404    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

             Liber B    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 soccage by fealty only for all saruices yealding and
                   paying thearfon yearly to us and owr heirs at owr usuall Receipt too
                   shillings in mony starling on one bushell of good Corne at the feast
                   of the Natiuitie of own Lord giuen at St Maries under the great scale
                   of own sayd Prouince of Mariland the forth day of februarie in the
                   yeare of own Lord one thowsand six hundered flftie and three witnes
                   owr liuetennant of the Sayd Pnouince William Stone

                   Endossed on the backe of the sayd Fatten as followeth
                    Know all men by thee Presants that I William Marshall doe as
                   signe and set ouer all my whole Right titell and interest of this Fatten
                   unto Walter Beane his heirs Executors Administrators or Assignes
                   for euer as witnes my hand this of September 1660
                   Witnesed by us
                                              William  Marshall
                       John Duglas
                       Tho:  Lomax
                   And acknowledged to the sayd beane by him and his wife in open
                   Court

                    Caecilius absolute Lord and Proprietarie of the Prouinces of Man-
                   land and Aualon Lord Baron of Baltemone &c to all Persons to whom
                   thees presants shall cum greeting know yea that wee for and in Con
                   sideration that John Cage of own sayd Pnouince of Mariland Planter
                   hath on hunden Acres of land dew to him in owr sayd Pnouince by
                   assigment from Richard Lawrence as appears upon Record thear
             [p. 185]   and fifty acres more dew to him for his time of saruice Per
                   formed to Captaine Thomas Cornwallis in owr sayd Prouince
                   many years since and that hee the sayd John Cage may bee the
                   better enabled to doe us and own heirs acceptable saruice within own
                   sayd Prouince haue by and with the aduice of owr trusti and well
                   beloued William stone Esq owr Liuetennant of own sayd Prouinc
                   and according to the tenor of owr letters under hand and scale bar
                   ing date at Portchmouth in the Realme of England the eight day of
                   August Ao 1636 and Recorded in the secretaries office of owr sayd
                   Prouince giuen granted enfeoffed and by thees Presants for us and
                   owr heirs doe giue grant enfeoffe unto the sayd John Cage his heirs
                   and Assignes all that Parcell of Land Lung on the west side of
                   Wicokomeco Riuer near unto head of the sayd Riuen and bounding
                   on the south with a line drawne west from a marked oake for the
                   lenght of one hundened and fiftie pearches unto a whit oake on the
                   west with a line drawne North from the sayd whit oake for the lenght
                   of three hundered and fifty Pearches to a marked Pokikery on the
                   North with a line drawne East for the lenght of one hundered and
                   fiftie perches to an other marked Pokikery on the East with a line
                   drawne South from the sayd Pokikery unto the first Marked oake