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      cometh aswell the said Raymond staple ford by Christopher Rousby Liber W. C.
      his Attorney as the said Timothy Macknemarrah & Sarah his wife
      by Robert Ridgely their Attorney, and the Jurors impannelled being
      Called likewise come (To witt) William Roswell Joseph Pile Wm
      Langworth, Edward Cooke Henry Griffith, William Robson. John
      Phillips, Griffith Jones, Philip Lines John Rosse, Samll Millington
      and John Richardson. Who beiiig elected tryed & sworne to say the
      truth in the premisses Upon theire Oathes doe say that the said
      Raymond stapleford hath sustained damage for ye sayd servant and
      Expended in Costs & Charges about this suite to the Vallue of the
      sume of ffoure thousand Eight Hundred and sixty pounds of To
      bacco Therefore Itt is Considered by the Court here that the said
      Raymond staple ford Recover against the said Timothy Macknemarra
      and Sarah his wife Administratrix as aforesaid the aforesaid sume of
      ffoure thousand Eight hundred and sixty pounds of Tobacco for his
      damages and Costs of suite by the Jurors aforesd in forme aforesaid
      Assessed, And the said Defts in Mercy &Ca

        To the Honoble The Justices of the Provall Court in Court sitting p.
          The humble PeticOn of Jno staples Servant to Mr Christopher
          Rousby
      Sheweth
        That yor Peticoner was Adjudgcd by ths honoble Court in the
      Month of August to serve the said Rousby Seaven Yeares, wch being
      expired Yesterday being the day on wch hee came into this Province,
      And on wch according to the Lawes of this Country yor Peticoner
      ought to be set free
      Yor Peticoner therefore humbly prayes that hee may be
                 set free by his Honoble Court
                            And Yor Peticoner shall pray &c.
        Which peticon being read and heard this day to witt the Second
      day of May in the sixth Yeare of the Dominion of the Right Honoble
      Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Dominj 1681. And the Peticoner
      being present in Court & Alleadgeing that hee ought to serve from
      the time of the arrivali of the shipp in wch hee was brought into
      this Province and not from the time that hee was Adjudged in
      Court Itt is the oppinion and Judgment of this Court That the said
      John staples ought to serve noe longer then from the time of the
      arrivall of the shipp in wch hee was Transported into this Province
      untill the full end, and terme of seaven yeares And Itt is Ordered that
      the said John Staples make appeare the arrivall of the said Shipp in
      wch hee was Transported into this Province as aforesaid

     John ILewellin Thomas Lomax late of St Maryes County gentt
          agt was Attached to Answere unto John ILewellin gentl
    Thomas Lomax of a plea wherefore with force and Armes a Cer
                 tame Tract of Land lyeing in St Maryes County