Chancery Court Proceedings, 1670-71.  359





    Writt of Erro.r inter Burges & Hooper        Liber C D
      Caecilius &.c To our Dear Son Charles Calvert Esq L.t Gen.ll and
               Justice of our Said Province of maryland Greeting
     Whereas we are Inf[ormed] that in the Record and proceedings also
     in the Executing of a Certain Writt Inquiry of Damages &
     the Giveing of Judgm.t upon a Certain depending
     before you and yo.r ifellow Justices of our Provinciall Court of
                 at our City of S.t maries the fourteenth day of
     December              Henry Hooper p.lt William Bur
     ges [Thomas] Taylor & Samuell [Chew] there hath (fol. 554)
     manifest Erro.r Intervened to the Great damage of the Said Defen
     dants we willing that the Said Erro.r (if any be) be in due manner
     Corrected & that full and Speedy Justice in this behalf done to the
     defend.ts do Command you that if any Judgm.t be Given you do
     upon the fourteenth day of march next Comeing Send the Records
     and proceedings of the Said plaint with all things Relateing thereunto
     to us and our Council in the upper House of a Gen.” Assembly to
     be then held at our City of S.t maries that our Court of Assembly
     may hear the Said Record and proceedings & the Erro.rs then and
     there to be assigned & alleadged and do therein as Shall be meet &
     have you there this writt Wittness our Self at our City of S.t maries
     the Second day of January in the 39.th year of our Dominion over
     our s.d Province Annoq dom 1670

     Benjamin Cowell a ne Exeat Provincium Versus Jon.a Sybrey
      Caecilius &c To the Sheriff of Talbot County Greeting Whereas
     Complaint is made unto us on the behalf of Benjamin Cowell of
     London merchant that Jonathan Sybrey of your County planter being
     by an Order & decree of our Court of Chancery bearing date the
     Eighteenth day of ffebruary in the nine and Thirtieth year of our
     Dominion over our Said Province Ordered Decreed & adjudged
     that the Said Jonathan Sybrey Should Satisfie and pay to the Said
     Benjamin the Sume of Twenty thousand pounds of merchantable
     Tobacco & Cask with Reasonable Costs to be adjudged & the S.d
     Jonathan Sybrey being now to depart this province before he hath
     Yeilded Obedience to the Said decree & performed what is thereby
     decreed by him to be presently done & performed These are therefore
     to Require you that you take the Body of the Said Jonathan Sybrey
     if found within your Bailywick and him Safely keep till he Give
     Security w.th Sufficient Sureties in our Court of Chancery not to
     depart this province till he have Yeilded full obedience to the Said
     Decree and performed all and Every the matters & things thereby
     Enjoyned him to do and perform Wittness our Self at our City of p.
     S.t maries the Eighteenth day of ffebruary in the nine and thirtieth (fol. 554)
     year of our Dominion over our Said Province Annoq Domini 1670