148      Provincial Court Proceedings, 1681/1682.

Liber W. C.     of Porke, of Thomas Clarke One hundred fifty six pounds of Porke,
                a Noate undr his the said Thomas's hand to pay the said John Pinke
                ffoure hundred and twenty pounds of Porke All wch seaverall quan
                tityes of Porke doe in the whole Amount to the sume or Quantity of
                six thousand One hundred & sixteene pounds of Porke To Render a
                reasonable accompt for the same to the said John Pinke when he
                should be thereunto Required Neverthelesse the said Thomas Jones
                though often required the same Reasonable Accompt to the same
                John Pinke hath not as yet Rendered but the same to him hitherto
                to Render he hath denyed & still doth denye whereupon the said John
                Pinke sayth he hath Damage and Losse To the vallue of twelve
                thousand pounds of tobacco And thereupon he bringeth his suite
                  And the said Thomas Jones by Robert Ridgely his Attorney
                cometh and Defendeth the force and Injury when &c. and Prayeth
                liberty to imparle hereunto untill next provinciall Court & it is
                granted unto him the same Day is given to the Plantiffe Likewise
                  Att wch said next Provinciall Court to wit the second day of March
                in the seaventh yeare of the Dominion of the Rt honoble Charles
                Lord Baltemore &c. Annop Doni 1681 Came the said Partyes by
                their Attorneys aforesaid and the said Thomas Jones by his said
                Attorney sayth that the said John Pinke his accôn aforesaid against
                him the said Thomas ought not to have because he sayth that he
                doth not denye but that he was Receiver of the Tobacco and Porke
                of him the said John from the said Eleaventh day of October in
                the said Declaracon mentioned untill the Eighth day of January
                then next following, & by the said time had Received of the Porke
                of him the said John to Render an accompt thereof according to
                the forme and effect of a Certaine writeing of agreement betweene
                them the said John Pinke & Thomas Jones made bearing date the
                Twelfth day of October in the yeare aforesaid by the said Jones
                Signed sealed & to the said John delivered By wch it was witnessed
                that the said Deft did then Receive from the said Plantiffe bills and
                accounts amounting to the sume of six Thousand One hundred &
                sixteene pounds of Porke, Itt was then agreed betweene the said
                Pinke and the said deft that the said deft should use his Endeavors
                to receive the said seaverall sumes of Porke to his owne use and
                behoofe, & what he the said deft should not receive he the said deft
                should give the said John timely notice by the Three and twentyeth
                day of November next Ensueing the date of the same writeing, and
                after such notice given the said John should in tenn dayes time
                himself goe and deliver or Cause to be delivered the said Seaverall
                sumes of Porke ffor wch said seaverall sume or sumes soe Received
                the Said Thomas did binde himself his heires &ca to pay unto the
                said John or his ordr the sume of ffifteene shillings sterling for
                every hundred Soe received, Either in Ready money or else in good
                bills of Exchange for the Island of Barbadoes, & if neither Money
                nor bills of Exchange for the said Island of Barbadoes could be