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Court and Testamentary Business, 1643. 265
Capt Tho. Cornwaleys Esq humbly prayeth that Peter draper Liber P. R. Attorny of Leonard Calvert Esq may be ordered to deliver to the petr a certaine Protest of a bill of exchange agst the petr by the said Leonard Calvert, the petr having made tender of full satisfaction to the said Attorny, by discompting so much of a iudgmt recovered by the petr agst the said Leonard Calvert.
John Lewger attorny for his Lop prayeth that the exequution of a sentence given by a County Cort in Kent touching certaine cattell claymed by richard thomson as assigne of willia Clay- borne be respited, till the iudgmt have beene reviewed in a provinciall Court: & his Lops attorny beene heard in the cause: And that the cattell be attached in the possessors hand, till he hath shewed good cause why his Lop should not recover the cattell in right of the said will. Claybornes forfeiture by attainder granted by the Leiutent Grall. 1643 p. 152 March 18. Richard Bennett of
John Lewger attorny for the Lo: Propr. complaineth agst Tho. Cornwaleys Esq, for that whereas by the L Generall there was a writt awarded for the attaching of 7000 l tob of the goods of Leonard Calvert Esq. to answere to the suit of mrs margar. Brent on the behalfe of Mary Kitomaqund orphan, in an action of debt to that value; the said Tho. Cornwaleys said in open Court that it (meaning the attachrnt) was done to defend a certaine action of his the said Tho. Cornw: & that the tob attached was to be or would be sent home to the said Leon. Calver[t] or words to that purpose, to the great contempt & defaming of his Lops govermt & iustice in the pvince; and therefore prayeth that &c. the said Tho: Cornwaleys denieth that he did name or meane the writt or attachm. but only said that he supposed the petion of mrs margar. Brent was pretended to defraud him of his right to the tobaccos. And Edward Packer deposed that the said Tho. Cornwaleys said these words or to this purpose [it was done to defraud him of his right.] And the Leiutent grall adiudged that the said Tho. Corn waleys be imprisoned without baile for 3. weeks And after taking notice of his occasions to England released the im prisonmt
warrt delivered in to Capt Cornwaleys vpon paine of 4000 l tob, before 1st may next to deliver to L. G. or (in
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