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      cery the ninth day of ffebruary next to Shew what for us or them- Liber CD
      selves they have or can Say wherefore the Said Letters patents of
      the aforesaid Land or any part or parcell thereof ought not to be
      Revoaked and adnulled & the Record & Records thereof Cancelled
      & made void and the Same into our hands be Seized and further to
      do & Receive what our Said Court Shall do or Grant to be done in
      this behalf And that you then & there Return to our sd Justices how
      you have Executed this writt Wittness our Self at our City of S.t
      maries the 30.th day of December in the 43.th year of our Dominion
      &a Annocp Domini 1674        Jo.n Blomfield Reg.r
         P:     Calvert Canc
       January 30.th 1674
       On the backside thereof was written
       Executed p me W.m Coulborne Sher before m.r Nicholas Rice
      m.r David Brown, m.r George Johnson, m.r John Winder, John
      King, Miles Gray Alexander Draper Good & Lawfull men of my
      Bailywick

     To the Right Hon.ble Charles Calvert Esq Lieu.t Gen.ll of maryland
       The Humble petition of Robert Wade Sheweth
       That John Clarke of this County of Ann Arundell deced left at
      his decease fifty acres of Land & one Son who hath been ever Since
      kept & maintained at the proper Cost & Charge of your pet.r who is
      also now lately deced Therefore yo.r pet.t humbly prayeth that your
      Lopp would be pleased to Grant him the Said fifty acres of Land it
      Lying very Convenient for yo.r pet.rs use and your pet.r is willing
      to Satisfie your Lopp for the Same And yo.r pet.r as in duty bound
      Shall Ever pray &c.a
       Let a Writt of Inquiry issue forth with a Commission to maj.r
      Wm Burges & m.r John Welsh touching the Land menconed in y.e
      above written petitionTo W.m Calvert Esq Secretary            Charles Calvert
         28.th June 1674


       Caecilius &c To our Trusty and Welbeloved maj.r W.m Burgess &
      John Welsh of Ann Arundell County Gent Greeting We Comand
      you that by y.e Oaths of Twelve Good & Lawfull men of our Said
      Co.ty of Ann Arundell by whom the truth of the matter may the
      better be known & Enquired of that you diligently Enquire what
      Lands John Clarke late of Annarund.ll County deced dyed Seized
      of at the time of his Death as of ffee in the Co.ty of Ann Arundell
      & of what manor and under what Rents & Servcies & how much those
      Lands & Tenem.ts are of value by the year in all issues & att what
      time the Said John Clarke died & who is his next heire & what age
      the heir is & who those Lands, tenem.ts from the time of the Death








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