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                    5 16       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665.

                Liber F F And the Agreemt is such, that the said Wm Hatton & Elizabeth his
                [p. tog] wife haue acknowledged the aforesaid ffiue hundred acres of land

                     wth it's appurtenances to be the Right of the said Wm Leeds as those
                     wch the said Wm Leeds hath of the Guift of the sd Willm Hatton and
                     Elizabeth his wife, and the same they haue Remised and Quitt
                     Claimed from them and theire heires to the aforesaid Wm Leeds and
                     the heires of the said Wm Leeds for euer and further the said Wm
                     Hatton and Elizabeth his wife hane granted for them and the heires
                     of the sd William the aforesaid ffiue hundred acres of land wth the
                     appurtenances agst them the said Wm Hatton & Elizabeth his wife
                     and the heires of the said Wm for Euer, And for this Recognicon
                     Remission Quitt Claime fine & Concord the said Wm Leeds hath giuen
                     to the aforesaid Wm Hatton and Elizabeth his wife the sume of ffiue
                thowsand pounds of tobacco & Caske—
                 Capta et Recognito Coram            Wiff Hatton
                   me 12th of Octobr 1665  the marke of  Eliz: Hatton
                     Charles Caluert


                       Cecilius &c: To Captaine William Boreman & William Marshall
                     gent Greeting whereas Our writt of Couenant dependeth in Our Pro
                     uinall Court betweene Tho: Simpson and his wife and John Smyth,
                     and for a fine to bee thereof leauyed betweene them before Our Gou
                     ernor and Councell in the said Court according to the law and Cus
                     tome of this Prouince, and the said Thomas Simpson and Elizabeth
                     his wife as wee are informed are soe weake that they are not able
                     wthout great danger of their Bodyes to trauayle to St Marys by the
                     day Contained in the said writt to make the acknowledgmts which
                [p. 110]  are requisite to be made in that behalfe, Wee tendring the Estate of
                     the said Thomas and Elizabeth in this behalfe hath giuen yow or any
                     of yow power to take the acknowledgmts which the sd Thomas and
                     Elizabeth will make before yow or any of yow of the prmisses, And
                     therefore wee Comand yow that goeing in prson to the said Thomas
                     and Elizabeth yow take theire acknowledgmts and when yow shall haue
                     taken them yow Certifye the same distinctly and plainely to the said
                     Gouernor and Councell under yor seales or any of yow, that then the
                     sd fine betweene the said partyes of the prmisses may be leauyed be
                     fore the said Gouernor and Councell in the said Court according to
                     the law & Custome of this prouince sending to the said Court this
                     wnitt, Wittnes Our deare sonne & heire Charles Caluert Esq Our
                     Leiutennt of Our said Prouince of Maryland this day
                     of August 1665---               Charles Caluert

                       Comand Thomas Simpson & Elizabeth his wife that Justly &:
                     they keepe wth John Smyth of St Marys the Couenant &c of ffiue hun
                     dred acres of land Called Simpsons Supply wth~~ the Appurtenances &e
                     lying in St Marys County— Charles Caluert