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of the same defend tes , That the said Complaynante hath good in- 

 terest and tytle to asmuch at the least ( yf not more) as in the 

 said Bill he doeth demaund and clayme w ch was the parte of 

 Augustine Phillippes deceased in the said bill named vnto him 

 demised expresselie and by name amongest the rest by the said 

 Nicholas Brend by his Jndentnre tripartite w ch came vnto his 

 said wyeffe lawfnllie after his decease and from her likewise vnto 

 the said Complaynante by her graunte and assignement thereof 

 vnto him w ch is not in any sorte answered or avoyded by the 

 answeares of the said defend tes or of either of them the said 

 Complaynante doeth demaund the indgemente and order of this 

 honorable Conrte for the same parte of their first moytie in the 

 said Answeares menc/oned where vnto they the said defend tes 

 neither doe nor can make anie good collour or pretence of lawfull 

 right or tytle in lawe. And as vnto another parte by this Com- 

 playnante claymed in the other moytie of all the said premises 

 w ch the said defend tes in like manner doe confesse to haue byne 

 first the said Phillippes and secondlie the said Complaynante 

 wyves and thirdly was this Complaynantri - owne afterwards, 

 The said Complayn 1 sayeth and will averr and prove That he 

 should and ought to haue the same alsoe both in lawe and equitie 

 for he the said Complaynant at the tyme of the makeinge of the 

 said supposed release and longe after had and enioyed the same 

 his said parte of the said other or late r moytie of the premises 

 without anie manner of lett disturbance denyall or claime of the 

 said defend tes or either of them or of anie other person or persons 

 whatsoever. And the said defend 1 Hemmynges did after the 

 tyme of the makeinge of the said supposed release accompte with 

 the said Complaynante for dyvers yeares togeather for his parte 

 of the profittes thereof, [and] did alsoe satisfie and pay him 

 the same of right and duetie and not as he seemeth nowe falsely 

 to pretend and meane by his said answeare of courtesie benevo- 

 lence or gifte. And the said Complaynante alsoe sayeth and 

 will averr and prove that the said Release neither did nor could 

 dischardge nor alinate from him his said parte nor extinguishe 

 or avoyde his said interest or tytle therein or to anie parcel! of 



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