502    Court and Testamentary Business, 1649.

            Liber A.   betweene Abraham Johnson Marriner by John Hatch his Attor

                  ney plte and Phillipp Lannd high sheriffe of the County of St

                  Maries deft It was ordered that the deft should pay vnto the

                  plte or his said Attorney 2293 l of Tob: & Cask. It is nowe

                  agreed betweene the said pties as followeth viz: The said

                  Phillipp Land doth covenant promise and agree to pay vnto the

                  said John Hatch the said 2293 l of Tob and cask before the

                  day of ffebruary next And for security of paymt thereof doth

                  hereby freely & firmely assigne make over and deliver to the

                  said Hatch the whole benefitt pfitt and allowance by ffees &

                  otherwise Wth are or shalbe due to him or wch hee hath already

                  made or shall or may in the meane time make or raise for or

                  by reason of the said Office of Sheriff for this prsent yeare

                  together with a Cowe of his the said Lands nowe in the possion

                  of Wifim Tompson of Newtowne And the said John Hatch

                  in consideracon thereof is willing and doth agree to forbeare

                  all psecucon vppon the order before menconed for the said

                  Tob. vntill the twelueth of ffebruary aforesaid. But in case the

                  said Land hath or shall in the meane time otherwise dispose of

                  any thing hereby before assigned and made over to the said

                  Hatch, and that the same bee made appeare by oath vppon

                  Record, then the said Hatch vppon such discovery is at liberty

                  forthwith to take out Execucon vppon the said order for the

                  said Tobacco any thing herein before conteyned to the contrary

                  notwithstanding And in case Custome bee not here paid for

                  Tob: this yeare, then the same is to bee deducted by the said

                  Land out of the said 2293 l of Tob: according to his Agreemt

                  with the said Abraham Johnson In witnes whereof the said

                  pties have herevnto put theire hand this 17th day of July 1649

                                     John Hatche   Philip Land:

                  Administrar of the widdow        Cecilius&c To Capt Robert Vaughan

                  Coxes estate to Capt Vaughan Commander of the Ile of Kent within

                  our said Province of Maryland Greeting. Wee doe hereby

                  committ vnto you the Administracon of all the rights goods

                  and chattells within this Province of Maryland wch were of

                  ffrances Coxe late of the said Island of Kent widdow deceased

                  charging you by vertue of your oath made in that behaulf that

                  you cause a true and pfect Inventory of all the said rights debts

                  goods and chattells soe farr as you may to bee made in the

                  presence and by the discrecon of two able psons to bee

                  approved of and sworne by one of our Comissioners within

                  the said Island for the time being with the iust value of the

                  said goods by appraisemt of the said psons as aforesaid and

                  exhibited into the Secretaries Office sometime before Christmas

                  next if you may vnles further time bee given you by our Sec

                  retary And that you pforme the Will and pay all and onely