86         Provincial Court Proceedings, 1681.

     Liber W. C. Nicholag Maneire  John Baker late of St Maryes County otherwise
          p. 468  agt      Called John Baker of the Citty of St Marys
                 John Baker Gentt was sumoned to answere unto Nicholas
                  Maneire of a plea that he hold to him the cove
                 nant according to the force forme and effect of Certaine Articles of
                 agreement betweene them made,
                  And Whereupon the said Nicholas by Robert Carvile his Attorney
                 sayth that Whereas by Certaine Articles of agreement Indented made
                 the five and twentyeth day of September in the yeare of our Lord
                 One Thousand six hundred and eighty betweene the said John Baker
                 of the one part & the said Nicholas Maneire of the other part One
                 part whereof signed the seale of the said John Baker the said
                 Nicholas bringeth here into Court Whose date is the day & yeare
                 abovesaid Itt is Witnessed that the said John Baker being posessed
                 of a Certaine Plantacon at st Jerornes in the said County Called
                 Warners Plantacon & the said Nicholas and his wife being then at
                 present destitute of a place of abideing, And haveing one servant of
                 his owne It was thereby Covenanted Concluded and agreed upon
                 betweene the said partyes that the said Nicholas should forthwith
                 with his said wife & servant together wth his Child Enter upon the
                 said Plantacon and there should live & remaine for & Dureing the
                 space of ffive yeares if the said Nicholas should soe long live Dureing
                 such time the said Nicholas should and all those undr him should
                 Mannage Till and Manure the said Plantacon to the best advantage
                 that he could or might In all wch time the said John Baker his heires
                 Executors or Admrs should have and receive the one half e & Cleare
                 Moyety of all & singuler the graine and things that should be made
                 upon the said plantacon Except what should be for the Necessary
                 provision of him the said Nicholas & his wife & all his family upon
                 the said Plantacon, And the said John Baker should then Imediately
                 put on one servant with the said Nicholas & him or some other finde
                 in his place dureing the said Terme of five yeares, And also the said
                 John after the Tenth day of January then next Should provide and
                 put on with the said Nicholas one other servant & the said Two
                 servants maintaine & uphold untill the said five yeares should be
                 Compleated and Ented (that is to say) If either of the said servants
                 should Dye or be ffree the said John Baker to finde others in their
                 Roomes after Convenient time of Notice thereof from the said
                 Nicholas Also the said John Baker to finde the said two servants in
                 Clothes Dureing the said time, That the said John Baker should
                 allowe and finde to the said Nicholas three horses a plough and a
                 Cart, Also in Two yeares foure steers to be broke to the Yoake by
                 the said Nicholas, also to deliver to the said Nicholas for the Pro
                 vissions of his Two servants the Then yeare ffive barrells of Come
         p. 469  and Two hundred weight of meate, & Also to furnish the said
                 Nicholas with what Come & Meate he should have Occasion for that