Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.   275




    discharged by James Pattison the assignee and present possessor of Liber C D
    the other fifty acres of Land and the Jury afores.d do upon their Oaths
    further Say That the Said Robert Sheale dyed without any issue of
    his Body Lawfully begotten and left no heir at Law to him the Said
    Robert to Inherit in the Land afores.d nor made any Disposition
    thereof to any pson whatsoever in his life time to the knowledge
    of the Jurors af.' But by what Right or Title the s.d Bridgett dureing
    her widowhood or the Said Gregory & Bridgett Since their Inter
    marriage held the Same or the sd Gregory now holds the Same the
    Jurors aforesaid are wholly Ignorant
            -         John Manley
                                 Commission
                     Robert Carvile
    Stephen Murty sealed  John Noble    sealed
    Stephen Gough sealed  John Bayly    sealed
    Abram Taylor  sealed  Rich.d Birkheadsealed
    John Brown            Tho Nottinghamsealed
    W.m Shercliffesealed  Tho Salmon    sealed
    Ja.8 Pattison sealed  Dan.” Hammond sealed

     Which being Read and heard It is the Judgm.t of the Court here
    this day to wit the 23th day of November in the year of the p. 225
    Dominion of the R.t Hon.ble Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annocp (fol. 273)
    Dom 168o that the fifty acres of Land in the aforegoing Inquisition
    menconed where the Said Robert Sheale dyed Seized is Escheated
    unto his Said Lordship for want of an heir

         To the Hon.blee Justices of the Provinciall Court (fol. 274)
     The humble Petition of Richard Hill Gent Sheweth

     That one Thomas Bland in may 1679 did Exhibit his Bill of
    Comp.lt into this Court ag.t Edward Dorsey & his wife & other
    defend.ts and amongst others that he named defend.ts yo.r Pet.r was
    one that was Served with a Sp.a Returnable 4th may to Answer
    the Said Bill to w.ch your pet.r appeared & haveing appeared and
    perused the Said Comp.lts Bill doth find the Same to be meerly
    Vexatious & to put your pet.r to unnecessary Expences & Charges
    in takeing out Copys of Long pleadings and to putting him to great
    pain & trouble in travelling to the Court about the Same yo.r pet.r
    being no ways concerned or any ways privy to any y.e transactions
    Between the Said p.lt and defend.ts Dorsey and his wife who are
    y.e onely defend.ts haveing denyed all Combination Charged against
    him by the pits with any the other def.ts and the p.lts have So far
    pceeded as they are Ready for a hearing without this defend.ts
    answer So that it is plain that yo.r petition.r is no materiall defend.t
    to the Said Bill