440 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1748.

Lib. C. B.

Cecil County ss.
Robert Mitchel being sworn upon the holy Evangels of

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Almighty God Saith that about Twelve Months ago Joseph
England in Company with M^r Benjamin Chew and some
Others came to the Dwelling house of the said Deponant and
Ordered him immediately to Leave the land after some Con-
versation about the affair M^r Chew said that he had formerly
Surveyed that Land for Henry Baker but on Joseph England
Claiming the said Land he Refused any further Proceedings
and nothing more happened till the last day of March last
past when the said Joseph England in Company with his Son
Samuel England and William Hay Sub Sheriff of Chester
County in Pensilvania came to the Dwelling house abovesaid
And the said William Hay made an Arrest in the Kings Name
at the Suitt of the said Joseph England on the said Deponant
in the Sum of Two hundred Pounds Current Money of Pen-
silvania for Damages done on the said Land And then Pro-
ceeded all in Company towards Chester Court house or
Prison with the said deponant who at that time was fully
Resolved to go to said Prison but on their Calling at Edward
Mitchels Tavernkeeper in Nottingham was there perswaded
and accordingly did give his Obligation for the Sum of Ten
Pounds Ten Shillings in Order to Procure his Releasment
Payable to the said Joseph England and as he Paid for Dam-
ages done on said Land and at the same Time the said
Joseph England gave the said Deponant a Note of hand to
free him from the County Tax The said Deponant further
Saith that the said Land whereon he Lived was always deemed
to be Part of Susquehanah (otherwise called Talbot) Manor
and had ever been held under a Maryland Right and is at
Least as he believes two Miles to the Southward of the Last

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Line run between the two Proprietaries And on the same Last
day of March aforesaid the said Joseph England and Sub
Sheriff in a formall manner dispossessed the above Deponant
and the said Joseph England took Possession of the Premisses
as his Land held under Pensilvania
Sworn before me this 13^th day of December 1748
Nathan Baker

As nothing Appears to me that it's the Governors Request
to take the within Deposition and not knowing what May be
the Consequence desire to be Excused
James Baxter

March the thirty first 1748

These are to Certify that I Joseph England doth engage to
free Robert Mitchel from paying any Levys that arises from