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Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679. 295 at the head of Chandlers marsh & Running thence north East and Liber C D by East one hundred Sixty and five pches to a bounded Red Oake Standing in the Woods thence East five hundred perches to a Red oake Standing on the north Side of Goose Creek thence Running South west and by West from the end of the East line one hundred Sixty and five perches untill it Intersects a paralell line drawn from the Said Chandlers Land according to the Originall Certificate of Survey of the Said Land Called Rotterdam Remaining upon Record in our Said Secretarys office, But by Reason John Ocane one of the Jurors af.d refused to Set his hand to the Said Inquisition the rest of the Jurors because as he Said he was Informed by Symon Overzee in his lifetime that the bound Tree of Rotterdam did Stand in that branch w.ch is above one third Short of the line of the Said “Land shutt in” the face of the Record for Land in our S.d Secre tary's office w.ch Says the Said Land is to be Runn East five hund.d perches from the Red oake Standing in the woods to which Oake the S.d Ocane agreed with the Rest of the Jurors the S.d Inquisition Could not be perfected and Returned under your hands and Seals & the hands & Seales of those by whom you did Enquire, We therefore Command you as otherwise we have Commanded you that by the p. 241 Oaths of twelve other Good and Lawfull men of the neighbourhood (fol. .294) you Cause the Said Edelen and Cap.t Randall Brent or either of them to be directed to Begin his or their Survey of the Said Land Called Rotterdam at the Bounded Spanish oake Standing in a forke at the head of Chandlers marsh and to prosecute his or their Survey of the Said Land Called Rotterdam according to the Originall Sur vey made by Robert Clarke late Surveyo.r Generall of this our Prov- (fol. 295) ince & Remaining upon Record as aforesaid and Contained in our Grant of the Said Land to Robert Doyne Gent and the Same So Surveyed by yor precept to the Sheriff of Charles County afores.d to be directed you Cause to be delivered to the Sd Doyne as being Land actually in our Legall possession by Virtue of the office aforesaid, And the Same Inquisition So made that you make Return thereof to us in our Court of Chancery without delay under your hands and Seales and the hands and Seales of those by whom you shall make Such Enquiry Together with this writt Wittness &c dated 15.th Novr 1679 Inquisition of John Vennall's Land By virtue of a writt of Enquiry out of the high Court of Chancery by the Right Hon.ble Charles absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Province of Maryland directed to Richard Hill and Thomas Bland of the County of Ann Arundell Gent Commanding us that by the Oaths of twelve Good and Lawfull men of the County afores.d to Inquire what Lands John Vennall of the County afores.d Deceased dyed Seized of at the time of his Death and of ffee in the County |
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