94    Chancery Court Proceedings, 1672.





        Liber C D and during the Terme aforesaid against the Said Mary Bateman and
        (fol. 105) her heirs and against all and every other pson and persons what
              soever any Law or Custom had or used in the province to the Con
              trary notwithstanding Given under the Great Seale of our Said
              province of maryland Wittness o.T Self at our City of S.t maries this
              five and Twentieth day of October in the one and fortieth year of
              our Dominion over our Said province of maryland AnnocF Dom
              one thousand Six hund.d Seventy and two

                Qecilius absolute Lord and proprietary of the Provinces of mary
              land and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c To the Sheriff of
              Baltemore County Greeting We Command you that you attach
              George Wells if he can be found within your Bailywick and him
              Safely keep So as you have his Body before us in our Court of
              Chancery holden at our City of S.t maries the Eleventh day of
              ffebruary next to answer unto us as well touching a Certain Con
              tempt by him against us Coffiitted as is alledged as to Such other
              things as Shall be then and there objected against you and this you
              may in no wise Omitt and have you there this writt Wittness our
              Self at our City of S :t maries the Sixteenth day of Decembr the
              41.th of our Dominion &c Annoq Domini 1672
                On the back side of the foregoing writt was thus written
                By the Court at the Suit of Henry Beedle & Sophia his wife
              for want of an Answer Robert Ridgely Regr

                Caecilius &c.a To the Sheriff of Calvert County Greeting, Whereas
              you were lately Commanded by writt of Execution issuing at our
              Court of Calvert County bearing date the 21.th day of Novemb.T
              1672 to take Richard Smith Adm.r of Thomas Manning in Execution
              untill he hath made Satisfaction unto Benjamin Cloyster as well
              the Sume of Two thousand five hundred forty and five pounds of
              Tobacco was adjudged to him for his Damages in a Certain
              Suit Commenced by the Said Benjamin Cloyster ag.st the sd Rich.d
              Smith Adm.r of the Said Thomas Manning as also the Sume of
              467.' of Tob.° for his Costs and Charges Expended in the Suit yet
              because it Sufficiently appears to us that our af.d writt of Execution
              from our Court aforesaid most unduly & Erroneously Issued there
              fore We Command you that you altogether forbear from takeing of
              the Said Richard or in any thing to mollest him by occasion of the
              premisses & if him the S.d Richard Smith upon that occasion & not
              otherwise you have taken then him you permitt to go at Large
              Wittness our Self at our City of s.t maries the one & Twentieth day
              of December in the 41.th year of our Dominion over our Said prov
              ince Annoq Domini 1672 Robert Ridgely Reg.r