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-