96        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1681.

  Liber W. C.     ing the said ffrancis the said sume of three thousand pounds of
                  tobacco to him the said Lewis though often that is to say upon the
                  first day of August in the yeare of our Lord 1681 att st Maryes
                  aforesaid, thereunto requested, hath not payd or satisfyed, but the
                  same to Pay and satisfy hath hitherto Denyed & still doth denye and
                  refuse to pay the same to the Damage of the said Lewis five Thou
                  sand pounds of Tobacco And thereupon he bringeth his suite
                  And the said ffrancis Catterson by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorney
                  Cometh and Defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth
                  Liberty to Imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court and It is
                  granted unto him the same Day is given to the plantiffe Likewise
                   Now here at this day To wit the Eighteenth day of November in
                  the sixth yeare of the Dominion of the Right Honble Charles Lord
                  Baltemore &ca Anno Doni 1681 Came the said Lewis Blangey by his
                  Attorney aforesaid and offered himself against the said ffrancis
                  Catterson in the plea aforesaid, but the said ffrancis Catterson came
                  not but made Default, Therefore It is Considered that the said
                  Lewis Blangey Recover against the said Francis Catterson aswell
                  the aforesaid Sume of Three thousand pounds of Tobacco debt as
                  also the sume of six hundred and Tenn pounds of Tobacco for
                  Costs of suite, And the said Deft in mercy &Ca

           p. 479 Thomas Sprigg   Garret Vanswearingen late of the Citty of
                      agt Maryes, Otherwise Called Garret Van-
              Garret Vanswearingen  swearingen of the Citty of St Maryes was
                                 sumoned to answere unto Thomas sprigg in
                  a plea that he Render to him the sume of Two thousand one hun
                  dred & twelve pounds of Tobacco wch to him he oweth and unjustly
                  Detaineth
                   And whereupon the said Thomas Sprigg by Kenelm Cheseldyne
                  his Attorney sayth that whereas the said Garret Vanswearingen the
                  Nine and Twentyeth day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord 1681 Did
                  by his Certaine writeing obligatory sealed with the seale of the said
                  Garret here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare above-
                  said, acknowledg[e] himself Justly indebted unto the said Thomas
                  Sprigg his heires Executors Admrs or assignes in the full and Just
                  Quantity of Two thousand One hundred & twelve pounds of good
                  sound Marchantable Tobacco in Caske To be paid unto the said
                  Thomas sprigg his heires Executors Admrs or assignes att or upon
                  the Tenth day of October next Ensueing the date of the said bill in
                  Calvert County Convenient, To the wch payment the said Garret did
                  binde himself his heires Executors and Admrs firmely by those
                  presents Notwithstanding wch the said Garret the said sume of two
                  thousand one hundred and Twelve pounds of Tobacco to him the
                  said Thomas according to the Tenor of the same bill or Writeing
                  obligatory hath not paid Although often thereunto required but the