Chancery Court Proceedings, 1670-71.  357





    things it is Contained thus Thomas Baker & Sam.ll Cressey Attorneys Liber C D
    and assigns of Samuell Harris demand a Scire facias ag.t mr John
    Stone as well as administ.r of the Goods and Chattells of m.r Richard
    Stone that Record is diminished in this for in the Record is not
    Specified the Order of Court to warrant the issueing out the Scire
    facias neither the writt of Scire facias itself is Entered butt is tottally
    omitted also in the Latter End of the Record it is Entered thus
    Whereupon at the Request of the Said Baker and Cressey Execution
    was issued forth ag.t the Body of the Said Jno Stone for the Said
    facias neither the writt of Scire facias itself is Entered butt is tottally
    Omitted w.th Said Order for the Scire facias & the Said Writt of
    Scire ffacias & writt nf Execution Remain in your Custody to
    Said Justices not yet Certified in Requireing our Writt to be directed
    to you to Certifie the Said Order of Court for issueing out the Scire
    facias y.e writt of Scire facias & the writt of Execution in yor
    Custody So Remaining which if So is Granted, Therefore we Com
    mand you as otherwise we have Commanded y.u that Searching the
    Records of the Court held the tenth of August 1669 if So it be then
    the aforesaid Order for Granting the Said Scire facias the writt
    of Scire facias and the Execution to our Justices of our next Pro
    vinciall Court to be held at S.t maries the 17.th day of Octob.r next p. 425
    you Send or Signifie the Cause thereof unto us and this writt under (fol. 552)
    the penalty that Shall fall thereon Wittness our Self at S.t maries
    the 18.th day of ffebruary in the 39.th year of our Dominion over our
    Said Province Annoq Domini 1670

      JR     John Rousby appears for Christopher Birkhead at the
    Suit of Abraham Herman in a Cause of Equity

      JR     Ditto appears for John Gilbert at the Suit of John
    Ingram

    [Boug]hton & Emanson Error
      Caecilius &C To the Commission.rs of the Court of Charles County
    Greeting because in the Record and process as also in the Rendring
    of Judgm.t and Granting Execution before you in our Said Court of
    Charles County ag.t Richard Boughton at the Suit of Nicholas
    Emanson in a plea of Trespass upon the Case manifest Error hath
    happened to the Great damage of the Sd Richard Boughton as by
    the Great Complaint of the Said Rich.d Boughton we have Reced (fol. 553)
    We Willing that         if any be Should in due manner
    be Corrected and full and Speedy Justice to be    the
    Said partys in this behalf we Command you that if Judgm.t thereof
           Rendred then the Record and process of the Judgm.t and
    Execution aforesaid all things touching the Same to us
    before or Justices of our Provinciall Court holden at our City of S.t