238 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.

Robin Cole hath layd some claime to my ffathers & my Estate, w^ch I
conceiue hee did, supposing I & my Wife had bene dead. But god be
praysed wee are both aliue, & in health, & haue Three Children
lyuing; Soe hee now may excuse the clayming any thing & deliuer all
ouer to yo^u for my use. Pray remember my loue to M^r Thomas
Garrett & his Wife, & all the rest of my ould ffreinds there. Thus
not more, but my kind loue to yo^u, desyring not to fayle, but to use
all dilligence in this busines. I take leaue & rest
Yo^e assured f reind to serue yo^u
August 2^d 1658. James Neale

I Hue Seauenty Leagues from this place, soe my Wife writes not,
shee not being here, But the first opportunity after I gett home, I
will send yo^u a letter from her
J. N.

p. 195

Bee it knowne unto all men by these p^ents th^t I James Neale Gentⁿ
haue made & ordeyned, constituted, authorized, deputed, & appoynted
& doe by these p^ents make ordeine, constitute, depute & appoynt my
Wellbeloued ffreinds William Britton Gent", John Thimblebe, John
Wade, & Henry Raynor to bee my true & law full Attorneys, ffor
mee & in my name steade & place, & in the name of my Welbeloued
Wife Ann Neale & in the name of my Children Ann, James &
Dorothy Neale, to ask demand, Leuy, recouer and receaue full &
intire possesⁿ of th^t Manno^r or parcell of Land, w^ch is rightly mine
deryued by Patent from the Right hon^ble Cecilius Caluert Lord
Baltemore, Lord Proprietary of the s^d Prouince of Maryland knowne
by the name of Wolleston Manno^r. As allso full power & authority
to recouer of Nathaniel Pope satisfaction for all such goods, cattle &
seruants, as I left in trust w^th him, att my departure from Maryland.
And allsoe doe hereby giue full power & authority to my s^d Attorneys
for to recouer all such Lands, goods & Chatties, as were left by M^r
Beniamin Gill, father to my Wife & bequeathed to mee James Neale,
or unto my Wife or our Children or unto any one of us, as may
appeare by the last Will & Testam^t of the s^d M^r Beniamin Gill de-
ceased, Gyuing & hereby graunting unto my s^d Attorneys, or any
Two of them, full power & authority for to sue, arrest, condeme,
imprison, & impleade, any p^eson or p^esons whatsoeu^r in possesⁿ of
the s^d Estates, or any part of them, whither possessed by admistraon
or as ffeoffees in trust, or by any other power whatsoeu^r, And after
recouery of the s^d goods, lands, or cattle for me & in my name, or in
the name of my Wife & Children, or any one of us, to giue acquit-
tance or acquittances, or any other lawfull discharge, Ratifying,
confirming, affirming & allowing of any lawfull Act or thing my s^d
Attorneys, or any Two of them shall doe for the Recouery of the s^d

goods Lands & chatties. They not disposing otherwise of them,