Provincial Court Proceedings, 1663-64. 131






     To the honble the Gouernor & Councell of the Prouince of Maryland. Liber B B
       The humble Petn of Cuthbert ifenwick Sheweth
       That by the last Will & Testamt of Cuthbert ifenwick Deceased
     yor Petrs ffather, The mannor of St Cuthberts was to bee deuided
     betweene yor Petr & his Brothers, Yett soe as there was to bee allowed
     to yor Petr one hundd Acres ouer & aboue an equall share unto yor [p. 178]
     Petr & tht Lying uppon St Cuthberts Creeke, That a writt of Parti
     tion hath beene lately issued out of this honble Court By uertue of
       a Jury was impanelled to make Partition of the sd Land betweene
     yor Petr & his Brothers, That the Jury eyther through unskillfullnes
     on inaduertensy haue allotted yor Petr not full one hundd Acres in
     all, whereas hee ought to haue had one hundd acres more then any of
     his Brothers.
       Wherefore yor Petr humbly prayes tht this honble Board will bee
     pleased to Graunt a new writt of Partition tht soe by another Jury
     hee may haue according to his ffathers Will one hundd Acres more
     then his Brothers haue, And hee shall pray &c.
       Ordered uppon this Petn That a new writt of Partition issue forth,
     & tht the Surueyor haue notice, To the end hee may appoynt a day to
     bee there present, & assist them in the Diuiding the sd Land.

       This Indenture made the Seauenth day of Octobr in the ffifteenth
     yeare of the Reigne of Our Soueraigne Lord Charles &c: & in the
     Two & Thirtith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius Lord Baltemore
     Lord & Proprietary of this Prouince of Maryland Betweene Thomas
     Gerrard of St Clements Mannor in St Maries County in the Prouince
     aforesd Eso3 of the one parte, & Thomas Nottley late of Barbados &
     now of the same County merchant of the other parte, Wittnesseth
     That the sd Thomas Gerrard for & in Consideraon of the suiñe or
     quantity of Thirteene Thowsd pownds of good merchble Arronoko
     Tobacco in Cask unto him the Gerrard att & before the Sealing
     & deliuery of these prnt by the sd Thomas Nottley well & truly payd,
     the Receipt whereof the sd Thomas Gerrard doth hereby acknowl
     edge, & himselfe therewth fully satisfyed & payd, & thereof & of
     Euery parte & parcell thereof doth clearely acquitt Exonerate and
     discharge the sd Thomas Nottley his heyres Executors & Admistrors
     for euer by these prnts, Hath gyuen, graunted, aliened, bargayned,
     sold, assigned, transferred, Enfeoffed, & confirmed, & by these prnts
     doth fully clearely & absolutely giue, graunt, bargaine, sell, aliene,
     assigne, transferre, Enfeoffe & confirme unto the sd Thomas Nottley
     his heyres & assignes for euer all tht parcell or Tract of Land, [p. 179]
     Lying scituate & being in the County aforesd being part & parcell of
     the mannor of St Clements aforesd commonly knowne & called by the
     name of Mannahowicke Neck, being bownded as followeth (to say)
     Beginning att the Poynt of Land, att the mouth of Bramley Creeke