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Our Lord 1692 At Monocan within the Jurisdiction of this Court was

indebted to the Said Peter the Sum of Six hundred pounds of tobacco

for Six Attorneys fees in Somerset County Court, & the sd James to the sd

Peter in manner afd being indebted did assume upon him Self and

to the Said Peter faithfully promise that he the sd James the sd Sum of

Six hundred pounds of tob. would well & truely Content & pay Neverthe

less the said James his promise & Assumption afd not regarding but

minding & fraudulently intending him the sd Peter in this behalf

to deceive & defraud the Same to the sd Peter hath not paid but hath

hitherto refused & doth Still refuse to the damage of the Said Peter of

1200 Pounds of tobacco & thereupon he brings this Sute

              Dent propria p^rsona. Plegs &ca. Jn^o Doe

                                                                                 Rich Roe }

              Jan^ry Court. 1689 James Berry D^r

              To fees in 3 accons at Sute of                         Per Contr C^r

              Poole & Millman . —           } -- 300

June Cr^t 91 to a fee at Sute of Whaples — 100

7ber Crt 92 to a fee agt Donnam Olandman. – 100 }

                 to a fee ads of y^r Matys. — 100

                                                                          600

                                           P Dent

        The aforesd Decl being read & the abovesd acco^t proved in Court by

        the Oath of sd Dent. judgm^t was Confest p^r dfts Attorney Jones

        p^r Non Sum Informatus The Wor^ll Court grants Order thereon w^th

        Cost alias Executio

George Layfield Esq^r Plg         Somerset County Ss

Walter Talbott Dfend^t }      Walter Talbott late of this Couty Planter

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~             was Sumoned to answer unto Geo. Layfield

Esq^r of a plea that he render unto him the quantity of thirty bushels of good

wheat & five hundred pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth & unjustly

Deteineth &ca. — And whereupon the Said George by Peter Dent his

Attorney Saith that the Said Walter the 14^th. day of June in the year of

our Lord 1693. at Pocomoke within the Jurisdiction of this Court by his

Certain Writeing under the hand & Seal of him the sd Walter bearing

date the day & year abovesd, acknowledged him Self to be justly indebted

unto the sd George y^e q^ty of 30 bushels of good wheat & five hundred pounds

of tobacco to be pd to the sd George at Snow hill y^e 10^th of october ensueing

the date of the sd writeing Nevertheless the sd Walter the sd Sum of thirty

bushels of wheat & five hundred pounds of tobacco, according to y^e tenour

of the Said writeing hath not paid to the damage of y^e sd George of 2500

pounds of tobacco & thereon he brings his Sute &ca. Jn^o Doe

                                           Dent p^r Que^r Plegs &ca    Rich Roe

June y^e 14^th. 1693. I Walter Talbott Planter doe Oblige my Heirs or

Assigns to be justly indebted unto George Layfield Gent^l. both of Somerset

County & to his Heirs or Assigns y^e quantity of thirty bushels of good

Sound Merchantable wheat & five hundred pounds of good Sound –

Merchantable tobacco without trash as Snow hill to be paid the tenth –

of October next ensueing the date above upon the double penalty above

Specified as Witness my hand & Seal y^e 14^th of June 1693, and likewise