Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 373

the head of Parkers Creeke in Calvert County aforesaid, To have
and to occupy to him the said Jn^o Loftis & his assignes from the
said Tenth day of November in the yeare aforesaid to the end
and Terme of one yeare thence next following fully to bee Compleate
& ended Rendring therefore to him the said William Parker or his
assignes five hundred pounds of Tobacco on the Tenth day of
November w^ch should bee in the yeare of our Lord One thousand
Six hundred seaventy nine, By vertue of which Demise the said
John unto the said Two hundred and ffifty acres of Land w^th the
appurtenances did Enter and was thereof posessed for and dureing
the space of one whole yeare (that is to say) from the said Tenth
day of November in the yeare One Thousand Six hundred and
Seaventy eight aforesaid, untill the Tenth day of November in the
yeare of our Lord One thousand Six hundred seaventy nine afore-
said, and the said Sume of ffive hundred pounds of Tobacco the
yeares rent aforesaid Ending the said Tenth day of November in the
yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred seaventy nine afore-
said, was behinde and yet remaines unpayd, by Reason Whereof
accon hath accrued to the said William in his life time to require
and have of the said John the said Sume of ffive hundred pounds of
Tobacco due for the yeares rent aforesaid, Yet the aforesaid John
to him the said William in his life time, Nor to the said Judeth
whilst She was sole (To whome Administracon of all and singuler
the goods Chattles Rights and Creditts w^ch were of the said William
in his life time Since his death have beene Comitted) Nor to the
said Nicholas and Judeth since the Nuptialls betweene them Cele-
brated, hath not payd although often thereunto required, but the
same to pay hath denyed and as yet doth denye in Retardacon of
the Administracon aforesaid. And Whereupon they say they are
damnifyed and have Losse to the Vallue of sixteene hundred pounds
of Tobacco, And thereupon they bring their Accon. And the afore-
said Plantiffes bring here into Court the Letters of Administracon of
the Estate of the said William Parker to the said Judeth granted That
it may appeare to the Court here that she thereof is Administratrix
And the said John Loftis by George Parker his Attorney Cometh
and defendeth the force and Injury when &c and Prayeth Liberty
to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court, and It is granted
unto him. The same day is given to the plantiffe Likewise

Liber W. C.

Att w^ch said next Provinciall Court to witt the nineteenth day
of ffebruary in the Sixth yeare of the Dominion of the Right honoble

Charlca Lord Baltemore &.C Annocp Doniinj 1680 Come the said ptycs

by their Attorneys aforesaid, and the said John Loftis by his said
Attorney sayth That they the said Nicholas Painter and Judeth his
wife their accon aforesaid against him the said John ought not to
have because hee sayth that the said William Parker the Tenth day
of November in the yeare of our Lord god 1678 Did not demise to

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