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or any two or three of you all Such Evidences as Shall be to you named or
produced by Either the Compl^t or Def^t and that you Examine them and
every of them on their Corporall Oaths to be by you Administred on the
holy Evangelist in presence of the Said Compl^t and Def^t (if they haveing
timely Notice thereof think fitt to be present) touching their knowledge of
any thing that may relate to the Cause af^d and that reduceing into Writeing
their Severall Depositions you send the Same together with this our Comis-
sion Closed under your or any two or three of your hands and Seales with all
Convenient Speed to us in our high Court of Chan^ry Wittness our Trusty and
well beloved John Hart Esq^r Cap* Generall and Governour in Chief of our
Province of Maryland and Territories thereunto belonging etc. at the City
of Annapolis the 22^d day of May in the third of our Dominion etc. Anno Dom
1718

John Beard Reg^r

MARYLAND ss. Charles absolute Lord and propry of the provinces of
Maryland and avalon Lord baron of Baltemore etc. To John Kirk John
Lecompte John Beale and Bej" Tasker Greeting know ye that we have ap-
pointed you or any two or three to be our Comissioners to Examine Evi-
dences in a Certain Cause depending in our Court of Chancery between
Benj* Woodward and Ux^r Guardians of Ann and Mary Seward Complain-
ants and Thomas Hicks Def^t We therefore require you or any two or three
of you that at Such time and place as you or any two or three of you Shall
Seem Convenient you Cause to Come before you or any two or three of you
all Such Evidences as Shall be to you or any two or three of you named by
Either the Compl^t or Def^t and that you Examine them and every of them
on their Corporall Oaths to be by you administred on the holy Evangelist in
presence of the Said Compl^t and Defendant (if they haveing timely Notice
thereof think fitt to be present) touching their knowledge of anything that
may relate to the Cause af^d and that reduceing into Writeing their Severall
Depositions you Send the Same together with this our Comission under your
or any two or three of your hands and Seales with all Convenient Speed to us
in our High Court of Chancery Wittness our Trusty and well beloved John
Hart Esq^r Cap^t Generall Gov^r in Chief of our Province of Maryland etc. att
the City of Annapolis the 8^th Day of July in the third of of [sic] our Dominion
Annoque Dom 1718
Direct it Inclosed to the Reg^r

(W Bladen) Vach¹ Denton Reg^r in Cha^ry

Evidences to be Examined by M^r John Beale and M^r Benj⁸ Tasker
touching a Certain Cause Depending in his Lordships high Court of
Chancery wherein Benj" Woodward and Mary his Wife proachen namy [sic]
—————— of Mary Seward and Ann Seward the Coheirs of W^m Seward of
Dorchester County Deced who was the Son and heir of George [659] Seward