150    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

              Liber A    are expressed in owr Conditions of Plantation of owr sayd Prouince
                    of Mariland under owr greater seale at armes baring date at London
                    the second Day of July in the year of owr Lord one thowsand six
                    hundered fortie nine and remaining upon Record in ow sayd Prou
                    ince doe hearby grant to the sayd James Lee all that Parcell of land
                    lung on the north sid of Patomake Riuer at the head of a branch of
                    nangemy Creek tht boundeth the land of William Ston Esq begining
                    at a Marked Oake standing by the side of the fresh Run and Run
                    ing northwest by the run sid for the lenght of too hundered and fiftie
                    Perches to a marked Oake bounding on the north with a line drawne
                    southwest from the sayd Oake for the lenght of three hundered and
                    twentie Perches to a marked Oake standing on the heigh grounds
                    one the west with a line drawne south east from the end of the formar
                 394     line untill it intercept a Parrarell line drawne from the first Marked
                    Oake one the south with the sayd Parrarell one the East with the
                    sayd fresh run Containing flue hundered acres more or lesse together
                    with all profits Rights and benefits thearunto belonging (Royall
                    mines Excepted) to haue and hold the same unto him the sayd James
                    Lee his heirs and Assignes for Euer to bee holden of us and owr
                    heirs as of owr Mannor of St Maries in free and Common socage by
                    fealty onely for all seruices yealding and paying thearfor yearly
                    unto us and owr heirs at owr recept at St Maries at the too most usuall
                    feasts in the yeare (viz) at the feast of the annuntiatione of the
                    blessed Virgin Mary and at the feast of St Michell the arckangell by
                    euen and equall portions the rent of too shilling starling in siluer or
                    gould or the ful valew thearof in such Commodities as wee and owr
                    heirs or such officer or officers appoynted by us or owr heirs from
                    time to time to Collect and receaue the sam shal accept in discharge
                    at the Choyce of us and owr heirs or such officer or officers aforsayd
                    giuen at st Maries under own great seale of owr sayd Prouince of
                    Mariland the nineteenth day of August in the seauen and twentith
                    year of owr dominion ouer the sayd Prouince of Mariland Ao q Doni
                    1658 Witnes owr trusty and wel beloued Josias Fendall Esq owLiuetennant of owr sayd Prouince                       Josias Fendall


              [p. 160] Know all men by thees Presants that I James Lee doe hear by thees
                    Presants Assigne ouer all my Right & title from Mee my heirs Execu
                    tors and Assignes too hundered and fifty Acres of land that is men
                    tioned in this pattent lung one the South East Part of this diuident
                    unto John Ward his heirs Executors and Assignes for Euer as witnes
                    my hand this 8th of May Annoq Doni 1661 James L Lee
                    Witnes Francis Batcheler         his marke
                    This assignement was acknowledged in open Court the 25th of Sept:
                Ao 1661             Testis Georgius Thompsonus Amanuensis

                    The Court is Adiourned untill the 19th of Nouember Annocp Doni 1661