408       Chancery Court Proceedings, 1672.

     Liber P C John Long Complainant  Comand was given unto the
                     agt Sheriff of Charles County that
              Henry Bonner & Elizabeth     he Attach Henry Bonner and
              his wife Administratrix Defts Elizabeth his wife Administra-
              of Walter story deceased trix of the goods and Chattells of
          p. 29   Walter story deceased, so that he have them here this day, to answere
              a certeine Contempt by the Said Henry and Elizabeth Done as it is
              sayd at the suite of John Long because they have not pformed a
              Decree and payd Costs. At which day that is to say the first day of
              October in the 41th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoque
              Domini 1672, came Benjamin Rozer gentl high Sheriff of Charles
              County, and brought the body of the said Henry Bonner here into
              Court, wch Said Henry Bonner prsented to the Cort hs peticion foi-
              lowing, wch the Court ordered to be Recorded vizt
                To his Excellency The Capt Generall and the Rest of the hono :ble
              Councill of the Province of Maryland &c
                The Humble peticion of Henry Bonner and Elizabeth his wife, Ad-
              ministratrix of the goods and Chatties of Walter Story Deceased.
              Humbly Sheweth.
                That whereas at a Court of Chancery held at st Maryes on the
              thirteenth day of ffebruary last past in a certeine matter of Difference
              there Depending, between John Long of London Marchant, and the
              said Henry and Elizabeth his wife a decree passed against them for
              the Sume of Two Hundred forty Eight pounds Eight Shillings
              Seaven pence, Now so it is may it please yor honors that although
              at the time of the granting of the said Decree, there was & stood in
              force an act of Assembly made at St Maryes the 13th day of Aprill
              1669, which said Act did allow and provide that all money Debts then
              already made should be payd in Tobacco after the Rate of three half e
              pence per ti, yet Nevertheless Thomas Notiey Attorney of the said
              John Long doth Refuse to accept of Tobacco at that price offered
              him by yor petr for payment of the said Decree, and likewise the said
              Long hath Refused the money being proffered to him in England,
              in Discharge thereof, And further the said Mr Notley Attorney to
              the said Long doth Deny to accept of any Debts made in Copartner-
              ship betweene Walter story deceased and the said John Long although
              it is adjudged that they were ptners, wherefore by their unjust actions
              herein they make yor poore petrs wholy uncapabie of paymt of the
              Said Debt wch they are ready and willing to doe therefore yor petrs
              humbly craves that yor honors would be pleased to take it into yor
              Considerations and to graunt yor petrs yoT ordr of Court that the said
              Mr Notley Attorney of ye Said John Long may Receive yor petrs
              Tobacco at the Rate mentioned in the said Act of Assembly as afore-
              sayd in full satisfaction of the said Decree, and may be Compelled to
              accept of an Equall share or proportion of the debts made in Copart-
              nership betweene Them towards satisfaction of ye Same.
                And yoT petrs as in Deauty bound shall Ever pray &.c