344    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

             Liber B    side of Wicokomeco Riuer begining at a marked Oake the bound
                   tree of John hatches land and bounding on the East with a line
                   drawne north an by west from the sayd oake for the lenght of too
                   hundered Pearches to an oake standing neane the land of John Courts
                   on the north with a line drawne west and bee south from the end of
                   the fonmar line for the lenght of three hundered and twenty perches
                   to a marked red Oake standing upon the head of a branch Called
                   Smots Branche till it intercects a parrarell line drawne from the sayd
                   hatches Oake on the south with the sayd Parranell Containing and
                   now Layd out for four hundened Acres more or lesse together with
             p. 100]    all profits rights and benefits thearunto belonging Royall mines Ex
                   cepted to haue and to hould the same unto him the sayd william
                   Smoote his heirs and assignes foreuer to bee holden of us and own
                   heirs as of own mannon of West St Manys in free and Common
                   sockage by fealty only for all saruices yealding and paying thearfon
                   yearly unto us and owr heirs at own usuall Receipt at St Maries at the
                   feast of the Natiuitie of own Lord the rest of eight Shillings in
                   mony starling or the full valew thearof in such Commodities as wee
                   and owr heirs or such officer or officers appoynted by us and own
                   heirs from time to time to Collect and neceaue the same shall accept
                   in discharge thearof at the Choyce of us and own heirs or such officer
                   on officers as aforsayd giuen at St Maries under the Great scale of
                   own sayd Pnouince of Mariland the 26th day of January in the
                   21th year of own dominion of own sayd Pnouince Ao Doni 1652
                   witnes own liuetentnant of own sayd Prouince of Maniland
                                                    William Stone

                   Endosed on the bake of the aforspecificed Fatten as followet and
                   acknowledged in open Court by the say smoote and his wife Grace
                     Thees Presants witneseth that I william Smoote doe assigne set
                   and make ouer all my right of this within specified Fatten unto
                   humphery Attwicks and Richard Smoot as witnes this my hand this
                   twentith eight of May Ao 1656     marke of
                   test Christopher RussellWilliam ws Smoote

                     Know all men by thees Fnesants that I Richard Smoote doe assigne
                   my whole wright and titell of this Fatten unto Thomas Michell or
                   his Assignes as witnes my hand this 8th day of January Ao 1656
                   test humphery 6 Atwicks      Richard  Smoote
                      Tho: Lomax                    marke
                     Know all men by thees Presants that I Thomas Michell of the
                   Prouince of Mariland doe hearby make ouer from mee my heirs or
                   Assignes all my Right titell and interest of this within mentioned pat
                   ten unto humphery Attwicks of the sayd Pnouince his heirs or As
                   signes witnes my hand this 3d of may Ao 1659 Thomas Michell
                   testes    henry more
                        Tho Lomax