Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664-65. 371






     Attorney shall doe or Act in prosecucon of the power and Commis- Liber B B
     sion unto him giuen as abouesaid I the said James Jones doe promise
     and engage to ratify and Confirme, In wittnes whereof I the said
     James Jones haue hereunto sett my hand and seale the day of
     January anno Domini 1664—       the marke of
       Sealed In the prsence of    James   Joanes
          Tho: Shiel: Jno Meech        Seale
      Comand Nicholas Rice of Wiccocomoco on the Easterne Shore [p. 452]
     wthin the prouince of Maryland Carpenter, that Justly &c hee keepe
     wth James Jones of Wiccocomoco aforesaid wthin the prouince afore
     said plantr the Couenant &c of six hundred and fourty acres of land
     lying in Wiccocomoco aforesaid uppon the East side of a Creeke
     comonly called Marren Iettoes Creeke beginning at the mouth of
     the said Creeke and running up the maine riuer comonly called Wic
     cocomoco riuer &c               Charles Caluert
      And the agreemt is such that the said Nicholas Rice hath acknowl
      edged the aforesayd six hundred & fourty acres of land to be the
      right of the said James Jones as those which the said James Jones
      hath of the Guift of the said Nicholas Rice, And the same he hath
      remised & quitt Claimed from him and his heires to the aforesaid
      James Jones and his heires for euer, And further the said Nicholas
      Rice haue granted for him and the heires of the said Nicholas Rice
      that he will warrt to the aforesaid James Jones and his heires the
      aforesaid Six hundred and ffourty acres of land wth the Appurte
      nances agst him the said Nicholas Rice and the heires of the said
      Nicholas Rice for euer, And for this remise release and quitt C!aime,
      the aforesaid James Jones hath giuen to the aforesaid Nicholas Rice
      Six thowsand ffiue hundred pounds of tobacco in hand payd—
      Taken and acknowledged this
     16th day of January 1664
     Before mee
         Charles Caluert

      Then Willm Hollingworth dds summons for George Marshall to February 2d
     appeare 7th instant next Prouinall Court to testifye and giue euidence
     in a Cause depending betwixt the saide Hollingworth plaintiffe and
     Tho: Wynne defendant uppon perill of for feitinge flue hundred
     pounds of tobacco in Case hee appeare not according to summons

     Samu” Griffen dds writt agst the Body of Robert Turner In an [p.453]
    accon of debt to the uallue of 180lb sterlinge     February 2d
      Warrt to sherriffe of St Marys County to arrest &c. Ret: the 7th this accon
     of this instant February being next Prouinciall Court
    To the honnoble Gouernor & Councell of the prouince of Maryland—
      The humble petn of Samuell Griffen sheweth