392   Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

             Liber B     paer of briches and a paer of Canuise drawers a paer of oldmild
                   stockings and an old shirt Read bearded and for his Age hee was so
                   much disfigured that wee Coold not iudg

                     Know all men by thees Presants that I Robert Taylor of Charleses
                   County in the Prouince of Mariland doe sell and set ouer to John
                   Neuill of the same place from mee my heirs and Executors to the
                   sayd Neuill his heirs Executors and Assignes all my Right titell and
                   interest to three hundered Acres of Land Lung at Chingamuckson
                   which Land was formarly Layd out for Mr George Thompson and
                   I doe by thees Presants bind my self or my heirs or Executors to
                   deliuer to the sayd John Neuill a patten for the sayd Land and to
                   acknowledge the sayle thearof to the sayd Neuill in Court according
                   to law sumtime between this and the last of Nouember next insuing
                   the daet hearof for a valewable Consideration alreadi Receaued wit-
               [p. 169] nes my hand this 15th of July 1663 this land is to bee Cleared of all
                   arrearages of Rent to the sayd Neuill    Robert + Taylor
                   teste John Lewgar          his marke
                       Dauid Prichard
                     Robert Taylor and his wife acknowledged this in open Court to
                   bee thear voluntarie Act and deed July 28th Ao 1663 and also ac
                   knowledge full satisfaction of 150 Acres which thay baught of John
                   Wheeler unto John Neuill his heirs Executors Administrators or
                   Assignes for euer and also that it is thear free act and deed

                     Joane Michell desireth thees ensuing depositions to bee Recorded
                     The Euidence of James hays testifieth that Richard dod did aske
                   boot of goodie Michell for his mayd Saruant because his saruant
                   had longer to sarue then goodie Michels whearupon shee sayd shee
                   woold not upon which thay agreed and maed a firme bargaine
                     The Euidence of Elisabeth Dager testifieth that goodie Michell
                   about the middell of Aprill sent a man to Richard Dod to aske him
                   to Change a mayd saruant with her whearupon the sayd Michell
                   Came along with francis ferenla whearupon the sayd Richard when
                   hee came to goodie Michels went into the feeld to looke on the mayd
                   Saruant and hee came in againe and sayd hee licked her very well
                   and asked the woman wheather shee woold giue him any boote be
                   cause his mayd had longer to sarue but the woman told him no if hee
                   woold Change at euen hand shee woold whearupon thay maed a firme
                   bargaine

                       The Court is Adiourned till the 13th of October Ao 1663

                     William Codwell entereth his marke of hogs and Cattell (Viz)
                   Cropt and slit in the Crope on the Right Eare and the left Eare
                   whole