Provincial Court Proceedings, /d/p/o'o. 247

Calvert County ss :
John Yeo late of Calvert County was attached to answer e unto
Charles Gosfright of a plea of Trespas of the case
And whereupon the said Charles Gosfright by Charles Boteler his
Attorn Complayneth That Whereas the said John Yeo Upon the five
and twentyeth day of Octob^r 1676 In Consideracon that the said
Charles Gosfright att the speciall Instance and request of the said
John Yeo would Sell and Deliver unto him the said John Seaverall
Wares goods and Marchandizes Amounting in the whole to the sume
of two thousand Seaven hundred & Eighteen pounds of Tobacco. A
perticuler Whereof is here in Court produced, The said John Yeo
did then Assume upon himself and to the said Charles did faithfully
promisse that hee the said John When thereunto Required the said
Sume of Two thousand Seaven hundred and Eighteene pounds of
Tobacco would well and truely Content and pay, and the said Charles
in fact Sayth that trusting to the faithfull pmise and Assumption
uf him the said John Yeo made as atoresaid hee did sell & deliv^r to
the said John the seaverall Wares Goods and Marchandizes in a bill
of pcells hereunto annexed Mentioned, att the Rates therein Ex-
pressed amounting in the whole to the Sume of Two thousand
Seaven hundred and Eighteene pounds of Tobacco as by the same
bill or Noate of parcells appeareth, Notwithstanding w^ch the said
John Yeo his said promisse and Assumption not regarding, but
Deviseing and fraudulently intending the said Charles of the said
Two thousand Seaven hundred and Eighteen pounds of Tobacco to
Cheate Cozen and Utterly to defraud, although often thereunto
required, the said Two thousand Seaven hundred and Eighteene
pound of Tobacco hath not paid according to his promisse and
assumption aforesaid, but the same to pay hath denyed and as Yet
denyeth Whereupon the said Charles Sayth hee is damnified and
hath losse to the vallue of three thousand pounds of Tobacco, and
thereupon &c
pledges de psec. John Doe
Rich^d Roe
Charles Boteler p quer
1676 M^r John Yeo D^r
Octob^r 25^th

Liber W. C.

p. 221

To 3 yards of broad Cloath att 40 ........

I2O

To i Grosse of Gimp buttons ...........

20

To Two paire of mens Wosted stockins .....

56

To one paire ditto ....................

2O

To Two paire of boyes Woosted..........

36

To 1 5 pounds of Cheese ...............

45

To 20 skeines of silk...................

10

To 17 pounds of Pewter att 8 ...........

136

To one paire of boddyes ................

2O