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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 535   View pdf image
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       Rob.t Finley & Wife Jane   Comp.lt      Decree for y.e Compl.t
       one of y.e Exec.rs of W Housley
                            ag.t
       Philemon Housley y.e other   Defts
       Exec.r of s.d W.m Housley

       An by y.e grace of God of Engl.d Scotl.d France & Irel.d Queen Def.r
       of y.e faith &c  To Philemon Hemsley one of y.e Exec.rs of y.e last Will & testam.t
       of W.m Hemsley during y.e Minority of his daughter Elizabeth Hemsley
       Know y.e y.t Whereas Rob.t Finley & Jane his Wife joynt Exec.r w.th y.e s.d
       Philemon Hemsley (during y.e Minority of Elizabeth Hemsley daughter of
       W.m Housley) of y.e last Will & testam.t of y.e s.d W.m Hemsley by their bill
       of Complaint in our high Court of Chancery before our trusty & wellbeloved
       John Seymour Esq.r our Cap.t Gen.ll & Gov.r of this our Pvince of
       Maryland & Keep.r of our great seal thereof have amongst other
       things therein set forth That y.e s.d Jane being constituted by y.e last
       Will & Testam.t of y.e s.d W.m her former Husband Coexec.rx with his
       daughter Elizabeth Hemsley then under Age (to execute y.e s.d Will &
       order thereunto they put y.e estate of y.e [illegible]) y.e s.d Jane by y.e perswasion of
       Friends & out of y.e intire trust she reposed in her brother in Law Philemon
       Hemsley was prevailed upon to take him in with her on behalf of his Niece
       then under Age to execute y.e s.d Will & in order thereunto they got the
       Estate of y.e s.d W.m Inventoried & appraised & made an æquall division
       of such part thereof as was then visible & in place  And y.t y.e s.d Jane one
       of y.e Compl.ts delivered unto y.e s.d Philemon all y.e books papers bills bonds
       & other Writings relating to y.e s.d Estate being y.e fittest Pson & best able
       to recover such debts as were standing out & due to y.e s.d Estate he then
       faithfully promising to be accountable to her for y.e one Moiety of all
       such debts or other pt of y.e Estate as should any ways come to his
       hands  And did farther set forth y.t y.e s.d W.m in his lifetime & at y.e time
       of his death stood indebted unto One John Hyde of y.e City of London
       Merch.t in y.e sum of one hund.d & fifty pds st or thereabouts one Moiety
       whereof ought to have been paid by y.e s.d Philemon inasmuchas he had
       one Moity of y.e s.d Estate w.ch he refused to comply with all but she would
       most unjustly throw y.e whole barthen of y.e s.d Debt upon y.e Compl.ts by
       whose acc.t y.e s.d Jn.o Hyde knowing no other Exec.r of y.e WIll of y.e s.d W.m
       than y.e Compl.ts had placed y.e same w.ch actings & doings ^of y.e s.d Philemon^ are ag.t
       Equity Justice & good Conscience  And y.e Compl.ts having no relief but in
       our s.d Court pray.d Relief Remedy for y.e s.d Wrongs for
                                                                                                       y.e


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