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296 Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679. Liber CD afores.d and of what manno.r and under what Rents and Services and how much those Lands and Tenem.ts are of value by the year in all issues and at what time the Said John Vennall dyed and who is his next heir and what age the heir is and who those Lands & Tenem.ts from the time of the Death of the Said John Vennall hath or doth Occupy and the issues and profits hath or doth Receive & by what title and how and in what manner and who hath paid Rent for the Same & to whom and the Inquisition thereof distinctly and openly made in the high Court of Chancery under our hands and Seals and under the hands and Seales of those by whom it Shall be made without delay we Send and the Said writt. In Obedience to which we Richard Hill and Thomas Bland did by Lancelot Todd Constables Summons twelve Good and Lawfull men of the County afores.d who did appear before us at the house of Richard Rawlins in the County aforesaid upon the twelfth day of this Instant month of Aprill 1679 vizt Henry Parepoint, Henry Ridgely Amos Parepoint, Jabez Parepoint, William Ridgely, John Barker, John Geather, Nicholas Sheppard, Peter Bond, Richard War- field, James Greniffe and Adam Shipley who upon their Oaths Say (fol. 296) that the S.d John Vennall dyed Seized in of fee fifty acres of Land in the Coty of Ann Arundell aforesaid and held of the manno.t of Ann Arundell by ifealty under the Rent of two Shillings Sterling in Silver or Gold by the year as appears by Patent and is of the value of four hundred pounds of Tobacco by the year and that the Said John Vennall dyed about four years Since and that he dyed without issue and hath no heir that appears and that the fifty acres of Land ever Since the Said Vennall's Death and now is in the possession of Richard Rawlins, & that the Sd Richard Rawlins the issues and profits thereof hath ever Since the Death of the Said Vennall Received and the Said Rawlins possessed the Same by virtue of being Administrator to the Said Vennall & that the Said p. 242 Rawlins hath paid the Rents of the Said Land to his Lordship's (fol. 296) Receiver of the County of Ann Arundell Richard Hill sealed Thomas Bland sealed James Greeniffesealed Henry Ridgely sealed John Barker sealed Peter Bond sealed John Gathur sealed Henry Pierpointsealed Adam Shipley sealed W.m Ridgely sealed Jabez Peirpointsealed Nich° Sheppardscaled Rich.d Warfieldsealed Amos Peirpointsealed Which being Read and heard it is the Opinion of the Court here this day to witt the Eigth day of October in the fourth year of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Domini one thou- |
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