From the Maidstone Assizes

14 March 1676.

49. Writ Capius. (In the common law legal systems, capias ad respondendum (Latin: "that you may capture [him] in order for him to reply") is or was a writ issued by a court to the sheriff of a particular county to bring the defendant, having failed to appear, to answer a civil action against him.)

For James Stakes of Mottingham, victualler, at Maidstone, 27 July 1675, and returned by Sir John Cutler, sheriff.