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he saith, that as to so much of the Estate which belonged to the said
Richard Chillman att the tyme of his death, & which is come to the
hands & possession of him the said Gerard, the same is not sufficient
to satisfy a certaine debt which was due to the said Gerard from the
said Richard att the tyme of his death by bond under hand And
Seale of the said Richard duely executed, & As to the residue of the
said Estate to witt certaine debts due to the said Richard, the said
Gerard hath comenced severall actions the recovery of the same in
the Provintiall Court & County Court of St Marycs, which actions
are still depending & undetermined And this Defendt further saith,
that there are severall judgmts for debts upon bonds allready obtained
against this Defendt as Admr of Richard Chillman both in the Pro-
vintiall & County Court of St Maryes which ought to be paid before
the debt above specified, all which the said Gerard is ready to averr,
& prayes judgmt if the said Wm & Margarett their action aforesaid
ought to haue, whereupon day is given to both parties untill next
Provintiall Court
Now here att this day to witt the Seventeenth day of ffebruary in
the fifth yeare of the Dominion of the right Honble Charles Lord
Baltemore &c Annoq Dni 1679 came the said parties of their Attor-
neys aforesaid, And the said Gerard by his said Attorney saith, that
he hath nuLhiiig to say in barr or avoidance of the action aforesaid
of them the said Wm & Margarett, whereby the said Wm & Margarett
remaine against the said Gerard thereof wholy undefended There-
fore itt is considered that the said Wm Cole & Margarett his wife
Exx as aforesaid recover against the said Gerard Slye Admr as
aforesaid as well the Sume of Eight thousand two hundred fifty
six pounds of tobacco debt As also Eight hundred Seventy two
pounds of tobacco costs of suite And the Defendt in mercy &c
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Liber W. C.
p. 86
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