22 Kent County Court Proceedings, 1648-1656.








           Liber A   and in Consideration that Robert Hewett heretofore of the Isle of
               Kent within our said Province of Maryland planter deced was in his
               Lifetime Lawfully possessed of a Certain Neck or parcell of Land
               upon the said Island called Cronie Neck by a former grant Hereof
               from us Which grant as we are Informed is since Lost and that the
               right to the said Land belongeth to Hannah the Late Widow and
               Relict of the said Robert Heuett and now the wife of one Hugh
               Lee Have by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved
               William Stone Esqr Our Lieutenant of the said province and ac
               cording to the tenor of our Letters under our hand and seall
               bearing date at Portsmouth in the Realm of England the Eighth
               day of August 1636 Recorded in the secretarys Office of our said
               Province Given and granted and by these presents for us and our
               heirs do give grant and Enfeoff unto the said Hugh Lee and Hannah
               his wife all that parcell of Land upon the said Island called Cronie
               Neck Bounding on the south with a Creek called Crany Creek, on
               the west with the bay of Chesapeak on the East with a Line drawn
               North from a Marked Oak standing in a swamp near the Cothon
               Path called Kent path for the Length of one hundred perches unto
               the Land of Edward Cummins lately deceased On the North with
               the said Land Containing and now laid out for four hundred acres
               more or less And all woods Quarrys Mines (Royall mines Excepted)
               waters fishings fishing Places and all other proffitts and Commodities
               in and upon the same Land Saving to us and our heirs all Royall
               Jurisdiction and Signiory as absolute Lords & Proprietarys of the
               said province To have and to hold the same to them the said Hugh
               Lee and Hannah his Wife and the heirs and assignes of the said
               Hannah for ever To be holden of us and Our heirs as of our Mannor
               Of West Saint Mary's in free and Common soccage by fealty only
               for all services Yeilding and paying therefore yearly to us and our
               heirs at Our usual Receipt upon the said Island Eight shillings in
               Money Sterling or four bushells of good Corn at the feast of the
               Nativity of our Lord Given at Saint Mary's under the great Seall
               of our said province of Maryland the sixteenth Day of October in
               the Year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty and One
                                       Witness our said Lieutenant
                                                 William Stone

                Original record, Court Liber A.
          [fol. 96] I George Crouch doe Assigne ouer unto Henerie Carline and
                Frances Lumber all the Right and tittle of this Pattent within men
                tioned or their Assignes by vertue of a lettr of Atorney as wittnes
                my hand this first day of february 1652 Georg Crouch
                Wittnes heareof
                             John I Gould
                               his marke
                               Tho: Hill