Chancery Court Proceedings, 1674.   141





    this writt Wittness our Self at our City of S.t maries the 28.th day Liber C D
    of October in the 43.th year of our Dominion &Ca Annoq Domini
    1674

      On the Backside of the aforegoing writt was thus written Viz.t
      The Execution of this Commission appears by a Certain Schedule
    hereunto Annexed                 Robert Carvile
                                     Ric. Ladd
      By virtue of a writt of Mandamus issued out of the high Court
    of Chancery to us Robert Canvile and Richard Ladd directed We
    Command you that you Cause to Come twelve Good & Lawfull
    men of your Bailywick Each of them having forty Shill.s a year
    before us at the house of John Hanse on ifryday the Twentieth
    day of November next by whom the truth of the matter may be
    the better known and Enquired of Diligently to Enquire what
    Lands Leonard Strong late of Ann Arundell County deced Dyed
    Seized of at the time of his Death as of ffee in the County of
    Calvert & of what mannor and of what Services and how much
    those Lands or Tenem.ts are of value by the year in all issues and
    at what time the Said Leonard Strong dyed & who is his next heir
    & of what age the heir is & who those Lands or Tenem.ts from
    the time of the Death of the Said Leonard Strong have or do
    Occupy and the issues and profits hath and doth Receive & by what (fol. 149)
    title and how and in what manner and for your So doing this Shall
    be your Sufficient warrant and have you there this precept Given
    under our hands & Scales this 29.th day of Uctob.r in the year of
    our Lord 1674
    To m.r Henry Darnall High     Ro: Carvile (sealed)
       Sheriff of Calvert County  Ric. Ladd . . (sealed)
      On the foregoing precept was thus written
      By Virtue of this precept I have Summoned twelve & Lawfull
    men of my Bailywick whose names I have hereunto annexed in a
    Schedule
                             ffrancis ffreeman Sub Sher
      John Trostor   James Thompson       Nicholas Cam
      ffrancis Hutchins    James Macall        William Irrland
      George Abbott  George Whitle        James Elton
      James Humes    William Barnet       Nathan Daw
                        Henry Darnall Sher

      An Inquisition Indented taken at the house of Jn° Hanse upon
    the Clifts in the County of Calvert this Twentieth day of November
    in the three and fortieth year of the Dominion of Caecilius &c
    before us Robert Carvile and Richard Ladd Gent by virtue of a