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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 360   View pdf image
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       M.r Rookwoods Letter of Attorney to M.r Hussy

       Know all Men by these presents y.t I Edward Rookwood
       of Charles County in y.e province of Maryland planter have
       assigned ordained & made & in my stead & place by these p.rsents
       do put & constitute my trusty & well beloved Friend Tho.s Hussy
       of y.e aforesaid County & province Gent to be my true & lawfull
       attorney for Me & in my name & to my use to ask require &
       receive of Richard Smith of Calvert County Gent in y.e province
       afd y.e Full & just sum of sixty Nine pounds sterl with y.e
       od Money if any according to a Decree in Chancery by Me
       y.e s.d Edward Rookwood obtained against y.e s.d Richard Smith
       As also y.e Costs & Charges of suit & Charges of suit at Comon Law
       which are now due to Me by any manner of waies or means
       whatsoever  And in case of Non payment of y.e Money sterl afd
       or any part thereof with y.e Cost afd for Me & in my Name to
       take out Execution or Executions against y.e s.d Richard Smith as
       he shall see meet & convenient  Hereby giving & granting
       unto my said Attorney my whole power & authority in &
       about y.e premisses  And upon y.e Receit of y.e s.d sixty Nine pds
       sterl with y.e s.d Money if any & y.e Cost of suit as afd or any
       part thereof Acquittances or discharges for Me & in my Name
       to seal & deliver & all & every such Act & Acts thing & things
       device & devices whatsoever in y.e Law for y.e Recovery of y.e afd
       69.ℓ st Money with y.e od if any & y.e Cost of suit as afd for
       Me & in my Name to do execute & perform as fully largely & amply
       in every aspect to all intents & purposes as I my self might or
       could do if personally p.rsent  Ratifying & Confirmeing allowing
       whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully do to be firm &
       staple or whatsoever he shall cause to be done in or about
       y.e p.rmisses by virtue of y.e s.d presents  In witness whereof I have
       hereunto set my hand & seal y.e seventeenth day of Feb.r 1696/7

       signed seald & deld                                 his
       in p.rsence of                               Edw.d  C      Rookwood (loc
                W.m Moss                                                                (sig
                            his                                     mark
                    John O Thomas
                          mark

       Charles Evans            Feb 17.° 1696/7

           Then came Charles Evans & John Thomas before Me
       Philip Hoskins one of his Maj.ties Justices of y.e Pvin.ll Court &
       made oath upon y.e holy Evangelists y.t they see Edw.d Rookwood
       signe seal & deliver y.e within Letter of Attorney for y.e use of
       M.r Tho.s Hussy as Witness my hand
                                                            Ph Hoskins
May 1697                  Recorded by John Freeman Regist.r


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