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Ralph Heron Esq		158
Newcastle upon Tyne
		Dear Sir
ANDOVER*
68		tho I can not doubt but Mr
		Letteney has given you an account of what
21 Decr 1786		pass'd in the court of Chancery on the 19th,
Mr Errington Lre		yet I wish to say a word ot two upon the
communicating the		subject, the Chancellor has enjoined the Justices
Chancellory Decln as		to proceed no further in this Judgement till the
to an Issue		Cause shall have been heard in equity, and took
22/De*		the opportunity to express himself in terms &
		emphasis pretty strongly respecting the Conduct
		of my opponents. He testify'd his astonishment
		that the County should ever have entertain'd an
		Idea of grasping at the penalty and said he
		was Clearly of opinion, they could never have
		more of me than what a Jury would give
		upon a writ of quantum damnificatus, that it
		must at last come to this, unless some fair

Note: Letter to Ralph Heron from Henry Errington p1

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