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     ye originall writ of him the said Gerrard he the said James payd         Liber W. C.
     unto the said Gerrard the said sume of Two thousand Nine hundred
     thirty and Eight pounds of tobacco in the Declaracon & writ men
     tioned, and this he is ready to averre and Prayeth Judgment if the
     Plantiffe his accon aforesaid against him Ought to have
       And the said Gerrard Slye sayth that he the said Gerrard Ought
     not to be barred from haveing his action aforesaid against the
     said James Mills for that he sayth that the said James Mills before
     the sueing out the Originall writ in this action did not pay unto
     the said Gerrard Slye the said sume of two thousand nine hundred
     thirty and Eight pounds of tobacco in the declaration and writ
     Mentioned, and of this he Putts himself upon the Country.
       Now here at this day to wit the fourth day of March in the
     seaventh yeare of the Dominion of the Right honoble Charles Lord
     Baltemore &c Annoq Doni. 1681 Came the Said Gerrard Slye by
     Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorney and Offered himself against the
     said James Mills in the Plea aforesaid, but the said James Mills
     Came not but made default Therefore It is Considered by the
     Court here that the Said Gerrard Slye Recover against the said
     James Mills as well the aforesaid sume of Two thousand Nine
     hundred thirty and Eight pounds of tobacco debt as also the Sume
     of ffive hundred thirty six pounds of tobacco for costs of suite and
     ye deft in mercy &ea

     John Pinke  Thomas Jones late of Somersett County was Sum
       agt toned to Answere unto John Pinke Marchant of a
   Thomas Jones    plea that he Render unto him his Reasonable accompt
               for the time he was the Receiver of the Goods &
     tobacco of him the said John & wch to him to Render he ought
       And whereupon the said John Pinke by Robert Carvile his Attor
     ney sayth that whereas the aforesaid Thomas Jones had beene Re
     ceiver of the tobacco and goods of the said John Pinke from the
     Eleaventh day of October in the yeare of our Lord 1680 untill the
     eighth Day of January then next Ensueing, and by the same time            p. 519
     had received of the Tobacco and goods of the said John Pinke att
     Sornersett County aforesaid, by the hands of Charles Hutchins the
     sume of ffoure hundred thirty and Eight pounds of tobacco, and by
     the hands of the seaverall Persons hereafter named the Seaverall
     Quantyes of Porke hereafter mentioned that is to Say of Leonard
     Jones One hundred ninety nine pounds of porke of ditto Jones.
     Three hundred and Nineteene pounds of Porke Of John Browne
     ffive hundred and tenn pounds of Porke of George Andrew One hun
     dred thirty three pounds of Porke of Peter Colloway Two hundred
     sixty and two pounds of Porke, Of Charles Hutchins Two thousand
     five hundred and fifty pounds of Porke Of Joseph Thompson three
     hundred thirty Eight pounds of Porke, Edward ffisher Six hundred
     pounds of Porke, of Thomas Daniel six hundred and twenty pounds