Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.  545

    seaventy Eight against Edward Dorsey and Sarah his wife and Liber P C
    others in the high and honoble Court of Chancery of this Province,
    thereby setting forth, that the said Damoras one of the Comp.lts
    was the Relict and Ex :ex of Nicholas Wyatt of Ann Arundell County
    deceased, that the Defend.t Dorsey writt the Inventory amounting to
    One hundred forty five thousand foure hundred twenty Nine pounds
    of tobacco and incerted more goods then belonged to Wyatt that
    Damoras intrusted Dorsey with Wyatts Estate dureing her Executor
    shipp who in that time Converted much of the said Wyatts goods
    to his Owne use, That Dorsey Caused the will to be pnounced Voyd
    the ffifth day of September One thousand six hundred seaventy six
    Tooke out Letters of Adm.con in his owne name and Exhitted an
    Inventory amounting unto Eighty thousand pounds of tobacco, and
    then disposed of much of the said Wyatts goods that the plaintiffes
    and Defendants the Tenth day of Aprill Anno One thousand six
    hundred seaventy seaven Entred into Bonds of Arbitracon of three
    hundred thousand pounds of Tobacco to stand to the arbitrãcon of
    Collon.ll Taylor and Collonll Burges to Arbitrate and devide the
    Estate of Wyatt between the plts and Defend :ts, That the arbitrato :rs
    made their award and ordered that Bland and his wife should in
    Leiu of his wifes third possesse and enjoy the plantacon whereon his
    wife Lived, That Bland should deliver Dorsey the remainder of
    the reall Estate, That Bland deliver unto Dorsey all and singular p.
    the goods Cattle houshoid stuffe Servants bills bonds &c in kinde)
    that belonged to Wyatt att his death and Inventoryed by Damoras
    and what could not bee delivered in kinde should be made good to
    Dorsey out of that part awarded to Bland, That Dorsey should
    discount out of the personall Estate all Just debts and disbursem.ts
    the pits overpaid for Wyatt, That the plts the Tenth day of June
    One thousand six hundred seventy seaven performed the said award
    and Expected to have Enjoyed the said plantation awarded and have
    received the moyety Awarded to these Complts the Tenth day of
    January following and have had his accompt allowed according to
    award, That Dorsey and his wife Entred upon the plantacon
    awarded to the plaintiffs and there possessed themselves of the
    proper personall Estate of the said Thomas of the Value of One
    hundred pounds sterling with Two servants, That the bonds of
    Arbitracon were left in the hands of the arbitrators in trust for
    the plaintiffes which they refused to deliver, That upon the plantacon
    called the Quarter delivered Dorsey, was a Cropp of Corne and
    tobacco forty hoggsheads of Tobacco and forty barrells of Corne,
    and Eight hundred pounds of Tobacco and a Cropp of Corne upon
    the plantacön Awarded to the plaintiffs, That Dorsey hath Cutt
    downe all the Timber from of the plantacOn Awarded to the plain-
    tiffes and detaineth other provissions and wearing apparell to the
    Vallue of two thousand pounds of tobacco, And the Defend.ts
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