Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 203

eighth day of June in the Yeare of our Lord 1678 by his Certaine
bill or Writeing obligatory Sealed w^th the seale of him the said
Nehemiah, & here in Court produced Whose date is the day and
yeare aforesaid Did Acknowledge himselfe to bee holden and firmly
bound unto Gerrard Slye Marchant in the full and Just quantity of
ffoure Thousand Two hundred and thirty pounds of good sound
Marchantable Tobacco & Caske To bee paid unto the said Gerrard
Slye his heires Executors Adm^rs or assignes att his now Dwelling
Plantacon in the County of st Maryes upon Demand after the first
day of October next Ensueing the date of the said Writeing obliga-
tory for w^ch payment Well and Truly to bee made the said Nehemiah
Blakiston did binde himselfe his Executo^rs and Adm^rs firmely by
those p^rsents, Notwithstanding Which the said Nehemiah Blackiston
The said sume of ffoure Thousand two hundred and thirty pounds
of Tobacco to him the said Gerrard According to the Teno^r of the
said writeing Obligatory hath not paid Although often thereunto
Required, But the same ffoure thousand Two hundred and ffifty
pounds of Tobacco to Rend^r and pay hath denyed and as yet doth
denye, To the Losse and Damagee of the s^d Gerrard Eight Thou-
sand pounds of Tobacco, And thereupon hee bringeth his Suite.
And the said Nehemiah Blackiston in his prop pson Cometh and
defendeth the force and Injury When &, and Prayeth Liberty to
Imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court, and Itt is granted
unto him the same day is given to the pl^t alsoe
Now here att this day to witt the thirteenth day of May in the
ffifth yeare of the Dominion of the R^tt hono^ble Charles Lord Balte-
more &c Annoq Dommi 1680 Cometh the said Gerrard Slye by his
Attorney aforesaid & Offereth himself against the said Nehemiah
Blackiston in the plea aforesaid, but the said Nehemiah Cometh
not but maketh default, Therefore Itt is Considered by the Court
here that the said Gerrard Slye Recover against the said Nehemiah
Blakiston aswell the aforesaid sume of ffoure thousand Two hun-
dred and thirty pounds of tobacco debt As also ffive hundred &
Sixteen pounds of Tobacco Costs of suite and the Deft in mercy &c^a.

Liber W. C.
p. 181

James Neale Sein^r
ag^t
Rob^t Thompson Seni^r

Robert Thompson late of Charles County
the Elder gentl. otherwise Called Robert
Thompson Sein^r was sumoned to Answere
unto James Sein^r of a plea that hee Render