96  Chancery Court Proceedings, 1672-73.





       Liber C D  a day now past Know ye therefore that we trusting to your fidelitys
              & provident Circumspecons have Ordained you are any two of you
              And do hereby Empower and Authorize you diligently to Examine
              the s.d def end.ts upon the Ten.r of the S.d Bill, a Copy whereof Shall
              be herewith Sent you And therefore we Command you that at Such
              a Certain day & time as you in your discretions Shall think fitt &
              Convenient you Go to the house of the S.d defend.ts if they Cannot
              Conveniently Come unto you And that you take ye defend.ts
              answ.r & reduce y.e Same into writing they having first taken their
              Sev.ll Corporall oaths upon the holy Evangelists of God and when
              you have So done that you Send ye SameClosed up und.r yo.T hands
              & Seals to us in o.r S.d of Chan.y Imediately together with
              this Writt, Wittness o.r Self at o.r City of s.t marys y.e 7.th day of
              ffeb.ry in ye 41.th year of o.r Dominion over our S.d province Annocp
              Domini 1672

               Caecilius &c To our Com.rs of Ann Arundell Co.ty Greeting Be
              cause in the Record & proofs as also in y.e Rendering of Judgm.t be

           p.84   fore you in our s.d Court of Ann Arundell County ag.t Thomas Da
        (fol. 107) borne at the Suit of John Cumber in a plea of Trespass upon the Case

              manifest Error hath happened to the Great damage of the s.d Thomas
              Dabonne as by the Great Comp.lt of the Said Thomas we have reced
              we willing that the Errors if any be, Should in due manner be
              Corrected full & Speedy Justice to be done to the Said parties in
              this behalf We Command you that if Judgm.t thereof be Rendered
              that the Records & process of the Judgem.t w.th all things touching
              the same to us before our Justices of our provinciall Court to be
              holden at our City of S.t maries the Eigth Day of Aprill next being
              the first day of our Said Court under yo.r hands & Seals distinctly &
              openly you Send, that Inspection being had of the Records & pro
              ceedings therein, we may Cause further to be done what of Right
              according to the Laws & Constitutions of this province ought to be
              done therein and that you Sumon the sd John Cumber to be then and
              there to hear the Same, and also that you have then & there this
              writt, Wittness our Self at our City of S.t maryes the 14.th day of
              ffeb.ry in the 41 :th year of our Dominion over our Said province
              Annoq Domini 1672

               Caecilius &c To our Sheriff of our County of Ann Arundell Greet
              ing because in the Record & process & also in the Rendering of
              Judgem.t & Granting Execucon agt Thomas Daborne at the Suit of
              John Cumber in a plea of Tresspass upon the Case manifest Error
              hath happened to the Grieveous Damage of him the s.d Thomas as
              also out of his Comp.lt we have accepted as by the Record & process
              thereupon Between the panties afores.d by virtue of our Writt of
              Correcting the Erro.rs to o.r Com.rs of Ann Anundell County and
              directed by them before our Justices of our Prov.ll Court to be holden