22    Chancery Court Proceedings, 1670.





        Liber C D                   John Bailey P1 :t Raymond Staple fort defendant
        (fol. 18)                         .     .
               There being Three severall Suites depending in this Court between
              the sd parties. the matters in    difference were by an order of this
              Court made in December Court last referred and the Referees and
              both parties having severall times mett about Composing the matters
              afd it was at last agreed between them that for the finall Ending
              of all Controversies they should give each other generall Releases &
              both parties being now present in Court the pl.t offered himself
              willing to Execute a Release to the defend.t if the defend.t would
              do the same to him Whereupon the defend.t Craved time till the
              next Court to Sign the Release    which was granted him accordingly
              and in the mean time all proceedings between them in any Causes
              are stayed

           p. 16  Chris :r Rouseby and EIiz.a his wife pl.ts John Peirce defendant.
         (fol. 18) It was alleadged that the defendant had putt in his answer to the

              plaintiffs Bill but the answer being very long and consisting of
              accounts with the plantiff by reason of his publick Employment as
              sheriff could not intend and the defendant not having paid his
              Contempt Money it was prayed that the pl.ts may have time till the
              next Court to reply or Except. to the said answer which is ordered
              accordingly and in the mean Time the Injunction is Continued

                John Long pl.t Will.m Baker and Eliza Storey defend.t Two
              Causes
                Ordered the plantiff have time till the next Court to Examine his
              Wittnesses

                John Halfett pl.t Joseph Edloe defend.t
                Ordered that publication be Stayed till the next Court and in
              the mean time the defendant is to procure Mr Coursey to be Ex
              amined if he can

                John Robinson plt Benja Rozer and Thomas Sprigg defend.ts
                The defendts Crave further Time till the next Court to putt in
              their answers to the plantiffs Bill and the same is granted accordingly

                John Bailey Pl.t James Neale defendt et c Contra.
                The defendants in both causes being to answer the Court the
              defendant Neale Craved time a month longer to answer the plantiffs
              Bill which was ordered accordingly

       (fol. 19) [John Willson] pl.t Zach[ariah Cook] & Abraham Hughes and
                 others [defend.ts]
                The parties pl.t and defendts having replyed and appeared to
              Rejoyne Gratio the Cause by Consent came to be heard this day in
              the presence of them and their Attorneys on both sides and upon