220   Chancery Court Proceedings, 1678.





      Liber C D And yo.r Lordpps humble pet.r as in duty bound Shall Ever pray &c
                Underneath the above petition was written Let a writt of man
              damus be issued out touching the sd abovemencon'd
                                              Cha Baltemore

       (fol. 218) Charles &c To Clement Hill & Richard Gardner of S.t marys
              County Greeting We Command you that by the Oaths of twelve
              Good & Lawfull men of our S.d County of S.t marys by whom the
              truth of the matter may the better be known & Enquired of that
              you diligently Enquire who is the Right owner of a parcell of Land
              Containing four hundred and fifty acres Lying in Brittains bay on
              the South Side of the S.d bay in St marys County af.d now in the
              poseession of John Warren & by what Title & how & in what manner
              the S.d John Warren hath & doth hold & Enjoy the Same what
              those Lands & Tenem.ts are of value by the year in all issues who
              hath paid the Rent for the Same & to whom & who is heir to the
              Same & the Inquisition thereof distinctly & openly made to us in our
              Chancery und.r yor hands And Seals & the hands & Seals of those
              by whom it Shall be made without delay you Send & this writt
              Wittness our Self at the City of S.t marys the Twelfth day of June
              in the third year of our Dominion &c Annoq Dom one thousand Six
              hund.d Seventy Seven

              Aprill 13.th 1678
                Commission for Sheriff of S.t marys Co.ty then issued to Gerrard
              Slye with writt of assistance

              June 14th 1678
                Commission for Sheriff of Talbot Co.ty then issued to Vincent
              Lowe Esq with writt of assistance

           p. 181 June 12.th 1678
       (fol. 218) Commission for Sheriff of Ann Arundell County then issued to
              John Welsh with Writt of assistance

              June 14.th 1678

                Comiss.n for Sher of Kent County then issued to Mich.ll Miller
              with writt of assistance & writt of discharge to Thomas Marsh late
              high Sheriff of the Same County

              June 29.th 1678
                Mandamus then issued to George Parker & Rich.d Ladd of Calvert
              County Gent that by the Oaths of xij &C they Enquire what Lands
              John Tucker dyed Seized of &c ret without delay