Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679. 7

of them the said Edward & Michael here in Court produced whose
date is the same Day & yeare above written, did acknowledge them-
selves to owe & be firmly bounden & indebted unto the said Charles
Gosfright of Calvert County M^r chant in the full & just quantity of
Seven thousand one hundred & Eight pounds of bright & large
Aranocoa tobacco & caske such as the said Charles Gosfright should
like & accept of, to be paid unto the said Charles Gosfright or to his
certaine Attorney his heyres Ex^rs Adm^rs or assignes att the then
dwelling plantacon of him the said Charles or att some other planta-
c5n in the river of Petuxent or on board some Shipp in Petuxent river
att the choice of him the said Charles upon the tenth of Novemb^r
next ensuing the date thereof, for the which paym^t well and truely
to be made, they the said Edward & Michael did binde themselves
& either of them their & either of their heyres Exec^rs & Adm^rs for
the whole & in the whole joyntly and severally firmly by those p^rsents.
Neverthelesse the said Edw^d & Michael the said Sume of Seven thou-
sand One hundred & Eighteene pounds of tobacco unto the said
Charles Gosfright in his life tyme or unto them the said Richard &
George Ex^rs of the last Will & testam^t of the said Charles since his
death according to the tenour of the said writeing obligatory though
often thereunto required have not paid, but the said Sume of Seven
thousand one hundred & Eighteen pounds of tobacco unto them the
said Richard & George to pay hith^rto have denyed, & the said Michael
Taney still doth deny to pay the same, in hinderance of the Execucon
of the Letters testamentary to them by the Hon^ble Philip Calvert Esq^r
Comissary Gen^ll of the Province of Maryland under the right Hon^ble
the Lord Prop^ry &c comitted, whereupon they say they have damage
to the Value of tenn thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon they
bring their suite And the said Richard & George bring here unto
Court their Letters testamentary whereby itt may appeare to the
Court here that they are Ex^rs of the last Will & testam^t of the said
Charles as aforesaid
And the said Michaell Taney by Charles Boteler his Attorney
cometh & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty
to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court & itt is granted
unto him, the same day is given to the plaintiffes also
Now here att this day to witt the Eleventh day of Octob^r in the
fourth yeare of the Dominion of the right Hon^ble Charles Lord
Baltemore &c Annoq Doni 1679 came the said p^lts by their Attorney
aforesaid, & offered themselves against the said Defend^t in the plea
aforesaid, but the said Defend^t came not but made default, Therefore
itt is considered that the said Richard & George Ex^rs as aforesaid
recover against the said Michael Taney as well the sume of Seven
thousand one hundred & Eighteen pounds of tobacco debt As also five
hundred forty foure pounds of tobacco costs of suite. And the
Defend^t in mercy &c^a

Liber W. C.
p. 7