28        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677.

              Liber N N Jonathan Squire admr Jno
                                   Morecroft
                                      agt
                     Lewis Blangy & UXr admtx
                      Tobias Wells
                                  Joseph Hext
                                      agt
                                  Pope Alvey
                                  Peter Sayer
                                      agt
                     James Thomison.

                p. 326 Wm Dare admr Humphrey Jones late of St Maries County other
                      J n° Parker wise called Humphry Jones now resideing in
                        agt     Petuxent River in Calvert County was Sumoned
                     Humphrey Jones to answer unto Wm Dare admr of the goods &
                                chattels of John Parker deceased of a plea that
                     he render unto him nine hundred & fifty pounds of tobacco which
                     from him he unjustly deteineth.
                      And whereupon the said Wm by Robert Carvile his Attorny Saith
                     that whereas the said Humphry the nine & twentith day of May in
                     the yeare of Our Lord One thousand six hundred Sixty nine by
                     his certaine writeing Obligatory sealed with the Seale of him the
                     said Humphry & here in Court produced whose date is the same day
                     & yeare abovewritten did grant himselfe bound to the said Jno Parker
                     now deceased his heirs executrs admrs & assignes in a penall summe
                     of nine hundred & fifty pounds of good merchantable tobacco &
                     caske to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Jno Parker his heirs
                     executrs or assignes the full & just summe of foure hundred Seventy
                     & six pounds of like merchantable tobacco & caske as abovesaid at or
                     before the tenth day of October next ensueing the date of those
                     pTsents Yet the Said Humphry the said summe of nine hundred &
                     fifty pounds of tobacco to the said Jno in his life time nor to the
                     said Wm admr to the said John hath not paid though often thereunto
                     required but the same to pay hitherto hath & still doth altogether
                     refuse & deny to pay the same whereupon the said John Saith he is
                     dampnified & hath losse to the value of twelve hundred pounds of
                     tobacco And thereupon he bringeth his suite. And the said Wm
                     brings here in Court the Letters Testamentary of the said Johns
                     estate by which it may appeare to the Court here that he is admr &
                     hath right of administration
                      And the said Humphry by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorny cometh
                     and defendeth the force & injury where &c & prayeth liberty to im
                     parle hereunto until the next Court & it is granted him the same day
                     is given to the said Wm Dare
                      Att which next Court to witt the three & twentith day of June