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The Entry of the Writ aforesaid.

ss. C. D. By his Attorney offered himself the fourth day against A. B. in a Plea, wherefore, whereas by the Common Council of the Common-wealth of the Lord Protector of Eng∣land, it is provided, that it may not be lawfull for any one to make waste, sale, or destruction of lands, houses, woods, or gardens to him demised for term of life, or years, the same A. B. of the houses, woods, and gardens in T. which the aforesaid C. D. demised to the same A. B. for his life made waste, sale, and destruction to the disheriting of the said C. D. and against the form of the pro∣viso aforesaid, and he came not, and the Sheriffe was commanded that he should distrain him, &c. and the Sheriffe re∣turned that he is distrained by Cattle to the value of ten shillings, and is main-prised by S. and N. therefore they are in mercy, &c. and hereupon the said C.

D. saith, that he the first day of April in the year of our 1652. at T. demised to the aforesaid A. B. one messuage, ten Acres of Wood, and one Garden with the appurtenances in T. for term of his life, the same A.B. made waste sale and destructiō in the messuage, Wood, and Garden aforesaid, (to wit) by suffer∣ing in the messuage aforesaid, one Hall of the price of 10. l. and one Barn of the price of 10. l. to stand and to be unco∣vered, whereby the sound Timber of the same Houses by rainy Tempests upon them falling, becometh rotten and corrupt, and the Houses, by reason of the corruption of that Timber, are en∣dangered with ruin, by cutting down also and burning in the Wood afore∣said, ten Oaks of the price of every of them xx.d. and in the Garden afore∣said 40. Pear Trees, of the price of eve∣ry of them xii.d. to the disheriting of the aforesaid C.D. and against the form of the proviso aforesaid. Therefore the Sheriffe is commanded that in his pro∣per

person he go to the Tenements a∣foresaid wasted, and there before him cause to come twelve, &c. by whom, &c. and who to the aforesaid C. and A. shall not be a Kinne, &c. to recognise upon their Oath, what waste, what sale, and destruction the aforesaid A.B. hath made in the Tenements aforesaid, and the inquisition, which, &c. he certifie here in the morrow of All Souls under his seal, &c. and the Seal of, &c.