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         deny to the damage of the said Edward ten thousand pounds of Liber N N
         tobacco And thereupon he bringeth his suite.
          And the said Henry Johnson and Elizabeth his wife by Robert
         Ridgely their Attorny came & defend the force & injury when &c
         and the said Henry & Elizabeth nothing in barre Say of the action
         aforesaid of the said Edward wherefore the said Edward against
         the Said Henry & Elizabeth as to the said summe of Seaven thou-
         sand One hundred Sixty One pounds of tobacco remaineth wholly
         undefended Therefore it is considered by the Court here the nine &
         twentith day of November Anno Dom 1676 that the said Edward
         recover against the said Henry & Elizabeth aswell the said Summe
         of Seaven thousand One hundred Sixty One pounds of tobacco his
         debt aforesaid as also the summe of five hundred pounds of tobacco
         cost of suite & the said Henry & Elizabeth in mercy Provided execu-
         tion thereof cease untill the tenth of October next.
                                       Ridgely p deft
                                       C Boteler p quer.
         Mr Ridgely
          Pray confesse judgment for me with a Cessit execution till the
         tenth of October next to Mr English according as he make his
         accompt appeare, pray Act your utmost in the Concerne of
                         Yr ffreind & Servt
         Octob ye 14th 1676.             Henry Johnson

          Upon the Petition of Katherine Wright of Kent County That
         by Douglas and others she had severall goods taken from her felo-
         niously, which as she is informed are in the Custody of Capt Thomas
         Taylor and being much impoverished by the said ifelony doth begg
         Order for delivery of the said goods.
          Now here at this day to wit the eighth day of December 1676 it
         is granted by the Court here that the said Capt Taylor deliver the
         Petitioner her said Goods.

        Joseph Edloe Joseph Edloe of st Maries County planter corn-
            agt plaineth against George Thompson of st Maries
      George Thompson   County Gent otherwise called George Thompson
                     of the County of st Maries One of the Attornyes
         of the Provinciall Court of a plea that he render unto him seaven
         hundred & sixty pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth & unjustly
         deteineth
          And whereupon the said Joseph by Robert Carvile his Attorny
         Saith that whereas the said George the twentith day of March Anno
         167* by his certaine writeing Obligatory Sealed with the seale of p.224
         him the said George and here in Court produced whose date is the
         day & yeare abovewritten did bind himselfe his heirs executrs admrs
         or assignes to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Joseph Edloe