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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 316   View pdf image
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P C   Rob.t Mason      Bill
                ag.st
         Joseph Spernon   Decreed y.t y.e Compl.t shall quietly
                                    enjoy y.e Land in debate (with Cost
                                    of suit allowed him)


The Decree
       Whereas heretofore y.t is to say y.e thirteenth day of Septemb.r 1686
       Robert Mason of S.t Maries County Gentl did exhibit his Bill of Complaint
       in this Hon.ble Court of Chancery against Joseph Spernon
       setting forth y.t whereas  One Thomas Hinton of Cæcil County bargained
       & sold a tract of Land in S.t Maries County Anno 1681 for y.e sum
       of thirty thousand pounds of Tobacco to be paid at three severall payments
       for which y.e s.d Robert passed three severall bonds each for
       twenty thousand pounds tobacco with Condition for payment of Ten
       thousand pounds of tobacco at y.e time in y.e s.d severall bonds mentioned
       (at which time y.e s.d Thomas obliged himself by bond of 60000.ℓ
       pounds of tob to make y.e s.d Robert a good & firm title of y.e s.d land)
       And whereas y.e s.d Robert did accordingly pay to y.e s.d Thomas in
       his life time two of y.e s.d bonds & allmost all y.e third of y.e s.d bonds
       save two or three thousand pds of tob & had paid y.e whole had not
       y.e s.d Thomas died  And Whereas after y.e death of y.e s.d Thomas
       one Joseph Spernon intermarried with y.e Widow & Relict of y.e
       s.d Thomas & Adm.rx of y.e Estate of y.e s.d Thomas & finding y.e said
       bond uncancelled thô they know y.e s.d bond was allmost all paid as
       afd & y.e s.d Remainder was attached by severall Attachments in y.e
       hands of y.e s.d Robert for severall debts due to severall persons
       from y.e s.d Thomas decd & were informd thereof by ^the^ said Robert &
       thô they also know y.t y.e s.d Robert was served in an Action of Ejectment
       for y.e s.d Land bought as afd & depending in y.e provinciall
       Court by which means y.e afd bond of 60000.ℓ tob became forfeited
       to y.e s.d  Robert so y.t y.e s.d Robert obtained thereon in S.t Maries
       County Court an Attachm.t ag.st y.e Estate of y.e s.d Thomas in y.e hands
       of y.e s.d Joseph & his Wife Adm.rx as afd who would not appear to defend
       y.e s.d suit comenced by y.e s.d Robert ag.st them on Acc.t of y.e
       s.d bond  And thô they also knew y.t they were no way damnified
       by y.e delay of y.e paym.t of y.e Remainder of y.e last bond given
       by y.e s.d Robert to y.e s.d Thomas as afd & y.t y.e s.d Robert was all
       most ruined by defending his title to y.e s.d Land sold to him
       y.e s.d Robert by y.e s.d Thomas for which y.e s.d Thomas gave
       his bond for 60000.ℓ tob to make him y.e s.d Robert a good
       & firm title as aforesaid  Nevertheless they y.e said Joseph &
       his Wife Adm.rx as afd covetously desiring to get y.e forfeiture
       of y.e said last of y.e three bonds passed by y.e said Robert to
       y.e said Thomas in his lifetime as aforesaid & pretending
       to have paid beyond assets have since y.t time commenced
       their suit in the provinciall Court endeavouring to get the
                                                                                  said


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