328   Chancery Court Proceedings, 1669.





       Liber C D  kept dureing or pleasure We do therefore Comand you and every
              of you that you be aiding & assisting to the s.d Chr: Rousby as
              high Sheriff of our Said County in all things that to the office of
              high Sheriff of o.r Said County do appertain Given at Or City of
              S.t maries undcr thc Great &c T Charles Calvert 17.° April 1669

              A writt of Diem Clausit extnemum for Rozer
                Caecilius &c To our Trusty & Welbeloved Henry Adams & ffrancis
              Pope because we are Informed that Symon Oversee late of this
              Province dec.d was at the time of his Death Seized of divers Lands
              & Tenem.ts in o.r County of Charles County within this our Province
              at the time of the Death of him the s.d Symon had not nor hath any
              Visible heir to whom of Right the Same did or may on ought to
              descend whereby the sd Lands to us of Right belongeth & to our
              hands ought to come by way of Escheat, We do therefore hereby
              require and Authorize you that by the Oath of 12 Good & Law lull
              men of Or Coty of Charles County by whom the truth of the matter
              may more fully appear you diligently Enquire what Lands the S.d

        (fol.     527) Symon Oversee dyed Seized of within our Said County & what day
            he dyed & who is his next heir & the Inquisition thereof by you

              distinctly and openly made to us in our Chancery without delay you
              Send under your Seals and the Seales of them by whom the sd
              Inquisition Shall be made & also this writt Wittness our Self at S.t
              maries the Twentieth day of Apnill in the 37.th year of our Dominion
              over o.r Said Province Annoq Domini 1669 Carvile.

              Sheriff's Patent for Balt.e County
                Directed to Nathan.” Styles Gent as before to Chn Rousby for
              Calvert County T I.o maij 1669
                Writt of assistance for the Same as before
              Sher Patent for    Co.ty
                Directed to Thomas Stockett Gent as before
                Writt of assistance for the Same ut Supra

              Shen Patent for Chas County
                Directed to Benjamin Rozer Gent as before
                Writt of assistance for the Same as before

              Sher Patent for Kent County
                Directed to Thomas Ingram Gent as before
                Writt of assistance for the Same as before

              Sher Patent for Talbot County
                Directed to Richard Tilghman Gent as before
                Writt of discharge for the Same directed to W.m Coursey Gent as
              before Cal County
                Writt of assistance for the Same as before