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ing the Estate of the s^d Yardley in this prouince, he being not here,
for satisfaction of the s^d Debt & Dammage, W^ch Attatchm^t was
graunted by Cap^t Will^m Stone then Gouerno^r of this prouince, But
before it was serued the Sheriffe by the instigaon & procurem^t of
Job Chandler, then One of the Councell & of neare relaon to the s^d
Yardley, was expresly Ordered not to take the s^d Estate into his
Custody, as hee was authorized by the Attatchm^t, But to depose it, att
the howse of the s^d Job Chandler w^ch hee accordingly did. After w^ch
immediately succeeded the change of Gouerm^t, by the unhappy de-
feate of the s^d Cap^t Stone, & his Company att Annarundell, During
w^ch my Attorney fearing the exsportaon of the s^d negro's, w^ch was
then all the uisible Estate of the s^d Yardley w^th in this prouince, who
was then allso Deceased in Virginia, Tooke out a new Attatchm^t
from th^t power: w^ch was allso Exequuted by the Sheriffe, but not
taken into his possesⁿ, as it ought, But by the perswasion & pro-

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curem^t of the s^d Job Chandler againe deposited w^th him, uppon an
Obligaon from him & One Goulding to be responsable for the s^d
Negros, untill yo^r Pet^e were satisfyed or further proceedings att
Law determined the business, w^th w^ch Obligaon the Sheriffe ac-
quainted my Attorney, telling him he might proceed att his leisure,
for the Estate was secured in M^r Chandlers hands till further pro-
ceedings att Law determined it. Who thereuppon lett it rest, ex-
specting my returne into this prouince, or that the Gouerment should
againe reuert to itts lawfull authority. Before w^ch hapned, the Wid-
dow of the s^d Yardley & mother in Law to the s^d Chandler & Ouerzee,
hearing of my arryuall in Verginia, where I had occasion to stay
some time before I came into this prouince, hyres or borrows a
Sloope & men of the s^d Ouerzee to export the s^d Estate out of this
prouince, Who knowing the s^d Estate to be attatched, & bayled &
indebted to yo^r Pet^r as afores^d, w^thout any lawfull clearing or
appearance in the suite, notw^thstanding was ayding & assisting to the
exportaon of the s^d Estate out of this prouince, iust att the arryuall
of yo^r Pet^r, before hee had any notice of it, whereby to haue
hindred the same, W^ch otherwise had remayned untill yo^r Pet^r could
haue taken some course for his redresse: Of w^ch hee is now allto-
gether destitute, unlesse he bee releiued in Equity, as hee humbly
conceaues hee ought agst the s^d Chandler & Ouerzee. The One
hauing protected the s^d Estate contrary to the Legall Course of
Attatchm^ts, & after deliuered it up, & permitted it to bee exported,
notw^lhstanding his Obligaon in the hands of the Sheriffe, to the
Contrary as afores^d. And the other for being knowingly ayding &
assisting by his Sloope & man to the exportaon of the same, & uictual-
ling them att his owne howse, when they were goeing out of the
prouince. As allso in Consideraon that the s^d Partyes are since en-
riched, by the s^d Estate, & haue receiued part thereof, in kind back
into this prouince by gwift from the Widdow of the s^d Yarley, W^ch

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