Provincial Court Proceedings, 1681.     9

     Maude by George Parker his Attorney and Offered himself against            Liber W. C.
     the said Ambrose Bailey upon the scire facias aforesaid but the said
     Ambrose Bailey came not but made Default Therefore Itt is Consid
     ered that the said ffrancis Maude have his Execucon against the
     said Ambrose Bailey for his debt & Costs in the scire facias aforesaid
     mentioned, And also that the said ffrancis Maude Recover against
     the said Ambrose Bailey the sume of ffive hundred Thirty ffoure
     Pounds of Tobacco for his costs of suite sithence Laid out and
     Expended

     Thomas Bland Richard Hill late of Ann Arundell County gentl was
         agt attached by a writ of the Right Honoble The Lord
    Richard Hill    Propry of privilidge forth of the Court here issueing
                to answere unto Thomas Bland gent! one of the At
     torneys of the same Court according to the Libertyes & priviledges
     to such like Attorneys and other Officers of the said Court allowed
     of a Plea of Trespas Upon the case
       And Whereupon the said Thomas Bland in his proper pson Com
     plaineth That Whereas the said Thomas is a True and faithfull sub
     ject of his sacred Majesty the King of England that now is, and as a
     true and faithfull subject of the same King of the Late Lord Charles
     the first late King of England and father of the same Lord the
     King that now is from the time of his Nativity hitherto hee hath
     behaved Demeaned and Governed himself, & of good name fame
     Conversacon and Reputacon aswell amongst honoble & Venerable
     psons as others to whom the said Thomas hath been Knowne, and
     with whome the said Thomas hath had any fellowship by all the time
     aforesaid always he hath been held Called & reputed, And also as a
     faithfull and honest man of the Lord Propry of this Province that
     now is and of his ffather Caecilius of noble memory deceased late
     Lord Propry of this Province ever since he came into this Province
     that is to say for the space of Eight yeares last past hitherto he hath
     behaved Demeaned and Ruled himself, without any blemish of any
     fellony Treason falsity Covin deceipt, or any other hurtfull Crime
     or the suspition of the same hath hitherto Remained & Continued
     unhurt untouched and unspotted, And whereas also the same Thomas
     by Reason of his honest Conversacon aforesaid, and his skill and
     Knowledge in Ordering and prosecuting businesses at Law in this
     Province was at a Provinciall Court held at the Citty of St Maryes
     the Tenth day of December in the one and fortyeth yeare of the late
     Right noble Lord Caecilius of Noble memory Annoq Dominj 1672
     was Elected and Constituted one of the Attorneys of the Provinciall
     Court of this Province, and also the same yeare ye Justices of Calvert
     and Ann Arrundll Countyes takeing Notice of the honest Conver
     sacan of the said Thomas and of his skill and Knowledge in ordering
     and prosecuteing businesse at Law Did the same yeare Elect and