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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 |
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