176 Chancery Court Proceedings, 1675-76.





        Liber C D  of S.t m. that Caecilius of noble memory late absolute Lord Prop.ry
               of the Provinces of maryland & Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore
               &c did Grant under the Great Seal of our S.d P: of M: yC 5.th day
               of Oct.r Anno 1650 unto Cap.t Jn.° Price late deced a pcell of land
               Lying on the West Side of S.t George's River & on the East Side
               Wickliffs Creek Cont.a three hundred acres more or Less w.ch Said
               Grant of the parcell of Land we are Sithence Informed the S.d
               Jno Price hath unjustly & Surreptitiously obtained We therefore
               Command you that you make known by Good & Lawfull men of
               yo.r Bailywick unto Kenelm Cheseldyne who pttends Right to the
               prmisses & is in possession yreof that he be & personally appear before
               us in our Court of Can.ry the 4.th day of Aprill next to show Cause
               if any he have why the Said Grant ought not to be adnulled & made
               void upon Record and the Said Kenelm from the possession of the
               premisses be amoved & the Same Land & prmisses into our hands be
               Seized & hereof you are not to fail at your peril and have you there
               this writt Wittness &c 3.d march in the first year &c Annxp Domini
               1675

                 Subp.a John Bullett to Testifie for Kenelm Cheseldyne upon the
               above sci the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Prop.ry rt Ap.ll 1676
                 PS     Edward    writt of Replevin for a man Servant by
               name of Jn.° Tosse     Calvert agt Jn.° Athey Ret 4.th
               Ap.ll 1676 dat 24th march
                 KC     Superse     Corn S.t maries for John Blackiston
               of a Judgm.t obtained ag.t   y John Tennison for 45011 Tob:
               damages & Costs of Suit at a lower     marys Co: held ye I.st
               Tuesday in Jan.ry last dat 18th ffeb. last

                 Charles &C To the Sheriff of Talb.t Co.tY Greeting Whereas our
               Dear father Caecilius of noble memory the 15.th of ffeb: in the 28.th
               year of his Dominion &a Annoq Dom 1659 did by his Patent und.r
               ye Great Seal of our Province of maryland Grant unto Capt Sam.”
               Pensax of London mariner by y.e name of Sam.” Pensax a tract of
               Land Lying on the East Side of Chesepeake bay & on y.e west Side
               of a River in the s.d Bay Called Chester River & on the north Side
               of a Creek in the S.d Riv.r Called Broadnoux Creek Cont.a one
               thousand acres more or Less & the Same Erected into a manno.r by
               the name of Stepenheath And Whereas we are Informed that ye
               Said Tract of Land is Sithence become Escheated unto us for non
               paym.t of the Rent Reserved in the S.d Grant Specified We Comand
               you that you make known to the s.d Sam.” Pensax or ye Tents or
               Occupiers of the S.d Land that they be & appear before us at our
               next Provinciall Court to Shew Cause if any they have why ye Sd