Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.  225






     Called by the name of St Peters Hill) the aforesaid hundred acres Liber B B
     of land to begin at a Bounded tree of the foresaid ffiue hundred acres
     being a white Oake standing neer the path marked wth twelue notches
     and to run for the length of the said hundred acres along the East
     and by north line of greate St Lawrences, To haue and to hould the
     said hundred acres of land to him the said Henry Aspinall and his
     heires that hee shall begett of Mary his now wife and in Case of noe
     heire soe begotten to him the said Henry Aspinall for ninety nine
     yeares if hee soe long liue Yeilding and paying the Lords Rent In
     wittnes whereof I haue hereunto sett my hand and seale this 16th
     day of May 1664              Walter Pake     locus
      Signed Sealed & deliuered         sigilli
       in the prsence of Vs—
          Walter Hall
          William Gater

       Then Came Thomas Griffin and desires his marke may bee re- July 4tk
       corded, which is Cropt on the left and a flower de luce on the right
       Eare—
       Then Came Thomas Ward and desires his marke may bee re- ditto die
     corded which is Cropt on the right eare and underhalf'd and a hole
     in the left eare—
     Att a Prouinciall Court held att St Marys on the fifth day of July [p. 288]
                         anno 1664
     Prsent
     JCharles Caluert Esq Gouernr Mr Baker Brooke
      Philip Caluert Esq Chancellr Mr Jerome White Councellors
                           Cott:   William Euans

       Francis Armstrong in Open Court desired the ensueinge Conuey
     ance may bee recorded wth acknowledgmt that it is his Act and deed
     to Mr Richard Preston Junior
       This Indenture made the first day of January in the yeare of Our
     Lord God 1663 Betweene Francis Armestrong on the Clifts of Cal
     uert County in the Prouince of Marylande plantr and Frances his
     wife on the one pte and Richd Preston Junior of the County and
     Prouince aforesaid plantr on the other pte Wittneseth that the said
     Francis Armestrong and Frances his wife for and in Consideracon
     of the Sume of Tenn Thowsand pounds of good Sound Merchantable
     Tobaccoe and Caske, And alsoe one Case of English dramms to
     them the said Francis Armstrong & Frances his wife before the en
     sealing and deliuery of these prsents well and truely in hand paid by
     the said Richard Preston whereof & wherewth they the said Francis
     Armestrong and Frances his wife doe hereby acknowledge the Re
     ceipt thereof and of euery part and parcell thereof doe fully Clearely








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