BY Indentures of Lease and Release Sir Henry Wood Knight and Baronet , 22 , & 23 May , 1671. in Consideration of a Marriage to be had between the Respondent and Mary ( Daughter , Heir , and only Child of the said Sir Henry Wood , ) did convey his the said Sir Henry Wood's Lands and Estate unto the Earl of St. Alban , Lord Arlington , Sir Thomas Clifford , Dame Mary Chester , Dr. Thomas Wood ( now Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry ) Sir Caesar Cranmer ( the now Appellant ) and John Gardiner Esq ; and their Heirs In Trust , That after Sir Henry Wood's Decease the said Trustees should receive out of the Rents and Profits the Summe of 450 l. to be paid yearly to the Lady Chester , so long as she should have the Tuition of the said Mary Wood , for her Maintenance , until her Age of 12 years , and after her Age of 12 years 550 l. per Annum , until the said Mary should be Married , or attain her Age of 17 years , ( which should first happen ) and that the said Trustees should dispose of , and pay the Residue of the Profits of the Premisses to the Respondent after his Marriage with the said Mary ( reasonable Security being first given to provide Portions for such Daughter and Daughters , as should , during such Marriage , be begotten by the Respondent on the Body of the said Mary ) and in Case there should be no Daughter or Daughters , then the Profits to remain to the Respondent , his Executors , and Administrators , and in Case the said Mary Wood should dye before she attained her Age of 17 years or were Married to the Respondent then in Trust for such Uses , as Sir Henry Wood should by his last Will direct and appoint .

And in Case the said Mary Wood should happen to dye after Sir Henry Wood , before her Age of 16 years ( the Respondent being then living and unmarried ) or if the said Mary should ( after her Age of 16 years ) refuse to Marry the Respondent , that then the Trustees should stand seized of the Premisses for the raising of 20000 l. to be paid to the Respondent ( if then living and unmarried . )

But if the said Marriage should take effect , after the said Mary's Age of 16 years , and the said Mary should have Issue Male by the Respondent , then for the better Settlement of the Premisses upon the Issue Male of the said Marriage , and for a more ample Provision , for the maintenance of the Respondent , and Mary his Wife , and the Survivor of them , the said Trustees should stand seized of the Premisses in Trust for the Respondent , and the said Mary his Wife , and the Survivor of them , during their Lives ; and after their Deaths in Trust for the 1st . 2d . 3d . and 10th . Sons , and in Default of Issue Male to the Daughter and Daughters on the Body of the said Mary to be begotten by the Respondent , and the Heirs of the several Bodies of such Daughter and Daughters , and in default of such Issue in Trust for such Persons as Sir Henry Wood should by his Will direct and appoint , and in default of such Appointment in Trust for the right Heirs of Sir Henry Wood .

Sir Henry Wood by his Will recites and confirms the said Indentures of Lease and Release , 24 May 1671. and does declare , That in pursuance of the Power to him reserved in the said Indenture of Release , in case the Marriage between the Respondent and the said Mary should not take effect , that in such Case , or if the Respondent should dye without Issue by her ; or if he have Issue by her after the Death of such Issue without Issue , then the Trustees and their Heirs should stand seized of the Premisses in Trust for the said Mary Wood , and her Assigns during her Life , and after her Death , in Trust for the first second , and tenth Son of the said Mary Wood in Tail , and in default of Issue Male to the Daughter and Daughters of the said Mary Wood , and the Heirs of their Bodies , and for default of such Issue in Trust for Dr. Thomas Wood for Life , and to his first , second , and tenth Son , and in default thereof to his Daughters and the Heirs of their Bodies ; and for default of such Issue in Trust for the Lady Chester for Life , and after her Death to the Appellant Sir Caesar Wood , alias Cranmer , for Life , and to his first , second , third , and tenth Son , and in default of such Issue to Elizabeth Webb , for Life , with divers other Remainders over .

And by his Will does appoint that Sir Henry Felton , the Lady Chester , Dr. Wood , ( the now Bishop , ) Sir Caesar Cranmer ( the now Appellant , ) and the said John Gardiner and the Survivor of them and their Heirs , shall receive the Rents of the Premisses , and make Leases , untill his Daughter Mary Wood should attain her Age of 21 , or be Married , which should first happen , and then to be accountable to her , and gives to her all his Leases for Lives or Years , and personal Estate whatsoever , to be preserved , or disposed of , for the Purchase of Lands to be settled as aforesaid , or for her by his Executors therein after-named , until she should attain her Age of 21 or be Married , which should first happen , and then to be accounted for , and delivered to her , and if she should dye before she attain her Age of 21. and unmarried , then he gave the same , or such part as was not laid out in Lands unto his Executors , and makes the Lady Chester , and Dr. Wood ( the now Bishop ) Executors in Trust for the said Mary his Daughter , Sir Hen . Wood dyed 25 May . 1671. untill her Age of 21 , or Day of Marriage , which should first happen , and after she attained her Age of 21 , or was Married , then he makes his Daughter Mary sole Executrix , and dyes the next day , being the 25th . day of May , 1671.

The Respondent , and the said Mary were Married about seven Weeks after the Death of Sir Henry Wood , whereby the Executorship of the Lady Chester , and the Bishop was determined ; but the Respondent and the said Mary being then under the Age of Consent , they were again duly Married on the 29th . day of June , 1676. by Dr. Fell , the late Bishop of Oxford , the Respondent being then above 14 years old , and the said Mary above the Age of 12 years , 20 June 1687. and after their Marriage Administration is granted , with the Will annexed of Sir Henry Wood , unto Sir John Trevor , as Guardian to the said Mary Dutchess of Southampton , Executrix of the said Sir Henry Wood , during her Minority .

That Mary Dutchess of Southampton the Respondent's late Wife dying the 15th . of November , Dutchess dyed 15 Nov. 1680. 1680 , being then almost 17 years old , after her Death Administration , with the Will annexed of Sir Henry Wood , was granted by the Court of Delegates unto the Lord Viscount Grandison Sir Edward Villers , and Sir John Trevor , as Guardians of and in Trust for the Respondent during his Minority .

The Respondent having attained his Age of 21 Administration de bonis non &c. with the Will annexed of Sir Henry Wood , 17. Nov. 1683. was again granted by the Court of Delegates to the Respondent , and the Respondent also obtained Administration to his said late Wife .

The Respondent brought his Bill in Chancery , Michaelmas Term , 1683. as Administrator ' de bonis non &c. of Sir Henry Wood , and as Administrator to Mary his late Wife , against the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry , and Sir Caesar Cranmer the Appellant ( as well in his own right , as Executor of Dame Mary Chester his Mother ) and others to have Account of the Personal Estates of Sir Henry Wood , and the Respondent's late Wife , and of the Profits of the real Estate , from the Death of Sir Henry Wood to the Death of Mary , the Respondent's said late Wife .

The Cause was heard , 27 Octob . 1685. and it was then decreed , That the Executorship of the Bishop and the Lady Chester was determined by the Marriage between the Respondent and the said Mary Wood , and that the Respondent should have an Account , as well of the Personal Estate of the said Sir Henry Wood , as of the Arrears of Rent and Profits of the Real Estate , from Sir Henry Wood's Death to the Death of the Dutchess , and that the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry , and Sir Caesar Cranmer the Appellant should respectively Account for all that came to their , or either of their Hands , and that the Appellant should Account for what came to the hands of the Lady Chester .

That the Respondent hath now a Report for 3797 l. ● s . 6 d . due from the Bishop , and for 1073 l. 10 s . 3 d . due from Sir Stephen Fox , but cannot yet bring the said Appellant Sir Caesar Cranmer to a fair Account , he keeping from the Respondent the Books , Papers , and Accounts relating to the said Estates .