218   Chancery Court Proceedings, 1678.





       Liber C D  hundred Sixty Six pounds of Tobacco Decreed as af.d and all Costs
              and Charges Sustained in prosecuting the s.d Decree & Damages
              for nonpformance thereof and nonpayment of the Tobacco Decreed
              Such & So much as our Justices of our Said Court Shall adjudge
              Reasonable you haveing first Certified us in our Court af.d of your
              full & whole proceedings in the premisses & what Lands Goods or
              Chattels & to what value you Shall So Sequester and Seize as af.d
              And that you Return Such yo.r Certificate to us in our Court of
              Chancery wheresoever it Shall then be on the nineteenth day of June
              next together with this writt And hereof fail not at your peril Witt
              ness our Self our City of S.t marys y.e Second day of may in the
              first year of o.r Domin.n over our Said province Annoq Domini 1677.

                RC     Lewis Blangy & Mary his wife adm.rs of Disborah Ben
              nett Replevin ad vic Corn Kent ag.t Thomas Brite for 19 head of
              Cattle dat the 13.0 Apr ret 11.th June 1678

           p. 179 GP   John Abbington at the Suit of Bernard Johnson Subp.a
        (fol. 216) ad Test John King & Richard Marsham dat 9.th ret 10.th Aprill 1678

                RC     Charles &C To the Sheriff of S.t marys County Greeting
              Whereas a Certain order or Decree was made before us in our
              Court of Chan.ry Between Thomas Sprigg p.lt & Thomas Trueman
              defend.t bearing date the ninth day of October one thousand and
              Six hund.d Seventy Seven it was thereby for the Reasons therein
              Contained amongst other things Ordered and Decreed that the
              defend.t Thomas Trueman Should pay unto the Comp.lt all Such
              Charges & Damages as the S.d Comp.lt had laid out Expended and
              Sustained by non performance of a Certain agreem.t in the Said order
              menconed to be made Between the p.lt and def.t & in his the Comp.lt
              moveing his family and Stock from his own plantation to the S.d
              Trueman's plantacon & in Seating Building Clearing and fenceing ye
              Same & all other necessary Charges relateing thereunto according
              to the writeing under the hand of Thomas Trueman Deducting
              thereout all Such Sume or Suffis of Tobacco as the S.d Comp.lt had
              or without his willfull Default might have Reced out of the s.d
              plantacon by the percepcon of the profits thereof from the time of
              his Entry thereinto till he left the Same And for as much as it was
              not known to our Said Court what Charge & Damages the S.d
              Comp.lt had laid out & Expended or Sustained by nonperformance
              of the Agreement af.d & in Seating Clearing and Building upon the
              plantacon afores.d & other Charges relating thereunto or what profits
              had been by him received as aforesd and for that the Same was prop
       (fol. 217) erly at the Common Laws by a Jury and accordingly for that purpose
              a writt of Enquiry of Damages was by order of our Said Court
              Ordered to issue to you directed We do therefore Command you