304   Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.





         Liber CD alive then he to have half of thewhat else is Speci
         fied in her Said Late husband      But if the Said
         Roger were Dead then She gave         tion.r as by
               her Said Will annexed will more
         (fol. 305)                               it please     your Lordship as yo.r Pet.r is
               advised       appears by the will of the S.d
               Hinderson that          tie his Land therein
               menconed upon his wifeYet Since by defect of
               Skill in the party that writt thehappens therein to want
               the word heirs therefore in StrictLaw the Estate therein
               Granted of the Said Land to the Saideth amounted to no
               more than an Estate for life, andthat the Andrew dyeing
               without other heir the Land is Lyableto be Escheated to yor Lord
               ship, Yo.r pet.r being a poor manhaveing no other Estate, but being
               Sufficiently made Sensible of yo.rLaps Clemency and mercy in Such
               Cases, Doth humbly pray that yorLdp will Grant a Dedimus potes
               tatem to Some able and honest psonsof Calvert County to Enquire
         p. 248             by the Oaths of twelve honest &     Lawfull men for that purpose to
         (fol. 305)       be Impannelled & Sworn what Lands     and Tenem.ts Andrew Hinder
               son & Elizabeth Buttrum or eitherof them dyed Seized of and of
               what Estate therein and what heir orheirs they or either of them
               left that So yor Lordship may byRecord be Entitled thereunto and
               then yor Petr most humbly prays theptmisses being Considered that
               yo.r Lordship will gracious please toadmitt your pet.r to purchase
               upon Reasonable Termes from yorLordship the two hundred acres
                  as is before menconed wasDevised to him by his Said wife
               Relict of the sd Andrew Hinderson
                                       Andyour petition.r Shall pray &c
                Underneath the aforegoingPetition was thus written viz.t
                                    By the Lord Proprietary
                Ordered that a DedimusPotestatem issue as is above directed
               to major Charles Boteler & Cap.tSamuell Bourne C: Baltemore
               Novemb.r y.e 13.th 1679
                Mandamus then issued to maj.rCharles Boteler & Cap.t Samuell
               Bourne of Calvert County Gent thatby the Oaths of Twelve &c
               they diligently Enquire what LandsAndrew Hinderson & Elizabeth
               Buttrum or either of them late ofCalvert County deced dyed Seized
               of returnable without delay.
         (fol. 306)     RC   SUbp.a David ffogg of S.t Mary's Co.ty and testificand
               for Robert Mason ag.t John Penroy and Thomas Penroy dat 24.th
               Novemb.r ret 10.th ffebruary 1679

                 RC     Att.a in Chancery ag.t George Godfrey defendant
               at the Suit of Elizabeth Mary & Margaret Beck Daughters &
                            Beck deed Infants by their Guardian for not