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Chancery Court, Chancery Record, 1671-1712
Volume 748, Page 54   View pdf image
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(54)                                       1674

          Ordered that the former bills be dismist without Costs and that the def.ts putt in their
       severall and respective answers by the ninetenth day of May next ensueing

M.r Robert Ridgley
       Sir I desire you will be retained one of M.r Henry Scarburghs Attornyes and in case
       of my faileing to appeare at the next Court in the said cause that you would
       please to act and fully and amply therein as if I were personally present and this
       shall be your sufficient warrant of Attorny therein from under my hand
       as the Attorny and On the behalfe of the abovenamed Henry Scarburgh Complainant
       and Cap.t Richard Pery and Others defendants this 21.th day of April 1674
                                                                                                 Daniel Jenifer
To M.r Robert Ridgley Attorny
    of the Provinciall Court
       Wittnes Jn.o Blomfeild


        Memorandum that Die Subat 7.o Martӱ 1673 Came Robert Lafly administrator of the
       goods and Chattells of John Bigger Son late of Calvert County deceased by his provrat.r
       Robert Carville and shewed that upon the forth day of June last past John Bigger ju.r
       tendred an accompt upon Oath of the estate of John Bigger Senior deceased to the value
       of Eight thousand six hundred and five pounds of tobacco besides sixteen dozen of wooden
       Combes not valued and three dozen of pinns the said administrator therefor prayed
       that the said Bigger ju.r might be ordered to deliver to him the said eight thousand
       six hundred and five pounds of tobacco and the sixteene dozen of Combes and the
       three dozen of pins or the value of them (whereupon the judge considered that
       for as much as every Executor whether by right or of his owne wrong is presumed to
       have in his possession all the goods in the Inventory by him exhibited upon Oath
       Therefore Ordered That John Bigger ju.r doe pay unto the said Robert Lasley the
       administrator of John Bigger sen deceased the value of the said Inventory by the  
       said Bigger ju.r exhibited upon Oath vizt eight thousand six hundred and five pounds
       of tobacco together with sixteen dozen of wooden combes and three dozen of pins
       or the true value for which he sold them

                   Now here at this day to wit the fiftenth day of April in the two and
       fortith yeare of the Dominion of Cæcilius &c Came the said John Bigger ju.r in
       his proper person and offered himselfe to satisfie the abovesaid Order


Margarett Penry Complt             The Hon.ble Samuel Chew and Thomas Taylor Esqs both members of the Court
             ag.t                                being appointed Auditors to audite State and examine the accompt of the deft.s
Thomas Howell George Wells     Howell and Goldsmith of the estate of Francis Wright deceased  And also to
& Johanna Goldsmith def.ts        examine wittnesses upon Oath on either part and to meete at such tymes and
                                                  place as they in their judgment shall thinke fitt and seeme convenient &
                                                  make report to the Court how much shall be found due from the defend.ts
                                            Howell and Goldsmith to the estate of the said Wright so that the Court being fully
                                            informed of the truth may doe therein as to right and justice appertaines
         
       Now here at this day to wit the sixtenth day of April in the 42.th yeare of
       the Dominion of Cæcilius &c The said Samuel Chew and Thomas Taillor make their
       report as followeth vizt

                By virtue and in Obedience to an Order of the high and hon.ble Court of Chancery
       to Us underwritten directed beareing date the thirtenth day of February last past impowring
       us in a cause betweene Margarett Penry Complainant and Thomas Howell George Wells
       and Johanna Goldsmith of the estate of the said Wright Wee the said Auditors thought
       fitt and convenient to meete at the house of John Larkin in Ann Arrundell County upon
       the twenteth day of March last past and did give timely notice of Our said meeting
       unto the said Complt and the said def.ts that wee should be then and there ready to
       audite their said accompts on which said twentith day of March at the place aforesaid
       the def.t Thomas Howell did appeare with his papers and accompts aforesaid with one
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