Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679. 63

Octob^r 13^th 1679
Upon the peticon of Mary Symondes, that in April one thousand
six hundred Seventy seven she came into this Province a servant,
& was sould to M^r Robert Ridgely, & by him assigned to Jacob
Loockerman, & by him sould to Richard Jones who intended to make
her his wife, & bound over his Cropp & gave security for paym^t
for her. And that the said Richard Jones tooke her away from the
said Jacob & sent her to W^m Guithers till he could better provide for
her & marry her, & by that meanes the said Jones had the use of her
body, & that she pressing him the said Jones to marry her according
to his promise, the said Jones promised in the p^rsence of severall
wittnesses to marry her & sett her free That the said Jones is since
run away, & the said Jacob pretending he hath bought her againe of
Jones by y^e Chancelours warrant apprehended her & threatens to
make her serve out her tyme with him And therefore humbly prayed
an order of this Court for her freedome Whereupon Robert Carvile
Attorney for the said Mary Symonds being p^rsent And the said
Jacob producing to the Court here a reassignment of the said Mary
Symonds from the said Richard to the said Jacob Therefore itt is
considered that the said Mary Symonds serve the said Jacob Looker-
man the remainder of the tyme that she hath yet to serve

Octob^r 15^th 1679
Upon the peticon of Gerard Slye Adm^r of the Goods & Chattles of
Richard Chillman deceased, that the said Chillmans bookes of Ac-
compts being much worne out & damnified by carrying them to
County Courts, humbly requested an order of this Court that a true
copy of any Accompt transcribed from the said bookes by the said
Gerard or his booke-keeper, & proved to be a true transcript out of
the aforesaid bookes before any two Justices of the peace or one of
his Lordpp Councell may be taken & judged in any Court of this
Province to be a sufficient proofe of any such accompt so transcribed
& proved as aforesaid Whereupon itt is considered by the Court, that
no Answer be given to the aforesaid petic5n, by reason there is now
in force an Act of Assembly of this Province touching & concerning
the p^rmisses

Liber W. C.

To the Right Hon^ble Charles Absolute Lord & Prop^ry of
this Province, & the Hon^ble Councell
Most humbly sheweth
Unto yo^r Lordpp, that yo^r peticon^r Henry Stocket the Eighteenth
day of June Anno one thousand six hundred seventy Eight being
cast in the Provintiall Court by Robert Peca upon a writt of Error
of a judgem^t obtained by yo^r peticoner against the said Peca in
Ann Arundell County Court, did by George Parker his Attorney
move the Court for a supersedeas & writt of Error to the upper

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