402    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

              Liber B one legge ouer the sid of the Cannow and a short board in one of his

                   hands which wee Conceaue and coniectur was to helpe him out of the
                   Cannow but as wee understand that hee had very suddenly before
                   bin very ill and weake was not able to get out of the Canow so that it
                   pleased god the wind blowing to beat the sease upon that shoare
                   might bee the Cause of his death for wee haue searched him and Can
                   not find any woond that coold bee mortall unto him

                    The name of the Jurie men are as followeth
                    John bouls forman John duglas George newman John Morris
                   Peeter Carr william Hensey William Potter Samuell Clarke William
                   Lewis John Wormland Thomas Crackson humpherie Attwicks
             [p. 182] Who by Mr William Marshall wear sworne diligently to search
                   and Enquiary make to the best of thear knowledge how steaphen
                   wood Came by his death who deliuered in thear verdit as aforsayd


                    Caecilius absolute Lord and Proprietarie of the Prouinces of
                   Mariland and Aualon Lord Baron of baltemor &c to all Persons to
                   whom thees Presants shall cum greeting know yea that wee for and
                   in Consideration that William Marshall of of owr sayd Prouince of
                   Mariland Planter hath flue hundered acres of land dew to him in that
                   owr sayd Prouince Viz too hundered by Assignment from Thomas
                   Petite and too hundered by assignment from Mis Katherin holden
                   Widow and one hundered Acres by Assigment from Walter Coterall
                   as appears upon Record in owr sayd Prouince and that hee the sayd
                   William Marshall may bee the better inabled to doe us and owr heirs
                   acceptable saruice in owr sayd Prouince haue by and with the aduice
                   of owr trusty and well beloued William Stoan Esq owr liuetennant
                   of owr sayd Prouince and according to the tenor of owr letters under
                   owr hand and seale baering daet at Portchmouth in the Realme of
                   England the Eight day of August 1636 and Recorded in the Secre
                   taries office of owr sayd Prouince giuen granted and enfeoffed and
                   by thees Presants for us and owr heirs doe giue grant and enfeoff
                   unto the sayd William Marshall his heirs and Assignes all that Par-
                   cell of land lung near Wicokomeco Riuer and bounding on the East
                   with a line drawne North west and by north from a marked Red
                   oake for the lenght of three hundered and sixty Pearches unto a Red
                   oake on the North with a line drawne from the sayd Red oake south
                   west and by south for the lenght of too hundered and forty Perches
                   to a red oake on the west with a line drawne from the end of the
                   formar line South East and south for the lenght of three hundered
                   and sixty Perches to a marked gumme one the south with a line
                   drawn north east and by north from the sayd Gumme unto the first
                   marked oake containing and now layd out for flue hundered Acres
                   more or lesse and all woods quarrs mynes (Royall mines excepted)
             [p. 183] walters fishings fishing places And all other Profits and Commodi