292        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682.

    Liber W. C. Pray appeare for me Nicholas Nicholson of Ann Arrundell
                County Marchant and Hester my now wife the Relict and Adminis
                tratrix of the goods Chattles rights Debts and Creditts of William
                Gough late of Ann Arrundell County Marchant deceased this present
                Provinciall Court being the Eight & twentyeth Day of this present
                Month of ffebruary Anno Doni 1681 at the suite of George Gos
                fright of London Marchant and file Comon bayle at his suite and
                upon a Declaration of Three hundred sixty three pounds Nineteen
                shillings & eight pence halfe penny being the ballance of accompts
                between the said George Gos fright & the said William Gough to be
                put in against us at the suite of the said George Gosfright pray
                confess the same by Non sum informatus or otherwise as you
                shall thinke fit Soe that Judgment may be Entered thereupon against
                the Real estate of the said William Gough And for soe doeing
                this Our hands and seales shall be your sufficient Warrant Dated
                the ffifteenth day of ffebruary Annoq Doni 1681
                                       Nicholas Nicholson  (sealed)
                                          signum
                Signed sealed & delivered             Hester x Nicholson  (sealed)
                in the presence of us Wm Goodman
                                George Mar:

                  George Thompson Craves entry of the ffollowing Deposition
                  Thomas Simpson aged sixty six yeares or thereabouts Sworne
                & examined in open Court Sayth that when Mr Jackson lived at
                the Chancellors Creeke wch is about two & thirty yeares agoe they
                comeing over the Land comonly knowne by the name of Scretton
                or Massons, he told this Deponent that the ffresh that ffalls into
                Chesepeak bay that makes the ponds by Turkeyneck was called
                Jacksons ffresh, And further saith that he knew one Capt Brockos
                an Indian that Lived on the said Runn side in the woods. and from
                thence it was afterwards Called by the name of the Indian Quarter
                Runn In the Provinciall Court the sixteenth day of October 1682
                the said Deposition was taken in open Court in the Case of Read vrs
                Peale ats Abington Vers: Thompson as witnesse my hand
                                                  Tho:     Simpson
                                Sworne in Court Wm Cocks Clke

         p. 634 His Lopp The Right honobie The Lord Propry of this of this
                Province Sendeth to his Justices of his Provinciall Court his
                writt of Adjournment of the said Court The Tenor whereof Fol
                loweth in these words: Viz
                  Charles Absolute Lord and Propry of the Provinces of Mary
                land and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c: To our Justices of
                our Provinciall Court Assigned greeting Whereas for certaine
                Causes us moveing Wee have ordained that all pleas writts bills