Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.   249





    of the S.d Jeremiah Shulivant, to yo.r Lopps Receivers for yo.r Liber C D
    Lordshipp's use &c
      Therefore yo.r Petition.rs do humbly Request that yo” Lopp would
    be favourably pleased to Grant them a Patent of Confirmacon of
    the S.” Severall parcells of Land in their own names or by any other
    ways or means as yo.r I2tp Shall think best So that they have the
    Same Confirmed & Settled upon them their heirs & assigns for Ever
                 And as in duty Bound they Shall pray &c
      Underneath the above petition was written viz.t
      Let Mandamus issue of the Secretarys office to Enquire con
    cerning a parcell of Land Lying in Ann Arundell County in Herring
    Creek W.Ch formerly belonged Jeremiah Shulivant deed Given this
    Seventh day of June 1679.         C: Baltemore
    To the Chief Clerke of the office

      Charles &c To James Ringold Gent Greeting Whereas John (fol. 243)
    Baker of S.t marys City hath Exhibited a Certain Bill before us in
    our Court of Chan.ry against Samuell Tovey Adm.r of the Goods &
    Chattells of Vincent Acheson & Robert Acheson Son & heir of the
    s.d Vincent and Hannah Acheson deced an Infant under the age of
    one & Twenty Years by the S.” Samuell Tovey his Guardian And
    Whereas we have lately by our writt of Subpoenna Commanded them
    the s.d Samuell & Rob.t that they Should be before us in our S.d
    Court of Chan.ry without delay to Answer the S.” Bill & the S.”
    Samuell being So weake & the s :d Rob.t a Tender Infant that they
    Cannot Travell to our Court af.d to Answer y.e Said Bill will without
    Great danger of their health as we are Informed. We Comiserateing
    the Condicon of the sd Samuell & Robert & Reposeing Great Trust &
    Confidence in yo.r fidelity do Give you full power & Authority
    diligently to Examine the s.d Samuell Tovey & Robert Acheson upon
    the matter of the s.d Bill, And therefore we Comand you that at Such
    Certain day & place as to you Shall Seem meet you go to ye S.d
    Samuell & Robert if they Cannot come Conveniently to you (having
    first Examined the s.d Rob.t if he do Elect & Chuse the s.d Samuell
    Tovey to be his Guardian to Answr for him & the s.d Samuell So
    Chosen you admitt as Guardian to the s.d Robert) and them the s.d
    Samuell & Robert upon the matter of the Bill af.” upon the Oath
    of the S.” Samuell before you to be taken upon the holy Evangelists
    you diligently Examine & the Answers of the sd Sam.” & Robert by
    the S.d Samuell his Guardian you receive & Reduce the Same into
    writeing and when you have So taken the Same you Send the Same
    to us in our Cort of Chan.ry w.thout delay wheresoever it Shall then p.203
                                                 (fol. 243)
    be Sealed up under your Seale & this writt Wittness our Self at our
    City of S.t Marys the third day of July in the fourth year of our
    Dominion over our Said Province of Maryland Annoq Domini 1679