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George the ffourth by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith To Thomas Wood |
George Wood William May and Thomas Merryfield Gentlemen |
Greetings Whereas William D’Aranda and his wife and others Complainants have lately exhibited their Bill of Complaint before us in our |
Court of Chancery against David Harridge |
Defendant and Whereas we have by our writ lately commanded the said Defendant to appear before us in our said Chancery |
at a certain day now past to answer the said Bill Know Ye that we have given unto you any three or two of you full power and |
Authority to take the answer of the said Defendant to the said Bill And therefore we command you ant three or two of you at such
certain day and | place as you shall think fit you go to the said Defendant if he cannot conveniently come to you and take his
answer to the said Bill on his | Corporal oath upon the Holy Evangelists to be administered by you any three or two of you the
said answer being distinctly and plainly wrote | upon Parchment and when you shall have so taken it you are to send the same closed
up under the Seals of you any three or two of you |
Unto us in our said Chancery without delay/ wheresoever it shall then be together with this writ Witness ourself at Westminster
the Twenty Sixth | day of Maye in the tenth year of our Reign
[signed] Leach
[signed] Utterson
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