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     ties in and upon the sam Land sauing to us and owr heirs own Royall Liber B
     Jurisdictions and Signiony as absolute Lords and Proprietaries of
     the sayd Prouince to haue and to hould the same unto him the sayd
     William Marshall his heirs and Assignes for euer to bee holden of
     us and owr heirs as of owr mannor of west St Maries in free and
     Common sockage by fealtie only for all saruices yealding and paying
     thearfor yearly to us and owr heirs at own usuall Receipt at St Maries
     ten shillings mony starling or flue bushell of good Corne at the Natiui
     tie of owr Lord giuen at St Maries under owr great seale of owr sayd
     Prouince of Mariland the on and twentith day of march in the year
     of owr lord one thowsand six hundered and fiftie witnes owr sayd
     Liuetennant                     William Stone

     Endossed on the backe of the sayd Patten as followeth
      Know all men by thees Presants that I William Marshall doe as
     signe and set ouer all my whole right titell and interest of this Pat-
     ten unto Walter beane his heirs Executor Administrators and as
     signes for euer as witnes my hand this 29th of september 1660
     Witnesed by us
                                William  Marshall
         John Duglas
          Thomas Lomax              his marke
     And acknowledged to the sayd beane by the sayd marshall and his
     wife in open Court


      Caecilius absolut Lord and Proprietarie of the Provinces of Mari-
     land and Analon Lord baron of Baltemore to all Persons to whom
     thees Presants shall cum greeting know yea that wee for and in Con
     sideration that William Marshall of own sayd Province of Mari-
     land Planter hath one hundered acres of land dew to him in own
     sayd Prouince as appears upon Record and according to own letters
     tenor under owr hand and seale baring daet at Portchmouth in the
     Realme of England the eight day of August Ao 1636 Recorded in
     owr secretaries office in owr sayd Prouince doe hearby grant unto

     the sayd William Marshall all that Parcell of land lung on the west
     sid of wicokomeco Riuer begining at a marked oake the exterior line
     of his owne land bounding on the south with a line drawne East
     north East from the sayd Oake for the lenght of eighty Perches to a [p. 184]
     marked oake standing at a great March near the head of the sayd
     Riuer on the East with a line drawne North North west from the
     end of the fonmar line by the sayd March for the lenght of too hun
     dered Perches to a marked Gume on the North with a line drawne
     west north west from the end of the formar line untill it intermeet
     with the sayd Exterior line of his owne land on the west with the
     sayd land Containing and now Layd out for one hundered Acres mor
     or lesse together with all profits Rights and benefits thearunto be
     longing Royall mines excepted to haue and to hould the same to him