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(169) Tending to the breach of the said bond, now the said Hannah nor Vincent in theire life times but this Defend.t Samuell is Credibly informed that after the said Contract and agreement made as aforesaid the said Comp.lt had time sufficient before the Death of the said Hannah to have pcured a Conveyance of the premisses to have been sealed and executed & acknowledged in Kent County Court, but the doeing thereof was neglected and delayed by y.e Complayn.t or his Attorney whome hee intrusted to see the same done and take acknowledgem.t as aforesaid for that they are informed the said Hanah lived seav.ll moneths after the said contract and agreement, And therefore these Defend.ts hope the Complayn.t shall beare the expences of his owne laches and defect and the whole charges of this the suite and not these Defend.ts or the estate of the said Vincent bee chargeable with any part of it And this Defend.t Sam.ll saith that hee is and alwayes was ready and willing to Doe any lawfull Act or acts shall bee by the Judgment of this Court Decreed him to doe and not otherwise for the better and more suremakeing the p.rmisses to the Comp.lt and his heires soe as hee may herein bee protected and Defended by the said Dacree against the said heire also when hee shall come of age And soe as the tobacco that shall bona fide and really upon a Just and true acco.t remaine unpaid of the purchase consideracon of and for the lands and premisses bee paid unto this Defend.t towards payment of the said Vincents debts and maintenance of his Children if any Overplus remayne Of w.ch said accompt these Defend.ts humbly Desire the consideracon and allowance of this Court before they passe theire Decree herein, if this Court shall thinke fitt to make any such Decree And soe as this Defendant Samuell may bee allowed his just and due charges and expences by him expended in the accon at Lawe upon the said bond and before the hono.ble the Judge for probate of wills and granting adm.cons, and upon the Citacon aforesaid and for answereing the excepcons aforesaid, and soe as these Defend.ts may bee allowed by this Court alsoe theire charges of this suite, all w.ch must otherwise necessarily bee charged upon the personall estate of the said Vincent to the great p.rjudice of the Creditors and Orphants of the said Vincent w.ch these Defend.ts humbly Conceave will bee very unreasonable since neither the said Vincent nor Hannah nor the said Defendants was in any fault but the Comp.lt Onely by his Laches and delayes aforesaid in not getting the Conveyance drawne and executed as aforesaid whose prop businesse it was And soe with the generall Traverse they conclude theire answere And Now here at this day to witt the sixteenth day of Octo.r in the yeare aforesaid the p.lt and Defend.t being willing to goe to hearing upon bill and answere, and this p.rsent day being appointed for hearing the s.d Cause before Our Deare Uncle Philip Calvert Esq.r our Chancellour of our said Province our Deare Cousin William Calvert Esq.r our Secretary of our Said Province (V |
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