Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.   263





     Thomas fford of the Same Walter Carr of the Same, Robert Con- Liber CD
     nant of the Same Richard Deaver of the Same Richard Wells of
     the Same Thomas Knighton of the Same Garrett Hopkins of the
     Same Samuell Reniger of the Same John Gale of the Same, William
     Sivick of the Same and Leonard Coate of the Same The Jury who
     upon their Oaths Say as followeth viz.t That the Said William
     Paggett was at the time of his Death Seized in Actuall possession
     of a plantation or Tract of Land Containing Two hundred & fifty
     acres be the Same more or Less with one Dwelling house and
     Severall Tobacco Houses Lying near Herring Creek in the County
     of Ann Arundell aforesd To be holden of his Lordship and his
     heirs as of his Lordship's manno.T of Ann Arundell in free and
     Common Soccage by ifealty onely for all Services under the yearly
     Rent of five Shillings Sterling in Silver or Gold or the value thereof
     in Such Commodities as his Lordship or his heirs or Such officer
     or officers appointed by his Lordship or his heirs from time to
     time to Collect and Receive the Same Shall accept in discharge (fol. 259)
     thereof at the Choice of his Ldp & his heirs or Such officer or officers
     as afores.d The Jurors further Say that the S.d Plantacon.& Tract
     of Land & prmisses are now in the possession of Mary Thorley
     widow the late wife of Edward Thorley deced and that the Same
     Lands & premisses as the now are, are worth four hundred
     pounds of Tobacco p annum over and above the Rent above Re
     served to his Lordship and that the s.d W.m Paggett in the year
     of our Lord God one thousand Six hundred & Sixty made his
     Last will & Testam.t in writeing and Bequeathed the Sd Plantacon
     and Tract of Land to his two Sons William & Thomas Pagett and
     Shortly after dyed W.Ch Said two Sons W.m & Thomas Pagett
     dyed Orphants Intestate, The Jurors further Say that J Pascall
     the Son of James Pascall is the next heir to the Said W.m & Thomas
     Pagett he being the Son of James Pascall Brother of Amy Pagett
     the late Wife of the Said William Pagett the mother of the Said
     two Sons William & Thomas Paggett deceased who they think is
     half Blood with them and that the Said heir is now in his two &
     Twenty years of age The Jurors further Say that George Pascall
     the Guardian of the Said William Paggett the Younger Since the
     Death of the Said William Paggett the Elder hath Received the
     issues and profits thereof to the value of four hundred pounds of
     Tobacco p annum and that Edward Thorley in his life time & mary
     his Relict have held the Said Land and Plantation by virtue of a lease
     Demised them by George Pascall the Guardian of the S.” Son p. 215
     William Pagett, and that the Said George Pascall Edwd Thorley (fol. 259)
     and his wife have paid the yearly Rent due to his Lordship for the
     S.d Lands and premisses to the Severall Sheriffs of Ann Arundell
     County Receivers for his Lordship Successively yearly and Every
     Year untill this present year, In Testimony whereof the Said Com