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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 161   View pdf image
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       the affidavitt of y.e said Comp.lt John Haselwood and the retourne of y.e processe aforesaid to the
       great hinderance of the Comp.lts in the Execucon and performance of the will of the said
       John Avery and therefore it was prayed that since the said Benjamin Granger was fled out of
       the Jurisdiction of our said Court that our writt of Sequestration might awarded to some Justice
       of y.e peace of our said County of Dorchester County directed to enter into seize and Sequester into
       their hands and possession of Lands goods and Chattles of him the said Benjamin Granger
       in the actuall possession of him the said Benjamin Granger in this owne pp right
       att the time of the makeing and pnounceing of the said Decree be the same in the
       hands and Custody or possession of the said John Pollard or of any other person or
       persons whatsoever and the same soe entred upon seized and sequestered as aforesd
       the same Lands goods and Chattles to the said John Haselwood and his wife to deliver
       for the sattisfaction of their said debt and Cost of suite to them Decreed as aforesaid
       whereupon our said Court abhorring such Clandestine and fraudulent practices and
       being willing that the Decrees of our said Court should be inviolably kept & pformed
       and due obedience given thereunto did order that our said writt of Sequesteracon
       doe Issue accordingly directed to you Thomas Taylor and John Alford and for your
       better pceedings hearein that your should be armed with our Comission to Examine wittnesses
       to prove the Value of y.e Lands and goods and Chattles that were in the possession of the
       said Benjamin Granger at the time of the pnoucneing of the said Decree and in
       whose hands Custody or possession the same are now and by what right or title and
       when made and Executed and for what Consideration & the ^Lands^ goods & Chattles soe seized
       and sequestred as aforesaid that you doe deliver to the said Comp.lts for sattisfaction of
       their debt and costs Decreed as aforesaid accordingly  Now Know yee that wee trusting
       to your fidellities and prudent Circumspections have assigned you and by Vertue
       of these p.rsents doe give unto you full power and authority to enter upon seize
       and taken ^into^ yo.r possession all the Lands goods Cattle and Chattells that were in the possession
       of him the said Benjamin Granger at the time of the makeing and pronounceing of the
       said Decree to witt upon the said seaventeenth day of October one thousand six
       hundred seaventy eight and the same sequestred the same to deliver to the possession of
       the said Comp.lts for sattisfaction of their debt of Twenty foure pounds sterling and
       three thousand three hundred fifty and five pounds of Tobaccoe to them Decreed as
       aforesaid and for your better proceedings in the premisses wee doe hereby give
       unto you the full power and authority of enquireing as well by the Deposicons and
       Examinacons of Certaine wittnesses to be pduced and Examined before you as by any
       other manner or way by which the truth of the premisses may bee the better found out
       and discovered as to you shall seeme meete what Lands goods Cattle and Chattles the said
       Benjamin Granger was seized or possessed of at the said day of pnounceing the


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