364        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

            Liber N N  Attorny cometh & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth
                   liberty to imparle hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court and it
                   is granted him the same day is given to the said ffrancis.
                    Now here at this day to witt the eighth day of December in the
                   Second yeare of the Dominion of Char!es Lord Baltemore &c Annoq
                   Dom 1676 Came the said ffrancis by his Attorny aforesaid but the
                   Said Nehemiah came not but made default Whereupon it is granted
                   by the Court here that the said ffrancis recover against the said
                   Nehemiah Blakiston aswell the summe of Six thousand nine hun-
                   dred & twenty pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the
                   summe of five hundred fifty One pounds of tobacco costs of suite &
                   the said Nehemiah in mercy.

              Moyes executrs
                      this cause continued untill next Court by
                      agtconsent of the Attornyes for the plts &
              Morgan Jones admr of deft
              John Harrington
               P. 223 Edward English admr  Henry Johnson and Elizabeth his wife
               John Allenadministratrix of Nathaniel Vtie de
                    agtceased were attached to answer unto
              Henry Johnson & Elizabeth Edward English administratr of John
                                     his wife admrx Nath: Vtie. Allen of Cecil County merchant de-
                                     ceased of a plea of trespas upon the case.
                    And whereupon the said Edward by Charles Boteler his Attorny
                   complaineth that whereas the said Nathaniel in his life time to wit
                   the first day of April 1675 accompted with John Vanheck admr of
                   the goods & chattells of the said John Allen deceased and upon the
                   ballance of all accounts betweene the Said Nathaniel & the said Van-
                   heck as Administratr of the said Allen the said Nathaniel was found
                   indebted to the estate of the Said John Allen the summe of Seaven
                   thousand One hundred Sixty & One pounds of tobacco the said
                   Nathaniel did assume upon himselfe & to the said John Vanheck
                   did faithfully promise that he the said Nathaniel the said summe of
                   Seaven thousand One hundred Sixty One pounds of tobacco to him
                   the said John Vanheck would well & truly content and pay Yet the
                   aforesaid Nathaniel the said summe of Seaven thousand One hun-
                   dred Sixty One pounds of tobacco to him the said John Vanheck in
                   his life time nor to the said Edward since his death to whom adminis-
                   tracon of all & Singular the goods Chattells & Creditts of the said
                   John Allen Since his death hath been Committed according to his
                   promise hath not paid nor the said Henry and Elizabeth since the
                   death of the said Nathaniel the said Summe of Seaven thousand
                   One hundred sixty One pounds of tobacco to him the said Edward
                   though often thereunto required hath not paid or satisfied but the
                   same to pay & Satisfie hath refused and denyed & as yet doe refuse &