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Provincial Court Land Records, 1676-1700
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       First made entry of the said which with the Officer appoynted by the said Governo.r for the purpose
       or at other time since or before breaking of bulk deliver or cause to be delivered to the
       Governo.r or the said officer by him thereunto authorised and appoynted a true and perfect
       Inventory Invoyce or particular of the severall goods or Comoditys of the said shipp
       landing together w.th the place or places in which the said goods were loaden or taken into
       the said shipp or vessell as in and by the statute the said John Estis was required and
       enjoyned against the forme of the statute aforesaid in that case made and
       provided Whereupon the said Nicholas Sewall who aswell for the said Lord the
       King and the said Governo.r as for himselfe prayeth the advise of the Court in
       the p.rmisses and that the said shipp called the Providence of Deale may be
       forfeited with all guns Tackle Ammunicon furniture and apparrell and all the
       said goods and Comoditys aforesaid according to the forme of the statute aforesaid
       And that the same forfeiture may be divided into three equall parts one third
       part thereof to o.r soveraign Lord the King one third part thereof to the said Lord
       prop.ry Cheife Governo.r as aforesaid of this Province and the other third part thereof
       residue of the said forfeiture to him the said Nicholas Sewall Collecto.r aforesaid
       according to the forme of the said Statutes and that the said John Estis and Jasper
       Lynch may come into Court to answer our said soveraigne Lord the King the said
       Lord prop.ry Cheife Governo.r as aforesaid and the said Nicholas Sewall who aswell
       for the said Lord the King the said Governo.r as for himselfe in this behalfe
       prosecuteth of and upon the p.rmisses

                   And upon this it is Comanded the sheriffe of S.t Marys County That he give
       notice to the said John Estis and Jasper Lynch Merchant be and appeare at as p the
       said Court this day to Defend themselves in the p.rmisses aforesaid
      
                   Att w.ch said day to witt the second day of May Anno Dm 1685 Came the
       said Jasper Lynch Merchant into the Court here in his proper person before the Justices
       of the said Court to answere the said Lord the King the said Governo.r and the said
       Nicholas who aswell &c of and upon the p.rmisses but the said John Estis was not
       by the said sheriffe to be found in his bayliwick

                   And the said Jasper Lynch Merchant in Court was asked by Robert Carvile
       Attorny for the Plts what he had to say to the Informacon why the said shipp and
       goods menconed therein should not be condemned lost and forfeited according to the
       Act of Parliament in that case provided M.r Lynch thereupon moved the Court that the
       Tryall might be putt oft and deferred for the space of Twelve days longer w.ch the
       Court would not admitt of or consent unto He alsoe sayd that he himselfe could
       not tell how to plead to the Informacon and that he was wanting of Councill
       he still imagening till tuesday last that M.r Carvile was for him M.r Carvile
       answered he never reced any Fee of him nor ever was his Attorny The said M.r Lynch
       further said that the goods in the Informacon menconed belonged to severall others
       in answere to w.ch M.r Carvile alleadges That he did hither to Act all in his owne
       name and although severall others might be conceived he was the Cheife and as it
       were Cape M.rchant for the whole

               The Court adjourned till four a Clock in the afternoone

                         Att w.ch time the Court sate againe

       The said Jasper Lynch still insists for longer time before tryall But it is Ordered
       by the Court that the said Lynch now forthwith plead to the Informacon and come
       to tryall imediately

             And the said Jasper Lynch in his owne proper person cometh and defendeth the force
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