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9 (5) Att a Courtt holden for Kent in y.e Province of Maryland Jan.ry y.e 25.th 1676 & in y.e second yeare of the Dominion of Charles Absolute Lord & Proprietary of y.e Province of Maryland & Avalon In answer to Robertt Burgis This Day Came Samuell Winslow of New England Merchant unto y.e & Demanded of James Ringgold and Henry Hosier y.e sume of tenn thousand pounds of tobacco & on y.e behalfe of one M.r Brimson and himself bouth of the Collony of New England y.e s.d sume of tenn Thousand pounds of tobacco & Caske Being upon y.e Amoun.t of Rob.t Burgis of the Collony & Place afores.d in Expecttation of y.e sale of the Land & Plantation of Thomas South Late Deceas.t The s.d James Ringgold & Henry Hosier being y.e fesses in trust to the last will & Testament of the s.d Thomas South as also y.e Attornys of y.e heirs of the s.d South for to make sale of the Land & Plantation afores.d The s.d James Ringgold & Henry Hosier saith that in Persuante of the trust in them Reposed: They gained y.e possesion of y.e s.d Plantation in y.e yeare of our Lord sixty & fewer &s for the Proper use & Behalf of s.d heirs of the Deceased Lett y.e Plantation to Rent to William Smith and Jone his wife the s.d Jone being y.e Admin.sx equally Concerned w.th Doct.r Richard Tillman as to y.e Receiving the Personall estate of y.e s.d M.r South as by will Appeared: And having sealed A Lott to y.e s.d W.m Smith and Jone his wife took bond of y.e s.d Smith and Jone his wife in y.e Penall sume of twenty thousand Pounds of tobacco and Caske for y.e quiate and Peacable desireing of the s.d Plantation: as also y.e rent at y.e end of y.e yeare But so it is notwithstanding y.e s.d bond y.e s.d Smith Refused to Deliver y.e s.d plantation as afd the Rent Couinanted for where Apon James Ringgold saith that then he produced to Rob.t Burgis y.e Attorny of the heires of South y.e Lease & bond taken as afores.d and went w.th y.e s.d Burgis to one Mathew Warde of Chester River an Attorny att Law: and there w.th y.e s.d Burgis Delivered y.e s.d Warde y.e bond: and the Leace taken of Smith as aboves.d Then also the s.d Rob.t Burgis Delivered unto y.e s.d Ward two severall Letters of Attorny brought by y.e s.d Burgis from y.e s.d heirs of the s.d South and also severall Depositions taken for to prove y.e Lawfullnes of y.e s.d heirs to y.e estate of the s.d South |
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