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     sand Six hundred Seve.nty nine that the a foregoing Lands and Liber C D
     premisses are Escheated for want of heir
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     W.m Heards Senr Inquisition
      An Inquisition Indented and taken at Pickawaxen in Charles
     County this Sixteenth day of July in the fourth year of the Dominion
     of the R.t Hon.ble Charles absolute Lord and Prop.ry of the Provinces
     of maryland & Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c and in the year
     of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Seventy and nine before
     Henry Adams and Ignatius Caussen Gentl.n By virtue of a Com
     mission in the nature of a writt of mandamus to them directed and
     to this Inquisition annexed to Enquire after the Death of William
     Heard late of Charles County deceased by the Oaths of Henry
     Bonner, William Hinsey, John Harvey Thomas Gibson Robert
     Inglesby, William Ward, Thomas Craxstone Arthur Turner, Ed- (fol. 297)
     mund Dennis, Thomas Wakefield, George Newman & Joseph Bul
     lett Jurors upon their Oaths Says that the Sd Willm Heard dyed
     Seized of at the time of his Death as of ffee in the County of
     Charles upon the day of w.ch he dyed (viz) the fourth day of Jan
     uary one thousand Six hundred Sixty four of one thousand acres
     of Land Lying Scituate & being at the head of Portobacco Creek
     in the County of Charles County Comonly known and Called by the
     name of Beech neck though not Patented in the life time of the S.d
     William Heard, but by assignments of Severall warrants from
     Humphrey Warren late of this County deced to the Said William
     Heard in his life time doth appear to us to Remain upon Record in
     the Secretarys office of this Province for the Said one thousand acres
     of Land as by Patent Granted unto Coll.° John Douglas late of this
     County deceased the Exr of Bridgett Heard the Relict of the Said
     William Heard for the use of the Legatees exprest in the will of the
     Said Bridgett, By the R.t Hon.ble the Lord Prop.ry of Maryland
     according to his Grant under the broad Seale of this Province bear
     ing date the two and twentieth day of September in the four and
     Thirtieth year of the Dominion of the Right Hon.ble Caecilius of
     happy memory and in the year of our Lord one thousand Six hun
     dred Sixty and five as by the Said Grant Recourse being thereunto
     had it doth & may more at Large appear To be holden of his Lord
     ship's manno.r of Zachiah in free and Common Soccage by ifealty
     only for all manner of Services Yeilding and paying therefore
     yearly at the two most usuall feasts in the year viz.t at the feast of
     the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary & at the feast of S.t
     Michael the Archangell by Even & Equall portions the Rent of
     Twenty Shillings Sterling in Silver or Gold And we the Said Jurors
     Say that the Said one thousand acres of Land in all profits and
     issues thereof is worth five hundred pounds of Tobacco p annum