534 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661.

Liber
P. C. R.

of the Manno^r of Snowe hill, And wee doe grant vnto the said Abell
Snowe and his heires that he or they for ever hereafter shall and
may haue hould vse and Enjoye within the said Manno^r a Courte
Leete and Court Barren with all things therevnto belonging accord-
ing to the most vsuall forme and Custome of England. Given vnder
our greate Seale of our said Province att S^t Marys this 12^th day of
February in the yeare of our lord 1640 Wittnes our said Deare
Brother &c. Leonard Calvcrt
I Marmaduke Snowe of Ferny hill in the County of Stafford gent,
doe this thirteenth day of September 1659 Surrender to the Right
Hono^ble Csecilius Lord Barren of Baltemore Lord and Proprietary
of Maryland, All my right tytle and interest to this Pattent or Grant
of Snowe hill in Maryland, and all the land and aptrices therein men-
cdned together with the Grant and Pattent itt selfe.
Marmaduke Snowe
Surrendred and subscribed in the p^rsence of us Ph: Darnall Jo :
Langford Cecill Langford Tho. Charnly Rich. Burke
John Langford and Caecill Langford of London gent, doe make
oathe that this is a true Coppy of a Grant or Pattent beareing date
the tweluth day of February 1640 and that they did see Marmaduke
Snowe of ferny hill in the County of Stafford gent, surrender and
deliuer vp the Originall grant or Pattent to the Right hono^ble Csecill
Lord Baltemore and that both these depon^ts names subscribed as
wittnesses to the said Surrender are their owne pper hand wrytings
and that this is a true [copy] thereof

P. 1031

Sworne by .... the 15^th day ....
And Marmaduke Snowe being demanded by the Co^rt whether
the afore recited Surrender was made by him or not Answered itt

was.

Sheriff's
Returns

Then the Sherriff of S^t Marys County returned all his writts
Executed, only George Reynolds (non est Inventus) The Sherriff
of Calvert County all executed

Neale v.
Thompkin-
son

Knowe all men by theis p^rsents that I John Thompkinson carpinter
of Charles County doe hereby authorise my loving freind John
Wheeler Planter of the said County doe Constitute and ordeine my
lawfull Attorney to craue A Refference for me till the next Pro^all
Co^rt as Wittnes my hand 29^th May 1661
Testes Thomas Robinson Henry Franckum
John Tompkinson his
marke

Ordered that the Sherriff haue another warr^t ag^t Tompkinson; and
th^t he take security of the said Tompkinson to appeare att the next
Provinciall Co^rt and stand to the Award of the Co^rt