162   Chancery Court Proceedings, 1675.




       Liber C D  of the Said John Clarke hath or doth Occupye their fines & profits
              hath or doth receive & by what title & how & in what rnanno.r &
              who hath paid the Rent for the Same & to whom, And the Inquisition
              thereof distinctly & openly made to us in our Chancery under y.r
              hand, & Seal & the hands & Seals by whom it shall be made w.thout
              delay you Send & this writt Wittness our Self at our City of S.t
              maries the 8th day of July in the 44.th year of our Dominion &Ca
              Annoq Dñj 1675

              July 9.th 1675
                Mandamus then issued to Thomas Sprigg & Cuthbert ifenwick of
              Calvt County Gent that by the Oaths of xij &C they Enquire what
              Lands Charles Bird dyed Seized of &c ret. without delay

       (fol. 170) To his Excellency the Cap.t Gen.ll Governor of maryland
                The humble pet.n of Margaret Bird Widdow
                Humbly desireth that yor Excellency would be pleased to hearken
              to yo.r peticon.rs distressed Condition by the death of her late husband
              Charles Bird who having in his Lifetime purchased two pcells of
              Land Containing one hundred and Sixty acres Said pcells of
              land are adjoyning upon your Excellencys manno.r of Calverton
           p. 136 Said pcells of Land the s.d Charles Bird did Lease out to a Neighbour
        (fol. 170) of his for a Term of years w.ch Said Term being now almost Ex
              pired yo.r pet.rs humble Request to your Excellency is that She may
              have the Said Lands for her Child whom She had by her former
              husband, because it was the Verball Will of the S.d Charles Bird
              before a woman then liveing in the house was that he did Give
              the Said Land to his wife dureing her life & after her decease to
              her Child Said woman hath already Given in her Deposition
              of the Same yor pet.r hath here Ready to show your Excellency
              hopeing yo.r Excellency will shew Some mercy towards her dis
              tressed Condition in Granting her the Same her husband did
              will to her being in his perfect Senses ab.t a day before he dyed She
              having no neighbour near that Could write his will & not thinking
              death was So near at hand by reason of his dying Intestate hath
              been a Great deal of Charge and trouble to yor pet.r who humbly
              desireth yo.r Excellency that She may have her Request Granted
              her that She may be freed from all other Charge & trouble & if these
              lines will not fully Satisfie yo.r Ex.cy yo.r pet.r will prsently bring
              those whom may Satisfie w.ch is y.e humble req.t of y.r Distressed
              petition.r                      Margarett Bird

                Subp: John Quigley to Answer a Bill in Chan.ry at the Suit of
              Garret Vansweringen rt 7 may Instant dat 7.th may 1675 I. Rousby p
              Comptt