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Provincial Court Land Records, 1709-1719
Volume 720, Page 229   View pdf image
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x.d     To all Christian People to whome this
       present writeing shall Come S.r John Werden Barr.t John Bridges
       Rob.t Williamson and Edward Gibbon Esq.rs four of the Commissioners
       appointed for the Management of her maj.tys Customes send Greeting
       Whereas Thomas Couts late of London Merchant stands indebted
       to her maj.ty in the sume of twenty thousand pounds and upwards
       for duties and Customes payable for tobacco imported by him into
       Great Brittaine for secureing whereof her maj.tys writt of extent
       hath issued out of her Court of Exchequer at westminster ag.t the
       Said Thomas Couts for seizing into her maj.tys hands all [illegible]
       effects of and debts owing to the said Thomas Couts to be applyed
       towards satisfying and discharging the said Debt whereby all
       the estate and effects of and debts oweing to the said Thomas
       Couts are become charged and lyable to satisfie the same and
       ought to be seized delivered and applyed to her maj.tys use for
       satisfying her said debt wherever the said estate effects and debts
       are And whereas we are informed that great pain of the
       effects and estate of the said Thomas Couts are in the hands of
       George Braxton and John Bayler of Virginia in parts beyond
       the seas Merch.ts William Trent of Philadelphia in parts beyond
       the seas merch.ts John French of New Castle in Pensilvania in
       parte beyond y.e seas Merch.t William Watts deceased and Patrick
       Andrews of Patuxen in parts beyond the seas Merch.ts Barnard
       Townsend now or late master of y.e ship called the Welcom
       supply and severall other persons in Virginia Maryland &
       other parts beyond the Seas and great sums of mony are in
       those places or some of them owing by severall persons to the sd
       Thomas Couts And Whereas by an Inquisition taken
       before S.r Francis Forbes Kn.t and S.r Joshua Sharp Kn.t sher
       of the County of Middx the thirtyeth day of January in y.e
       twelfth year of her maj.tys reigne by Vertue of an Extent und.r
       the seale of her maj.tys Court of Exchequer at Westminster
       directed unto the said sherr against the said Thomas Courts of
       London merch.t Grounded upon severall bonds wherein he
       stands bound unto her present maj.ty Anne Queen of Great
       Brittaine &c for the duties and Customes of goods by him entred
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