390        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.

    Liber W. C.  And whereupon the said Marke by Robert Carvile his Attorney
                 complaineth that Whereas the said Symon upon the Ninth day of
      p. 715     August in the yeare of our Lord 1681 by his Certaine bill or write
                 ing Obligatory sealed with the Seale of him the Said Symon and
                 here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare abovesaid,
                 Did acknowledge himself to be bound unto the Said Marke Cordea
                 in the full and just sume of Two thousand ffive hundred pounds of
                 good sound Marchantable tobacco in Caske, to be paid unto the
                 said Marke Cordea his heires Executors Admrs or Assignes att or
                 upon the tenth day of October next ensueing the date of the said
                 bill at Some Convenient Landing in the said County of st Maries,
                 Yett Notwithstanding the said symon Spratling the Said Sume of
                 Two thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco to the said Marke
                 Cordea according to the Tenor of the said bill though often there-
                 unto requested hath not payd or Satisfyed but the same to pay and
                 satisfy hath hitherto denyed and refused and still doth denye and
                 refuse to pay the same to the damage of the said Marke ffive thou
                 sand pounds of tobacco And thereupon he bringeth his suite
                  And the said Symon Spratling by Kenelm Chese!dyn his Attor
                 ney cometh and defendeth the force and injury when &c. and pray
                 eth liberty to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court and it
                 is granted unto him And the same day is given to the plt likewise
                  Now here at this day (to wit) the third day of July in the Eighth
                 yeare of ye Dominion of the Right honoble Charles Lord Baltemore
                 &c. Annoq Doni. 1683. came the said partyes by their Attorneys
                 aforesaid And the said Symon Spratling by his said Attorney sayth
                 that he cannot gainsay the accon aforesaid of the said Marke Cordea
                 nor but that he oweth unto the said Marke the said Sume of two
                 thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco, Itt is therefore Consid
                 ered by the Court here that the said Marke Cordea recover against
                 the said Symon Spratiing aswell the aforesaid Sume of Two thou
                 sand five hundred pounds of tobacco debt as also the sume of Eight
                 hundred ninety and foure pounds of Tobacco for costs of Suite
                 And the deft in Mercy &c.


                 John Rousby Edward Inglish late of Cecill County was sumoned
                    agt to answere unto John Rousby of a plea that he
               Edward Ingiish     render unto him the Sume of seaven thousand two
                            hundred forty foure pounds of tobacco wch to him
                 he oweth and unjustly detaineth
                  And Whereupon the said John in his proper pson sayth That
                 whereas the said John at a Provinciall Court of the Right honoble
                 the Lord Propry that now is held the second day of March in the
                 yeare of our Lord 1681 at the Citty of st Maries before his Lopps
                 Justices of the said Court had recovered against one Joseph Spernon
                 of Cecill County aforesaid the said seaven thousand two hundred