94 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.

Henry Potter uppon the feast day of the Birth of Our Lord God
or w^thin Ten dayes before, or after yearely. In wittnes wherof I
the s^d Henry Potter haue hereunto sett my hand this Eight day of
May, And 1654
Henry + Potter
Signed & deliuered in the p^ence of
John Prince Marks Pheypo.

I J. H. U.
Studies. Old
Md. Manors
12. vide 2
Bozman 372
The
Manno^r of
S^t Gabriel

Att a Court Baron there held, on the /^th day of March 1656, by
James Gaylard Steward of M^rs Mary Brent, it is thus inrolled.

To this Court came Martin Kirke & tooke of the Lady here in full
Court, by the deliuery of the s^d Steward, By the rod, according to the
Custome of the sayd Mannor, One Messuage or Tenem^t, & Thirty
Seauen Acres & halfe of Land, Lying betweene Persymon Pond, &
the head of the Oyster Creek adioyning to the now dwelling howse
of the s^d Martin Kirke. To haue & to hold to him the s^d Martin
Kirke & his heyres for euer successiuely according to the Custome
of the s^d Manno^r, By the yearely rent of fiueteene pecks of good
Indian Corne, & one fatt Capan or henne & halfe, And for a Herriott
halfe a barrell of like good Corne, or the value thereof & soe hee
the s^d Martin Kirke, hath done his fealty to the Lady, & is thereof
admitted Tenant,

May 20th

Mary Brent.
Exaied by Ja Gaylord Stewad

M^r Tilgh-
man's Bond
to Mr
Packer

Know all men by these p^ents th^t I Samuel Tilghman of Racliffe
Maryner doe acknowledge my selfe indebted unto Edward Packer &
Henry Parnel of the Prouince of Maryland Gentⁿ the summe of flue
hundred pownds sterl, to be payd uppon all demands. As wittnes
my hand this 8^th day of May One thowsand six hund^d fifty & seauen.

p. 60

The Condicon of this Obligaon is such, th^t if the aboue named
Samuel Tilghman doe stand to the Judgm^t & award of M^r Thomas
Gerard & M^r Henry Meese mutually chosen by the aboues^d parties,
to end & conclude all differences happening or being, betweene the
aboues^d parties, as Concerning the Plantaon lately bought of Walter
Beane, & now in the possesⁿ of the parties abouesayd that then this
Obligaon to bee uoyd, & of none effect, or ells to stand in full force
& uertue. Allso it is further agreed Betweene the parties aboues^d,
th^t if there shall happen any difference betwixt M^r Thomas Gerard,
& M^r Henry Meese th^t shall rest unresolued on: then the parties
aboues^d doe ioyntly chuse M^r Rob^t Slye as an Vmpyre to make a finall
conclusion. To whose iudgm^t wee likewise referre o^r selues, uppon
penalty of the sumsett aboue mentioned.
Samuel Tilghman.
Testis Edward Parkes.