254   Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.




        LiberC D Yeilding and paying therefore yearly to his S.d Ldp Two Shillings
        (fol. 248) Sterling in money or one bushell of Good Corne at the Nativity of

              our Lord By Virtue of w.ch Grant or Patent the S.d Jurro.rs do
              upon their Oath Say That the S .d John Shercliff became Seized &
              possessed of the premisses & being So Seized and possessed thereof
              the S .d John Shercliff did by writeing under his hand & Seal bearing
              date the Twelfth day of ffebruary 1650 being menconed & Endorsed
              on the Back Side of the Said Patent assign all his Right Title and
              Interest of in and to the premisses to Edward Cotten his heirs and
              assigns for Ever as by the Said Patent and assignm.t thereof to
              us produced may more at Large appear And the Jurors aforesaid
              do upon their Oaths further Say that the Right Hon.ble the Lord
              Proprietary of the S.d province did by his Patent bearing date the
              Second day of November in the year of our Lord 1650 Give Grant
              and Enfeoff unto William Newgent Gent all that parcell of Land
              Lying near the Newtown Called Huggins Neck Beginning at the
              head of [L]ees Creek bounding on the West with the Said Creek
              and Brittons Bay on the South with Potomack River on the East
              with a Creek Called Broad Creek on the north with the Land form
              erly Granted to William Assiter Containing and now laid out for
              one hundred acres more or Less Together with all Rights & profits
              and benefits thereunto belonging, Royall mines Excepted, To have
              and to hold the Same Land and premisses unto the Said William

          p. 207 Newgent Gent his heirs and assigns for Ever To be holden of the
        (fol. 248) manno.r of West S.t marys in free and Common Soccage by ifealty

              only for all Services Yeilding & paying therefore yearly to his Said
              Lordship two Shillings Sterling in Silver or the value thereof in
              Such Commodities as his Said Lordship his heirs officer or officers
              appointed by them Shall accept in discharge thereof at their Choice
              by Even and Equall portions at the feast of the Annunciation of the
              Blessed Virgin Mary and the feast of S.t Michael the Archangell
              By virtue of which Grant or Patent the Said Jurors do upon their
              Oaths Say that the Said William Newgent became Seized and pos
              sessed of the prmisses & being So Seized and possessed thereof the
              S.” William Newgent did by writeing under his hand bearing date the
              Twelfth day of December 1651 being menconed and Endorsed on
              the back Side of the Said Patent assign all his Right Title and
              Interest of in and to the premisses to Edward Cotten his heirs and
              assigns for Ever as by the Said Patent may more at Large appear,
       (fol. 249) And the sd Jurors do upon their Oaths further Say that the Right
              Hon.ble the Lord Prop.ry of the S.d province did by his Patent
              bearing date the Twenty fourth day of January 1642 Give Grant
              and Enfeoff unto Henry Lee all that parcell of Land Lying on the
              South Side of Brittons Bay and bounding on the west with a line
              drawn South from a point of the S.d Bay Called Blunt point into a
              Creek Called Lees Creek on the South with a line drawn East from