482        Chancery Court Proceedings, 1676.

        Liber P C  ton John ifearson Thomas Clipsham & John Brookes The Jury Tm-
               pannelled by the Sheriffe of Charles County doe upon theire oathes
               Say as followeth: That William Smoote being Seized in his De-
               measne as of ffee of & in A parcell of Land lying on the West side
               of Wiccocomico River Beginning at A Marked Oake the bound
               Tree of John Hatches Land & bounding on the East with A line
               drawne North & by West from the said Oake for the length of Two
               hundred Perches to an Oake Standing neare the land of John Courts
               On the North with A line drawne West & by South from the End
               of the former line for the Length of Three hundred & Twenty
               Perches to A Marked Redd Oake Standing upon the head of the
               Branch Called Smooth Branch till it intersect A Parallel line drawne
               from the said Hatches Oake on the South with the said Paralell
               Conteyning & now laid Out for Four hundred Acres be it more or
               lesse By Vertue of A Grant under the Great Seale of this Province
               to him thereof Granted bearing date the Twenty Sixth day of Janry
               in the Yeare of Our Lord One Thousand Six hundred ffifty Two
               To be holden of his Lordpp the Lord Propry as of his Mannor of
               West St Maryes under the yearly Rent of Eight shillings Sterling p
               Annum he the said William Smoote did upon the Twentyeth day
               of May One Thousand Six hundred fifty six Assigne all his Right
               in the Premises unto Humfrey Atwicks & Richard Smoote which
               Assignement was in Open Court in Charles County aforesaid Ac-
               knowledged by the said William Smoote & Grace his wife & the said
               Richard Smoote did upon the Eighth day of Janry One Thousand
               Six hundred ffifty Six his Right & Title of the within Mentioned
               Patten unto Thomas Mitchell & his Assignes And the said Thomas
               Mitchell upon the Third day of May One Thousand Six hundred
               fifty Nine did make Over from him & His assignes all his Right &
               Title & interest of the said Patten unto the said Humfrey Atwicks
               his heyres or assignes And the said Humfrey Atwicks being Seized
            & Possessed of the Premises did Assigne the premises to Thomas
               Peircy which after was in open Court in the County of Charles
               the Seaventeenth day of March One Thousand Six hundred Sixty
               Two by the said Humfrey together with Elizabeth his wife assigned
               to Thomas Peircy And the said Thomas Peircy upon the Twenty
               fifth day of November one Thousand Six hundred Sixty two for
               the Consideracon of ifour Thousand pounds of Tobacco to him paid
               by Thomas Carvile Agree to Assigne the premises & to deliver him
               The Patten aforesaid in Court together with A ffine & Recovery
               to be Acknowledged in Court by the said Thomas Peircy & Humfrey
               Atwicks & his wife which was accordingly done by the said Humfrey
               & his wife and the Said Thomas Peircy upon the Said Seaventeenth
               day of March 1662, And the same day the said Thomas Carvile did
               in Open Court in the County aforesaid Assigne all his Right Title &
               Interest of the said Pattent unto John Legatt of the same County