192 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.
p. 172

Charles County ss :
Charles Absolute Lord and Prop^ry of the Provinces of Maryland
and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c To the Sheriffe of this
County to Comand you to take the body of William Perfitt if hee
may be found within your Baliwick and him in safe Custody keepe
soe that you may have his body before his Lopps Justices att the
next Court to bee held in this County on the Twelfth day of Novem-
ber next to answere unto Garret Vanswearen in a plea that hee
Render unto him Two hundred Twenty five pounds of Tobacco w^ch
to him hee oweth and unjustly Detaineth, Hereof faile not and have
you there this writt. Given und^r the seale of the County this nine-
teenth day of October in the third yeare of his Lopps Dominion &c
Annoq Dominj 1679
To W^m Chandler sheriffe Entred p Rand^o Brandt: Clerk :
or his Deputy
By virtue of this Writt I haue taken the win menconed
William Perfitt whose body I haue ready as I am required
W^m Chandler, sher.
Maryland ss :
Att a Court held in Charles County for the R^tt hono^ble Charles
Absolute Lord and Prop^ry of this Province of Maryland &c before
his Lopps Justices of the same County, on the six and Twentieth
day of November Annoq Domini 1678
The hono^ble Majo^r Benjamin Rozer Esq^r Councello^r

(M^r Henry Addams Cap^t Ignatius Causeenel
Coll. K Douglas (Cap^t Hump^ry Warren L
M^r Rob^t Henley M^r Robert Doyne ^omiss
Cap^t William BartonJ [M^r John ffanning
In a Cause depending between Garret Vanswearen p^lt & W^m Perfitt
Def^f the Defend^t not appeareing neither by himselfe nor his Attor-
ney to Answere to the Accon Comenced
Itt is Ordered by the Court that the Sheriffe bee in misericordia to
bring him the next Court to Answere the said Accon
Maryland ss:
Att a Court held in Charles County for the R^tt hono^ble Charles
Absolute Lord and Prop^ry of the Provinces of Maryland and Ava-
lon. &c. before his Lopps Justices of the said County On the four-
teenth day of January Annoq Domin 1678
The hono^ble Coll Benjamin Rozer Esq^r Councello^r

M^r Henry Addams Cap^t Ignatius Causeenel
M^r John stone WM^r Robert Doyne Comiss^rs
Cap^t W^m Barton M^r ffrancis Wind
Whereas. William Perfitt was attached to answere unto Garret
Vswearen in a plea that hee Rend^r unto him Two hundred Twenty
five pounds of Tobacco w^ch to him hee oweth and Unjustly De-