Chancery Court Proceedings, 1673-74.     431

    powered to Examine witnesses upon oath on Either pt, and to meete Liber P C
    at such times and place as they in their Judgemt shall think fit, at
    wch time of such their meeting the ptyes Complt & Defendts in this
    Cause are hereby Comanded to attend them with their paps and wit-
    nesses that so being fully satisfyed of the truth of the promises they
    may with all Convenient speed Report to the Court here how much
    they finde due from the Defendts Howell and Gouldsmith to the
    Estate of Wright and the Court will Decree the same to the Complt
    according to the said Report.
      Caecilius absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Mary-
    land and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltamore &c To our Trusty and
    welbeloved Samuell Chew and Thomas Taylour Esqs Justices of
    our high Court of Chancery in our said Province of Maryland
    Greeting, whereas at a Court of Chancery held at our Citty of st
    Maryes the Tenth day of ffebruary in the 42th year of our Dominion
    over our said Province and in the yeare of our Lord God One
    Thowsand six hundred seaventy and three, and there Continued untill
    the thirteenth day of the same ffebruary before our Justices for the
    holding the same assigned Betweene Margaret Perry Complt &
    Thomas Howell George wells and Johanna Gouldsmith Defendts
    an ordr of our said Court in the said Cause passed in these words
    (vizt) The hono :ble Philip Calvert Esq Chancelor of this Province
    and William Calvert Esq having made their Report to the Court here
    undr their hands and scales according to an ordr of this Cott to them
    Directed bearing date the Eighth day of Aprill last past which was to
    inspect the paps in this Cause and to make Report to the Court here
    whether the Administrators of ffrancis Wright had Exhibited a
    true and pfect Inventory of the Estate of the said ffrancis into the
    office for probate of wills &c as they ought to have Done which Re-
    port being Read the Court ordered the same to stand, unaltered, and
    that publication imediately passe in this Cause, and that the honoble
    Samuel Chew and Thomas Taylor Esqs both Members of this p. 50
    Court be and are hereby apointed auditors to audite state & Examine
    the account of the Defendto, Howell and Goldsmith of the Estate
    of the said Wright, and that the said Auditors have Coppyes of all
    paps attested by the Register that are now filed by Either pty in this
    Cort which they are to puse, and that they may fully understand the
    Truth in the prmises they are Empowered to Examine witnesses
    upon oath on Either pt, and to meet at such times & place as they
    in their Judgemts shall thinke fit at wch time of such their meeting
    the ptyes & Complt and Defendts in this Cause are hereby Comannded
    to attend them with their paps and witnesses that so they being fully
    satisfyed of the truth of the premises they may with all Convenient
    speed Report to the Court here how much they finde due from the
    Defendts Howell and Gouldsmith to the Estate of Wright, and the
    Court will Decree the same to the Complt according to the said