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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
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       said Comp.lt and his heires for Ever against the said Robert Atchinson and
       his heires for ever according to the true intent and meaning of the said bargaine
       and agreement and that processe of subpœna might thereout bee Awarded
       against the said Defend.ts appeared and to Answere make of all & singular
       the p.rmisses the w.ch being granted and Wee being informed that the said Sam.ll
       was soe weake and the said Robert a tender infant  That they could not
       travell to our said Court to answere the said bill without greate Danger
       of theire heath Wee therefore comisserateing there condicon and
       Reposeing especiall trust and confidence in the fidelity of James
       Ringold of Kent County gentl Did give him free power & authority
       dilligently to examine the said Samuell and Robert upon y.e matter of
       the said bill (haveing first examined the said Robert if hee Did
       elect and chuse the said Samuell to bee his Guardian to Answere
       for him with power to the said James the said Samuell if chosen by the
       said Robert to bee his Guardian to admitt and the said Samuell and
       Robert to the matter of the said bill upon the Oath of the said bill Sam.ll
       upon the holy Evangelists that hee should dillegently examine and the
       answere of the said Sam.ll and Robert by the said Samuell his Guardian
       that hee should receive and reduce the same into writeing and the same
       send to us in our Court of Chancery without delay, And now here at this
       day to witt the Seaventh day of October in the fourth yeare of our
       Dominion Over our said Province Annoq Dominij 1679  The said
       James Ringold made returne of our said Comission to him Directed to us
       in our Court of Chancery close sealed up  The said Comission the said
       Comission being indorsed that the execucon thereof appeareth in a
       Certaine answere thereunto annexed  And under the said answere to
       the said Comission annexed the said James Ringold Certifieth that the
       Eight and twentieth day of September 1679 psonally appeared before
       him the Defendent Robert Atchinson and close the Defend.t Sam.ll Tovery
       to bee his Guardian to Defend that suite, and the said Defend.t Sam.ll for
       himselfe, and as Guardian to the said Robert being Duely sworne upon
       the holy Evangelists before him, The said Defend.ts answere and say that
       they beleive it to bee true that the said Vincent Atchinson in the bill named
       and Hanah his wife in Right of the said Hannah were in theire life times
       seized in theire Demeasne as of Fee of and in all that tract of land
       called Colchester, Lyeing in Talbott County formerly now in Kent
       County Containing by estimacon One thousand acres, and that being soe
       seized it may bee true that they the said Vincent and Hannah Did for
       the consideracon of the sume of tenn thousand pounds of tobacco to them
       to bee paid by the Complaynant about the time in the bill for that
       purpose menconed contract and agree to sell and Convey y.e said land to
       the Complaynant his heires and assignes for ever in such manner &
       forme as in the said bill is sett forth, and it may bee true the s.d Comp.lt
       did pay unto the said Vincent Atchinson some part of the consideracon
       for the said Land, But whether hee paid the sume of seaven thousand pounds
                                                                                                          of


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