394        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.

      Liber W. C. Bryan Dailey & Rebecca his wife John Stevens late of Kent County
                 & James Pattison Executors Otherwise called John Stevens of
                  of Jno Askinst Maries County Planter was
                     agt               Sumoned to answere unto Bryan
                 John SteevensDailey and Rebecca his wife and
                       James Pattison Exrs of the last
                 Will and Testament of John Askin of a plea that he render unto
                 them Two thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco wch from them
                 he unjustly detaineth
                  And Whereupon the said Bryan Dailey and Rebecca his wife
                 and James Pattison by Robt Carvile their Attorney Say that Whereas
                 the said John Steevens upon the four and twentyeth Day of Aprill
                 in the yeare of Our Lord 1677 by his Certaine bill or writeing
                 obligatory sealed with the seale of him the said John Steevens and
                 here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare abovesaid,
      p. 718     Did Confess and acknowledge himself to be bound to the Said
                 John Askin in the full and Just Sume of Two thousand foure
                 hundred pounds of good sound Marchantable tobacco and Caske
                 to be paid by the Tenth day of November then next at his the said
                 John Steevens owne plantacon, Yett notwithstanding the the said
                 John Steevens the said Sume of Two thousand foure hundred
                 pounds of Tobacco to him the said John Askin in his life time or
                 to the said Rebecca and James since the death of the said John
                 Askin whilst the said Rebecca was sole or to the said Bryan Dailey
                 and Rebecca his wife and James Pattison since the Espousalls
                 betweene them the said Bryan and Rebecca had and solemnized
                 though often thereunto required hath not paid 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
                 Bryan Dailey and Rebecca his wife and the said James Pattison
                 the sume of Six thousand pounds of tobacco and thereupon they
                 bring their Suite
                  And the said Bryan and Rebecca his wife and the said James
                 Pattison bring here into Court their Letters Testamentary by wch
                 it may appeare to the Court here they are Executors and have
                 Administracon &c.
                  And the said John Steevens by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorney
                 cometh and defendeth the force and injury when &c. and prayeth
                 liberty to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court and it is
                 granted unto him And the same day is given to the plt also.
                  Now here at this day (to wit) the second day of July in the
                 Eighth yeare of Our Dominion of the Right Honoble Charles
                 Lord Baltemore &c. Annoq Doni 1683 Came the said partyes by
                 their Attorneys aforesaid, And the said John steevens by his said
                 Attorney Sayth that the said Bryan and Rebecca his wife and James
                 Pattison Executors of the last will and Testament of the said John