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(114) Baltemore Whereas we have caused mandamus out of our high Court of Chancery to Issue forth Locus sigilli to William Stevens and John Winder of our County of Somersett Gent to bee directed requireing them that by the Oath of Twelve good and Lawfull men of the County aforesaid to enquire what Lands David Williams of the said County who w.th his wife were murdered by the Indians dyed seized of at the time of his death as of the Fee in the County aforesaid and Who is his next heire and what age y.e heire is &c If therefore upon the recovery of the Inquisition it shall appeare that there is noe heire Liveing and That the Land is thereupon Escheated to us Know y.e out of our speciall Grace and favour to John Covington Brother to the said William's wife wee have purposed and determined and doe fully resolve To Confirme the said Williams's Land unto him the s.d Covington and his heires Therefore wee doe hereby Will and require The Hono.ble William Calvert Esq.r Secretary of our said province upon retourne of the Inquisition aforesaid If it shall appeare That there is noe heire as aforesaid but That the Land is Escheated as aforesaid Then That hee draw Pattent for the Land To John Covington and his heires accordingly Given under our hand and seale at Armes The nineteenth day of March in The fourth yeare of our Dominion &c.a Annoq Domini 1678 M.r Keneline Cheseldyne As one of the Attornyes of the provinciall Court There are to impower You to appeare for mee at the suite of John Hambton in an accon of Debt of Forty Thousand pounds of Tobacco And alsoe at y.e suite of Samuell Dobson in the Like accon of Debt for Forty Thousand pounds of Tobacco more And to plead to y.e same as to y.e best of your Judgement and skill you thinke fitt to Confesse Judgment or lett the same goe by ineduit or any other wayes as you In your Judgment y.to thinke best and for your soe doeing This shall bee your Warr.t as Witnesse my hand & Seale This 2.d day of June 1679 Witnesses John Garnis sealed John Blomfeild Thomas Bland Memorandum that on the fifth of March in the fourth yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Domini 1678 Thomas Trueman Richard Ladd and Charles Butler Gent presented unto Court These papers Following Viz Charles absolute Lord and proprietary of the provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baron of Baltemore &c To Thomas Trueman Esqr Richard Ladd Gent and Charles Boteler Gent Greeting Whereas Henry Jowles Late of Calvert County Gent and Sybell his wife Execu.ix of the Last will and Testament of William Groome of Calvert County deceased Were by Writt out of our provinciall Court sumoned to answer unto Job Nutt of a plea that they render unto him six hundred pounds sterling w.ch from him the unjustly deteyne And Whereas the said Henry and Sybell have exhibited theire bill of Complaint in our high Court of Chancery to bee relieved against the aforesaid Accon of the said Job Nutt And forasmuch as y.e Attornyes on behalf of the parties aforesaid To Witt Christopher Rousby Gent Attorny for the said Job Nutt and Robert Carvile Gent Attorney of the said Henry Jowles and Sybell his wife for preventing the tedious Depending of the suites aforesaid and for saveing the Extraordinary great Charge which the attendance and prosecucon of the premisses in our Courts afores.d must Necessarily occasion and the rather because of the great Remotenesse of the said Job Nutt being an Inhabbitant within the Kingdome of England and aged and Uncapable of takeing Soe Long a Voyage as to Come to this province to answer the said bill have therefore made it theire Joynt speciall and Earnest request to us to Nominate authorise and appoint such persons as to us should seeme meet to hear examine and adjudge of the Whole matter indifference as afores.d between the parties aforesaid and the said Attornyes have in open Court before us on behalf of theire s.d respective Agents Mutually to stand to abide and bee Concluded by the Judgment and determination |
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Provincial Court Land Records, 1676-1700
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