit, and Wil-
liam Perfitt Defend^t in a plea that hee Render unto him Two hun-
dred twenty and five pounds of Tobacco w^ch to him hee oweth and
Unjustly Detaineth manifest Erro^r hath happened to the greate dam-
age of the said Garret as by the greate Complaint of the said Garret
wee have Received Wee willing that the Erro" if any bee should
bee in due manner Corrected, and full and Speedy Justice Done to
both partyes Wee Comand you that if Judgment thereof bee Ren-
dred then the Record and proceedings of your Judgment v?^ih all
things touching the same to us before our Justices of our Provinciall
Court to bee held att the Citty of st Maryes the seaventh day of
October next under your hands and seales Distinctly and openly
you send, That Inspection being had of the same Record & proceed-
ings therein wee may doe Therein what of right and According to
the Lawes and Customes of this Our Province ought To bee done
therein Witnesse ourself att o^r Citty of st Maryes the sixteenth day
of June in the fourth year of our Dominion over our said Province
of Maryland. Annoq Dom. 1679

Att w^ch said Seaventh day of October Came aswell the said Gar-
ret by Robert Carvile his Attorney as the aforesaid William Perfitt
by Henry Bonner his Attorney, And the Comissioners of Charles
County to witt Henry Addames, John Stone, Ignatius Causeene,
William Barton and: Hump^ry Warren The Transcript of the Rec-
ord proceedings and Judgment of Charles County Court to the
Justices of the Provinciall Court here under theire hands and Seales
have sent, The Tenno^r whereof in the Words followeth Viz