154   Chancery Court Proceedings, 1675.





       Liber C D Caecilius &c.a To our Trusty and Well beloved Robert Burle and
              Thomas Besson of Ann Arundell County Gent Greeting because
              We are Informed that James Stringer late of your County deced at
              the time of his death was Seized in his demeasne as of ffee in divers
              Lands & Tenem.ts in your Said County w.ch of Right ought to
              descend to many Williams wife of Lodowick Williams & Daughter
              & heir of the S.d James Stringer deced and from her by undue
              means are kept away as is Said We do therefore Require and
              Authorize you as formrly We have Required and Authorized you
              that by the Oaths of twelve Good & Lawfull men of your Said
              County by whom the truth of the matter may more fully appear
              you diligently Enquire what Lands and Tenem.ts the Said James
              Stringer dyed Seized of within your Said County and whether the
              Said mary be his next heir and whether the Same were Surveyed
          p. 130 in the lifetime of ye Said James Stringer and the quantity of the
        (fol. 162) Same and whether the Same may or ought to descend to the Said
              heir and whether the Same are not Escheated unto us & who are the
              present possessors of the Said Land and by what title and the
              Inquisition thereof by you distinctly & openly to us in our Chancery
              without delay you Send under your Seals and the Seals of them by
              whom the Said Inquisition ShalL be made and this writt Wittness
              our Self at the City of S.t maries this 22th day of ffebruary in the
              43.th year of our Dominion &ca Annocp Domini 1674
                On the aforegoing writt of mandamus was thus Written The
              Execution of this writt appeareth in a Certain Schedule hereunto
              Annexed                      p Robert Burle
                                            Thomas Besson
                We of the Jury of Inquest whose names are hereunder written
              do unanimously Concurr and agree that James Stringer of the
              County of Ann Arundell deced dyed Seized of Twenty acres of
       (fol. 163) Land Lying on the South Side of Severne River in ye Co.tY afores.d
              and that Mary Williams y.e wife of Lodowick Williams ought of
              Right to be heir thereunto & that the S.d Stringer dyed Seized of
              no other Land as we find but of the Sd Twenty acres Said Land
              is in the possession of m.r Richard Hill of the Co.tY af.d and that
              the one hundred & fifty acres Supposed to be James Stringers is not
              Escheated Land for that we find the Rent thereof hath been duely
              paid & is now in the possession of mr Nath.ll Heathcoate and was
              never Surveyed for James Stringer in his life time
              Thomas ffrancis  sealed W.m Bratman     sealed
              Henry Pierpoint  sealed John Taylor     sealed
                    his mark         Rob.t R L Lowe   sealed
              ffardinando Battin     sealed   Leond L W Weyman sealed
              Robert R P Proctor     sealed       W.m Jones    sealed
              Gabriell P Parrott     sealed      W.m Ramsey    sealed
              Rich.d R Tydingssealed