356 Proceeding-s of the Council of Maryland, 1694 97.

      Lib. H. D. the Oath of an Admr was render'd vncapable thereof and by

             his consent the said Lingan the other Attorney had Letters of

             Admrcon granted to him to the vses aforesd and the sd Crau

             fords Admrcon therevpon Revoked & Ordered to Render an

             Acot of his Admrcon to Mr Lingan the present Admr And pur

             suant thereto the sd Lingan exhibitted a Libell in the Commis

             saries Office against the Crauford setting forth that Crauford

             had by Virtue of the former Letters of Admrcon possessed him

             self of the whole Estate, and the better to colour his detaining

             the same, he had perswaded Richard Harrison for to take his

          P. 235 own Obligation for the paymt of 6601 sterl due to the said

             Harrison from the sd Estate, to be paid in three years time,

             and in like manner dealt with some other of the Chief

             Creditors telling them the Estate was much indebted in Eng.

             land and that there would Debts of a higher nature appear,

             therefore would not run the hazard of paying any thing other

             wise than he had proposed; the said suggestion being vtterly

             false, that he could run any hazard having at that time in his

             hands, Effects in Debts, Mortgages Negros', Servants & Cat-

             tell &ca to the Value of above 20001 sterl Wherevpon such

             Proceedings were made in the Commissaries Office that after

             an Answer to the said Libell put in, and a Replication &

             Rejoynder thereon, the Commissary vpon a full hearing of the

             matter on both sides did sentence & decree that the said

             Crauford should Restore into the possession of the Libellant,

             the Negro's, Servants, Cattell &ca And that the Libellant

             should see the sd Crauford discharged & fully released from

             his Bond given to Richard Harrison for the paymt of 660 l

             sterl & in short to reinburse all Chargeshe had been out or

             what Debts he had actually paid, in which the Sd Estate was

             really indebted & incumber'd with however the sd Crau ford not

             resting contented with such a sentence, finding the same would

             totally dispossess him of all, and so he miss of his Aim in

             Enriching himself thereby, gave him occasion to Appeal there

             from, and accordingly moved his Excell in Councill to consti

             tute a Court of Delegates for to Examin the sd sentence &Ca

             to which end & purpose a Commission issued Empowering

             the Delegates therein nominated to Command the whole pro

             ceedings before them & vpon their fully hearing the same, to

             give Sentence accordingly; that the said Court vpon hearing

             the matter did adjudge tht the Agreemt by the James Crau

             ford (former Admr) Entred into for paymt of the aforemen

             tioned Suffle of 660 l sterl to Richard Harrison principall

             Creditor was sufficient discharge to the Estate of the sd John

             Abington decd for so much, and for that Reason did adjudge

             that part of the sentence void whereby the sd Article was dis

             ollowed. Wherevpon the sd Crauford detaining all in his