164    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

              Liber A   of this Pnouince under the penalltie of twelue moneths Imprisonment
                   giuen at St Maries this 7th of December Ao 1661
                                                   Charles Caluert

                     Caecilius absolute Lord and Proprietaries of the Prouince of Man-
                   land and Aualon Lord Barron of Baltemore &c to all Persons to
                   whome thees Presants shal Com greeting in owr Lord God euenlasting
                   Know yee that wee for and in Consideration that James Linsey bath
                   transported Marie his wife into this owr Prouince heare to inhabit
                   and hath more due to him too hundered acres by the seuerall Assigne
                   ments of Luke Gardener Edward Deane Thomas Kelle John Web
                   and Richard Graingen as appeareth upon record and upon such Condi
                   tions and tearmes as are expressed in ow Conditions of Plantations of
                   own sayd Prouince of Mariland under own greater seale at Armes
                   bareing date at London the second day of July in the year of own
                   Lord God one thowsand six hundered forty nine with such alteration
                   as in them is made by ow Declaration baring date the six and twentith
                   day of August Ao one thowsand six hundered fifty one and remaining
                   upon record in own sayd Prouince doe hearby grant unto the sayd
                   James Linsey all that parcell of Land Called Lindsey Lung one the
                   east sid of the eastermost branch of Anon Riuen adioyning to the
                   land fonmarly layd out to William boarman of this Prouince Planter
                   begining at the sayd Bormans northermost bounder tree beeing a
                   beah tree runing runing East for the breadth into the woods one hun
                   dened and fiftie perches to a Marked Oake to a vallie bounding one
                   the East by a line drawne north from the sayd Oake for lenght three
                   hundred and twentie pearches one the north by a line drawne west
                   from the end of the north line one hundered and fiftie pearches one
                   the west by a line drawne south from the end of the west line unto
                   the marked Beach tree one the South by the sayd Boarmans Land
              [p. 174]  Containing and now layd out for Three hundered Acres more or lesse
                   togeather with all Profits Rights and benefits theanunto belonging
                   Royall mines Excepted to haue and to hould the same to him the sayd
                   James linsey his heirs and Assignes for euer to bee holden of us and
                   owr heirs as of own mannor of Caluerton in free and Common soc
                   cage by fealtie one for al seruices yealding and paying yearly unto
                   us and owr heirs at owr recipt at St Maries at the too most usuall
                   feasts in the year viz at the the feast of the annunciation of the
                   blessed virgin Marie and at the feast of St Michell the Archangell by
                   Eauen and equall Portions the rent of six shillings starling in siluen
                   or Gold or the full valew thearof as wee or own heirs or such officer
                   on officers appoynted by us or owr heirs from time to time to Collect
                   and receaue the same shall accept in dicharge thearof at the Choyce
                   of us or own heirs or such officer or officers as aforsaid Giuen at St
                   Maries under own great seale of of owr sayd Prouince of Mariland
                   the Second day of september in the year of owr Dominion ouer this