126    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

              Liber A   The aboue sayd bill of sayl was acknowledged in open Court by John
                   Neuill who did also Promis unto the sayd Robisson that his wife
                   shoold also acknowledge the same wheansoeuer hee pleased to requir
                   it which was accordingly acknowledged by her in open Court Jan 28
                   Ao 1661                       George Thompson

                    The Court is Adiourned untill the first Tuesday in Julie Ao 1661

                    William Marshall desiers this ensuing bill of sayle Assignment to
                367 bee recorded which bill of sayle is alredi recorded upon this Record
                   the 17th of Aprill Ao 1660 marked with the figurs 209 in the
                   margant:
                    Thees presants witneseth that wee Thomas Jaruise and hew Oneale
                   doe Assigne all owr rights and titels of this within mentioned bill
                   of sayle unto William Marschall or his Assignes for euer in witnes
                   whearof we haue interchangably set owr hand this 20th day of De
                   cember Ao 1660.                Thomas Jaruise
                   Witnes Richard Morris          hugh h 0 Onaal
                        Samuell dobson              his marke

              [p. 137] Thees Presants witneseth that I Alexander Smith of the Prouince
                   of Mariland Planter doe freely giue unto William Codwell Junior
                368 one Cow Calph beeing Marked on the right Eare with a slit ouer
                   keeled and underkeeled and the left Ear slit and ouerkeeled with
                   all her produce excepting the Male Calfes and them I dispose to wil
                   liam Coddwell Senior till the Child Comes to Age and to this my
                   deed of gift I set to my hand and seale this seauenth day of May Ao
                 1661                   Alexander Smith
              Sealed and Deliuered           his marke     0 seale
              in the Presance of us
                     Joseph Horton
                    Meuerell Hulse

                369 William Codwell Senior entereth his marke of hogs and Cattell
                   viz ouerkeeled on boath Ears and slite on boath Ears
                 and this marke following for his son William Codwell viz ouer
                   keelled and underkeeled and slit on the left Eare slit and ouerkeeled

                    Receaued this 29th of Aprill Ao 1661 from George Short A bill of
                371 Richard Sims his which amounts unto three hundered and fifty
                   pounds of tob: and Caske which is dew unto George Short which I
                   accept of in part satisfaction of a bill that is dew to mee I say
                   Receaued                       p Richard Rich
                                 I witnes of
                      Fran Bachiler
                      Samu Smith