Chancery Court Proceedings, 1678.  521

          Att a Court of Chancery held att the Citty of S :t Marycs Liber P C
       the Seventeenth day of October in the third yeare of the
       Dominion of the right Hox.ble Charles &c Annoq Doni
       One thousand Six hundred Seventy Eight Present
                   Philip Calvert Esq.r Chancelour

       Th H .ble W.m Calvert Esq.T Principall Secry
            e on.  Thomas Taillor Esq.r

                   Henry Coursey Esq.r
                                    Nic. Painter Cl

    Bernard Johnson Compiti Between Bernard Johnson Complt and
    agt John Abington Defendt This cause come-
    John Abington Dcfendt j ing on in the Docquet of causes this day
    to be heard and debated in the presence of Robert Ridgley Attorney
    for the Complt and George Parker Attorney for the Defendent And
    the Comp :lts bill and Replicacon and the Defend :ts Answere being
    openly read and heard and upon hearing and debateing thereupon,
    That the said John Abington had and hearing what could be al-
    noe Right nor Title in Law to the leadged on either side, itt did
    aforesaid Tract of Land And itt sufficiently appeare and the whole
    being sufficiently proved to the Court were fully satisfied that the
    Court here, said John Ablington did asume
    upon himselfe and faith fully promise the Comp :1t that if the said
    Comp'lt would stand Tryall with the heyres of Thomas Letchworth
    deceased for the Tryall of the Title of the said Land and should
    thereupon be Ejected that then hec the said John Abington would
    repay unto the said Johnson the purchase money for the said Land
    only deducting thereout, so much as the said Abington had really paid
    in purchasing of rights surveying and Pattenting the said Land,
    which being deducted, itt appeared to the Court here that the said
    Johnson had paid unto the said Abington Thirteene hundred sixty
    Two pounds of Tobacco in part of the purchase of the said Land,
    Over and above all the said Abingtons disbursements as aforesaid,
    And doth therefore thinke fitt and soe Order adjudge and Decree
    that the said John Abington deliver upp Cancelled and made Void
    unto the said Bernard Johnson the aforesaid bill of seaven thousand
    One hundred sixty seaven pounds of Tobacco And alsoe that the
    said John Abington repay unto the said Bernard Johnson Thirteene
    hundred sixty two pounds of tobacco which he the said Johnson
    formerly paid unto the said Abington in part for the purchase of the
    said Land Together with five thousand seaven hundred Ninety four
    pounds of Tobacco for Costs of Suite taxed by the Honble the Chan- p. 134
    cello.r which said bill of seaven thousand One hundred Sixty and
    scaven pounds of Tobacco George Parker Gentl Attorney for the
    said John Abington did in open Court assume to deliver upp unto
    the said Johnson Att the next Provinciall Court