Chancery Court Proceedings, 1669.   13

     Commission we are required this Eight day of June Anno Dom Liber CD
     1669.           Henry Adams
                    ffranc.s Pope
               Alexand.r Simpson Edmund Lindsey
               Archib.d Wahob    Thomas Baker
               Clem.t Theobalds  Jeremy Dickison
               Barth.° Coates    James Mackey
               Jam.8 Littlepage  John Paine
               Robert Robins     Henry Moore
                         all Sealed

           Charles County August the 10.th 1669.
     The  Inquisition upon the Estate of Sam Smith decd at the psecucon
        of Mr. Robert Slye
      This Inquisition taken before us Henry Adams and ffrancis Pope
     by Virtue of a Writt to us directed from the Lord propry of the
     province of Maryland to enquire of what Lands and Tenements Sam-
     uel Smithe late of Charles County deceased dyed possest of held
     of the Lord propr as well in demeasne as in Service and what
     day he dyed and what value the Lands were of by the Year and
     who was his next heir In obedience to which writt we have made
     this following Inquisicon by the Oath these twelve Subscribed honest
     Men of Charles County and under our Seals and the Seales
     every of them we do return it.
      First we find that Samuel Smith late of Charles County deceased (fol. 11)
     dyed possessed of Four hundred Acres of Land lying in Charles
     County called Old Spring which Land hath been in the Constant
     Tenure and Occupation since the death of the said Smith of one
     Robert Downes and that the sd Lands is worth Eight Shilling
     Sterling p Acre.
      Likewise that M.r Robert Slye Gent was constantly by the sd Smith
     called Cozen and was commonly reputed his next heir if he be not
     we can find no other and likewise we do find upon our Inquisition
     that the sd Smith dyed the fifth on Sixth March in the Year of our p. 10
     Lord One Thousand Six hundred Sixty and one To the testimony of (fol. 11)
     the Truth of our Inquisition we have respectively Sett our Seals.
     the day & year abovesd
              SignedHenry Adams
                  ffranc.s Pope
                Tho: Baker     Robert Clarke
                John Chesman   Jacob Peterson
                Alex.a Simpson Edm.d Lindsey
                Alex.a White   John Lee
                John Stone     William Allen
                John Mackey    Rob.t Downes
                         all Sealed