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513 At a Court of Chanc.ry Oct.r 20 1704 at Annapolis afd Present His Exc.y y.e Gov.r Keep.r of y.e seal & The Hon.rble Coll Jn Hamond of y.e Councill His Exc.cy took y.e usuall oath of Keep.r administred to him by Coll Hamond above named & 2 other of y.e Councill in these words viz I do swear & Gov.r & Keep.r of y.e great seal of this her Maj.ties pvince y.t I will do & Cause y.t Equity & Right & Justice be done to all her Maj.ties subjects & suitors in her Maj.ties high Court of Chancery & all other psons whatsoever as well poor as rich & y.t I will not deny y.e same to any pson for any Reason or Matter whatsoever but Heartily & truly according to my Conscience execute this trust by her most sacred Maj.ty in Me reposed so help Me God &c Also his Hon.r Coll Hamond was sworn to Act & do according to Equity & Conscience in his Advice & Assistance to his Exc.cy y.e Keep.r in hearing of Causes in y.e s.d Court according to y.e best of his Judgm.t And after y.t John Freeman was sworn faithfully to pform the Office of Regist.r of y.e s.d Court Causes heard or moved C C George Young & Compl.ts Spa Ord.rd y.t y.e bill be filed in 2 daies ag.t & Answ.r by next C.rt & y.t y.e Deft do G P Tho Manning Deft by s.d C.rt bring into C.rt y.e books of Tho.s Norris decd if in his possession C C J R Joseph Tilly in formâ pauperis Bill & Answ.rs ag.t Ord.red y.t both pties meet to reexamin Geo Parker Cat Montgomery & y.e Acc.ts formerly exam.d W B C C Jn.o Hants defts y.t y.e Cause be heard next C.rt Jacob Regnier Spa Upon y.e Return of y.e Pceedings of Coll ag.t Jn.o Hamond as to y.e Cause to whom y.e Examin.r Jn Brice & Garrot of y.e Acc.ts was referred & y.e Complts not W B Topping complying to pay y.e money & tobacco & costs & damages It is ord.rd That y.e Deft Brice be dismissed & have his Cost of the suit from y.e Compl.t being nine hund.d pds of tobacco Ord.rd y.t W.m Bladen & Cha Carrol Esq.rs do draw & p.rsent to this C.rt with all convenient speed Riles of Chancery sutable to y.e pceedings in Engl.d to p.rvent Irregularities C C G P W.m Field Compl.t Bill & Answ.rs Comiss.n to be renewed ag.t Jn Lockerman sen.r to Exam Evid J R W B Marg Viccory & Jn Taylor Edw.d Turner Comiss.n to issue to Jn Lockerman & ag.t Rog.r Woolford to exam Evid Sam Rouland Tho |
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