Chancery Court Proceedings, 1676.   193





    y?ein menconed, & made W.m Clawe & John Smalipiece Ex rs & Liber C D
    Shortly after dyed without any heir that the Jurors afores.d know of
      That the S.d Clawe & Smalipiece proved the will & Shortly after
    Smallpiece dyed & the S.d W.m Clawe tooke upon him y.e Executor-
    ship alone as they have heard, And the sd Severall Creditors &
    Legatees of the S.d John Reignolds Sued the S.' Clawe in Chan.ry
    to have a decree of that Court for to Enable the S.d Clawe the Ex.r
    to Sell the Land for paym.t of the S.d debts and Legacys and upon
    the fifth day of may 1675 it was by the high Court of Chancery
    (amongst other things) adjudged & Decreed that the Said Tract
    of Land Called ifresh pond neck Sho.d be Sold & Disposed of for
    paym.t of the Debts & Legacys of the S :d Testator So farr as the
    Same would amount to Satisfie, And that W.m Clawe af.d Should
    hold possess & Enjoy the Same to him & his heirs for Ever against
    all manner of person or persons whatsoever having or pretending to
    have or Claime any Title Right or Interest in or to the Same, And
    that all & Every Gift Grant Bargain & Sales of the premisses by him
    the Said William Clawe made of the premisses to any pson or psons p.
    whatsoever Shall be as effectual & binding to all intents and pur- (fol. 193)
    poses in the Law whatsoever to hold to Such pson or psons & their
    heirs for Ever as if the Said William Clawe had been Legally Vested
    in the Same as in his own proper Right in an Estate in ffee Simple
    as by y.e Records of y.e Said Court to they referr themselves
    may appear And afterwards the Sd W.m Clawe was Slain before the
    Susquahannough ifort, having first made his will & his wife Sarah
    Sole Ex.T8 & yet made no disposition of the S.d ifresh pond Neck
    & that he hath left no heir behind him that they know of
      The Jurors afores.d do further Say they know not of any other
    Lands the S.d John Reignolds dyed Seized of & of what manno.r or
    under what Rents or Services the Sd Lands are holden they are
    altogether Ignorant and they further Say that one Edward Jolly
    did dureing his life & margaret his wife after him, & one John
    Stevens who marryed the sd margaret Jolly & the margaret
    have held & Still do hold & Enjoy the Said Lands and prmisses by
    virtue of a Lease to the Said Edward Jolly made by the S.d John
    Reignolds bearing date the 28.th Decemb.r 1669 under the yearly
    Rent of one thousand pounds of Tob.° wch Lease will Expire about
    Christmas next And the S.d Edward Jolly & margaret Jolly & Jn°
    Stevens have hitherto (as they Say) paid the Lords Rents to the
    Sheriff's of St marys County, And that the S.d one thousand p.ds of
    Tob.° Rent reserved upon the Said Lease was paid for Some time to
    John Reignolds And that there is now three years behind & unpaid
    And that the S.d Jurors do Say the s.d Lands & premisses are worth
    by y.e year one thousand p.ds of Tob.° be under the Lords Rent ac
    cording as the Same is now lett In Testimony whereof as well the S.d









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