Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 411

Bushells of salt in his Custody w^ch did formerly belong to M^r Orchard
but was the last yeare by his Order delivered to M^r John Dorrell,
And that hee the said Edward Mann went with him to a Tobacco
house w^ch they found Locked, and that hee the said Sheriffe de-
manded the Key, and the said Edward Mann refused to deliver it,
but sayd, hee might Locke in and see the salt, w^ch hee the said
sheriffe did, and then in the presence of the psons aforesaid hee
attached the said salt w^ch hee guessed to bee about foure hundred
Bushells, for the use of the said James Derumple and Mary his
wife as the supposed goods of William Orchard and George Lewen,
and the said James Derumple haveing given Security according to
the Act of Assembly in that Case made and Provided Itt was fur-
ther Comanded the said Sheriffe that hee should Repaire to the
house of the said Edward Mann where the Salt aforesaid Lyeth,
and see the Same Exactly Measured, w"* being done that hee then
Deliver the same unto the said James Derumple and Mary his wife
Ex^x of the Last will and Testament of the said John Clements de-
ceased And how hee should Execute the same writt that hee make
it appeare to the Justices of the Provinciall Court to be held at the
Citty of st Maryes the fifteenth day of ffebruary in the sixth yeare

Liber W. C.

of the [Dominion] of the Right Hono^ble Charles Lord Baltemore
&c Annoq Dominj 1680, On w^ch said ffif teenth day of ffebruary
Thomas Vaughan Sheriffe of the County aforesaid made returne
of the precept aforesaid, That by vertue thereof hee hath Measured
the said Salt w^ch did Containe seaven hundred forty seaven Bushells,
and according to the same precept hee hath Delivered the same to
James Derumple

To the Hono^ble The Justices of the Provinciall Court
The humble peticon of Jn^o Browne of
New England Mariner
Sheweth unto yo^r Hono")
That Whereas yo^r Peticon^rs haveing a Cawse depending in this
Hono^ble Court against his Lopp the Lord Prop^ry, and all the At-
torneys of this Court refusing to bee your Peticoners Attorney
Wherefore yo^r peticon^r humbly prayes this Court that hee may
have Councell, and Attorney or Attorneys assigned him to
Plead in his behalfe by reason of yo^r peticoners ignorance in
the Law
And yo^r peticon^rs shall as in duty bound humbly Pray
Which being Read and heard &c^a Itt is Ordered by the Court here
this day (to wit) the Eighteenth day of ffebruary in the Sixth yeare
of the Dominion of the Right Hono^ble Charles Lord Baltemore &c
Annoq Dominj 1680 That Robert Ridgely and George Parker gentt
Attorneys of this Court bee and hereby Assigned Councello" to
the said John Browne to prosecute for him the aforesaid accon
against the Lord Prop^ry in the aforegoeing Peticon mentioned

p. 377