82    Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.

           Liber B  my Right Titell Clayem or intrust That I haue in him or his Estat
               at prsent or for futer: for such good Consederation as in hand I
               haue Receued And I doe bind my silfe vnto my sd husband Robt
               Marten not to put him vnto further Charge or his heires Exsecutrs
               Admenestratrs for ever: But Doe Renownce all Clayme There vnto
               As witnes my hand This 25th of Jenivary 1656
               Signed And Deliuerd            Elizabeth Martin
                 in The prsence of             The Aflected
                    Tho Hinson
                    Will Elleoyett
                    Rich  Bluntt
                              his signe

                 Sillious Absolut Proprietr of The Provence of Mary land And
               Avolon lord Barron of Baltemore &c To All prsons whom These
               prseflce shall Corn greating: Know ye That we for And in Con-
               sederation That John Deare of The Isl of kent Planter Trans-
               ported himsilfe And his wife Into That our sd Provenc in The
               yeare 1647 There to Inhabit And Dwell: And That he the sd John
               Deare may be The Better inabled To Doe Vs & our heires Acceptable
               serves in our Provence haue by And with The Advice of our
               Trusty And well beloued William Stone Esq our livtenent of our
               sd Provence And According to The Tener of our letters vnder our
               hand And seall baering Dayt at Porsmouth in The Realme of
               England The eight Day of August 1636 And Recorded in The
               secretaries Office of our Provence giuen granted And Enfeefed
               And by These prsence for vs And our heires Doe giue And grant
               And Enfeefe vnto him The sd John Deare his heires And Assignes:
               All That percell of land vpon The sd Island of kent lying on The
          East sied of Cox Creeke Bounding on The west with The sd Creeke
          on The south with The land of Roger Baxter on The North with
          A lyen Drawne East from A mãkt Pine standing neer The sd
          Creeke To The Length of Two Hundred Perchis: on The East with
          A lyen Drawne south from The end of The former lyen vntell it
          intersect a paralell Drawne from The lyne of Roger Baxter Con-
          [fol. 5] tening And now layed out for Two hundred Acres more or lesse:
               And all woods quarrs Mynes Royell Mynes Exsepted watters fish-
               ings fishing placis: And all other Profits And Commodeties in And
               Vpon The same land: saueing to Vs And our heires our Ryoll
               Juridiction And signiorie As Absolut Lords And Proprietariers of
               The sd Provence To haue And To hould The same To him The sd
               John Deare his heires And Assignes for Ever: To be houlden of vs
               And our heires as of our Manner of West st Marys In free And
               Comon socage by fealy only for all servesis yealding And paying
               Therefore yearly at our Vsuall Receipt vpon The Iland fower
               shilling starlin Monie or Two Bushells of good Corne at The