Provincial Court Proceedings, 1667.     191

      This Indenture made the xth Day of Aprill in the xxxiiiith yeare Liber FF
    of the Domt' of the Rt honble Caecilius Lord and Proprietary of this
    Province of Maryland Betweene Phillip Calvert Esquire of the
    County of St Maries of the one part and William Groome of Calvert
    County gent on the other pty Wittnesseth that the said Philipp Cal-
    vert for divers good causes & cons ideracons him thereunto moving
    but especially for & in consideracon of the sume of Fifteene thow-
    sand pounds of tobacco to him in hand payd att & before the Seal-
    ing and Delivery of theis presents whereof & wherewith he acknowl-
    edgeth himselfe fully satisfyed contented and payd Hath Alyened
    bargayned sold and Doth by theis presents Alien bargaine & sell unto
    the said William Groome & his heires for eü All that tract of land
    lying on the West side of Patuxt River in the Freshes neere the Devid-
    ing of the sd River beginning beginning att a mke Beech tree standing
    upon a point & runing West & by North up a branch called Calverts
    branch for the length of three hundred & twenty perches to a marked [p. 4791
    oke bounding on the west with a line drawne Sowth & by west from
    the said oke through the \Voods for the length of five hundred perches
    on the Sowth with a line drawne East & by Sowth from the End of
    the south & by west line untill itt intersect a paralell drawn by the
    Rivers side on the east with the said River on the North with the said
    branch conteyning One thowsand acres more or lesse Together wth
    all Rts Priviledges profitts & benifitts thereunto belonging & apperteyn-
    ing To have and to hold the said parcell of land with the appurtenances
    to him the said William Groome his heirs & assignes for eü And the
    sd Philip Calvert for him his heires Executors & Admrs & every of
    thm doth Covennt & grant to & with the said Wm Groome his heires
    and assignes & every of them tht he the Philip Calvert in his owne
    Rt or to his owne proper use now is and standeth lawfully Seized
    of a good pfect & absolute Estate in the lawe in fee simple of & in
    the said parcell of land & other the premisses wth the appurtenances
    & hath good & lawfull rt & authority to bargaine sell & assure the
    same to the said William Groome his heires and assignes for ever
    according to the true meaning of theis presents and tht the said par-
    cell of land & all other the pmisses wth the appurts & for ever hereafter
    shall be & continue cleere & free dischargd & accquitted or otherwise
    att all tymes Saved harmlesse by the sd Philip Calvert his heires Ex-
    ecutors or Admrs of & from & All and singler forth bargaines Sales
    Grants Estates Bonds statutes Intrucons dowers Titles of dowers
    Joynttures Arrearages of Rents & other charges and incumbrances
    wtsoeü had made Done or growne or to be had made Don or growne
    by or from the sd Philip Calvert or by any other pson under his title
    or procuremt the rents & services hereafter to become due & payable
    for the same allwaies excepted & foreprized & of & from the Joyn-
    tures or Title of Dower of Ann the Wife of the said Philip Calvert [p. 480]
    And that he the sd Wm Groome his heires & assignes shall & may peace-