Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.  297




           To Mr George Parker One of the Attornyes of  Liber M M
                  his Lopps Provinciall Court.

        I pray appeare for me at the suite of Mr William Gittings and
      receive a declaration upon an Obligation of Sixteene thousand
      pounds of tobacco and confesse judgment for five thousand pounds
      of tobacco which is the remainder of the said condition with stay
      of execution untill the last day of December and for your so doeing
      this shall be your sufficient warrant Given under my hand the six-
      tenth day of April Annocp Dom 1674.

Sealed and delivered in         John Gittings (Sealed.)
        the presence of
        Wm King
        John Henworth
        Thomas How

     John Browne
         agt   this cause continued untill next Court.
     William King

     John Warr Henry Exon late of St Maries County otherwise called p. 220
         agt Henry Exon of St Maries County in the Province of
    Henry Exon Maryland was summoned to answer unto John Warr
               in a plea that he render unto him the summe of two
               thousand five hundred and eighty pounds of tobacco
               which to him he oweth and unjustly deteineth
        And whereupon the said John Warr by Kenelm Cheseldyn his
      Attorny saith that whereas the said Henry the seventh day of June
      in the yeare 1673 did by his certaine writeing Obligatory sealed
      with the seale of the said Henry here in Court produced whose
      date is the same day and yeare abovewritten bind himself e his heirs
      executors and administrators to pay or cause to be paid unto the
      said John Warr merchant or his assignes the just quantity of two
      thousand five hundred and eighty pounds of tobacco sound and
      merchantable with caske to containe the same in to be paid the same
      in ditto County at or upon the 10th of October next ensueing the
      date thereof notwithstanding which the said Henry the said summe
      of two thousand five hundred and eighty pounds of tobacco accord
      ing to the tenor of the said bill hath not paid though often thereunto
      required but the same hath and still doth deny to the damage of
      the said John Warr foure thousand pounds of tobacco And there
      upon he bringeth his suite
        Afterwards to witt the 16th day of April in the 42th yeare of the
      Dominion of Caecilius &c came the said Henry by Robert Carvile
      his Attorny and defendeth the force and injury when &c and prayed
      liberty of speaking hereunto untill this day to witt the twelfth day