Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.  549

     tamed out of the Complts pvission from June one thousand six hun- Liber P C
     dred seaventy seaven till January following, And denyes that he ye
     Complt Thomas detained anything belonging to the estate of Wyatt,
     And likewise denyes ye writeing of the Complt Damoras made to
     Collonell Burgess before the Int.rmarriage can by Law or Equity
     impower the Defendant Burges to sell the plantacon Awarded or
     moyety of ye psonall estate to the Defendant Dorsey Or that the
     Comp :1t Damoras hath power to bequeath or give away the same
     without the Consent of the Comp :lt Thomas, That the Cropp upon
     the Plantacon called the Quarter being forty hoggsheads of Tobacco
     and forty barrells of Corne growing in June One thousand six hun-
     dred seaventy seaven at the time of the delivery By award belongs
     to this Complt Thomas hee haveing built and fitted the houses found
     the sarvants Cloths & pvission for that yeare, And denye that these
     Complts ever approved of the first falce Inventory & denye that it
     amounted to One hundred fifty foure thousand three hundred and
     two pounds of tobacco for that it amounted to but One hundred
     forty five thousand and Eight hundred pounds of Tobacco, That
     these Cornplts did deliver bills to ye Vallue of seaven thousand two
     hundred twenty two pounds of tobacco belonging to Wyatts Estate,
     And deny they Exchange Booth for a woman servant but that the
     Defend.ts Kept ye said servant with ye sarvant named Spize against
     ye will of this Comp :lt, as also one other servant named ifietcher
     for w :ch this Complt brought a replevin & denye that they or
     either of them were ever made over to the Defendants, And the
     matter being att full and perfect Issue witnesses were Examined on p. 158
     both sides and the Said Cause was ripe for publicacon and to receive
     a Juditiall hearing as by the said recited bill answere, replicacon,
     examination of witnesses & other the proceedings thereupon all of
     them remayning upon Record in this hono.ble Court more fully and
     att large the same doth and may appeare, And publicacon haveing
     passed in the said Cause accordingly and the said cause being sett
     downe for heareing this day (to witt) the ffourteenth day of Octob.r
     in the fourth yeare of the Dominion of the R :tt honoble Charles
     Lord Baltemore &c annoq Dothi one thousand six hundred seaventy
     Nine, Att which said day att the City of Saint Maryes the said
     Cause standeth at full & perfect Issue as aforesaid, and comeing to a
     hearing before the honoble Philip Calvert Esq Chancello., The
     hono :ble Vincent Lowe Esq Surveyo.r gene The hono :ble Lieu.tt
     Collon Henry Darnall Esq and Collon :ll Willm Stevens Esq in the
     prsence of both parties and their attorneys on both sides, that is to
     say Christopher Rousby Esq attorney for the Compits, and Robert
     Carvile gent attorney for the Defendants, upon full debate of all the
     matters in Controversie by the attorneys of both sides and the read-
     ing the deposicons & proofes of both sides, This Court are all
     Clearly satisfied and soe doe adjudge and Decree, that the Deed made
     by the Complt Damoras to the Defendant Burges before her inter-