Chancery Court Proceedings, 1670-71.  355





     pform & fullfill the Same in form aforesaid doing therein that which Liber C D
     to Justice appertaineth according to the Laws Orders and Reasonable
     Customs of this our Province Saving to us the Amerciaments and
     other things thereof to us belonging, And therefore we Command
     the Sheriff of the Said County of Calvert by virtue of these presents
     that at the days and places af.d w.ch you or any Such four or more
     of you as aforesd Shall make known to him to give his attendance on
     you and if need require to Cause to Come before you or any Such
     four or more of you as afores.d Such and So many Good and Lawfull
     men of your County by whom the truth in the prmisses may the
     better be known and Enquired of, And Lastly we have appointed
     ffrancis Vincent Gent Clerke and keeper of the Records and proceed
     ings in this y.r County Court, And therefore you shall Cause to be
     brought before you at the Said days and place the writts precepts
     process and Indictments to your Court and Jurisdiction belonging
     that the Same may be Inspected and by a due Course determined
     Given at our City of S.t maries under the Great Seale of our Said
     Province of maryland the Eight day of ffebruary in the nine and
     thirtieth year of our Dominion of our Said Province Annoq
     Domini 1670 Wittness our Dear Son Charles Calvert Esq our
     Lieuten.t Gen.” and Chief Governo.r of our Said Province of mary
     land
     Sp.a (fol. 551)
      Versus George Thompson and margaret his wife
     Richard Moy ret 14.° ffeb: p & Teste 100 ffeb: 1670

     Mathias Decosta Supersedeas upon writt of Erro.r
       Caecilius &c To our Sheriff of S.t maries County in the Province
     of [Maryland] Greeting because in the Record and process as also in
     the Rendring ofin a plea which was before our
     Justices in our last Provll CourtS.t mares aforesd
     before the date hereof Between John Tulley p.lt and mathias Decosta
     def.t as it is Said manifest Error hath happened to the Great damage
     of him the Said mathias Decosta And Whereas we have Commanded
     by our Writt of Error the Record and process of the plea aforesaid
     to be had before the upper house of Assembly to be held at S.t maries
     aforesaid the day of march next that we may Cause further to
     be done what of Right ought to be done in the premisses, and the
     Said Mathias. fearing himself by Occasion of the Judgm.t aforesaid
     to be Very much unquieted and vexed unjustly and we unwilling
     the Said Mathias to be injured in the premisses and because it is not
     agreeable to Right that any Execution upon the Judgm.t afores.d
     ag.t him the Said mathias in anything Should be Executed, untill
     the Error thereupon (if any) Should be fully decided Therefore We
     Command you that as well from further takeing arresting or in any