Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669.     429

     being Brought this Deponant saw that the said Oakley was hurt & Liber FF
     that the said Thompson had his Rapiour Drawne in his hand wth
     the hilt downwards & further saith not   The marke of
     Sworne before me         William W Cole
        Charles Calvert

       This Indenture made the first Day of may in the yeare of Our [p. 773]
     Lord God according to the accompt used in England One thousand
     six hundred sixty & nine Betweene John Jordain of Roen in Nor-
     mandy in the Kingdom of France of the One part & Charles Calvert
     Esq & William Bretton both of the province of maryland of the
     Other part Wittnesseth That in Consideracon of a marrage Lately
     had & solemnized Betweene the said John Jordaine & Elizabeth his
     now wife: And for the Loue and affection which the said Jn0 Jordain
     beareth to the said Elizabeth & in pursueance of agreemt before the
     said Intermarrage: It is Covenanted & the John Jordaine for him
     selfe his heires executors & admrs doth Covenant Grant and agree
     to and Wth the said Charles Calvert and William Bretton their heires
     & assignes by these presents that he the said John Jordaine & his
     heires and all & every person Or persons Standing Or being Or which
     shall stand Or bee seized of and in One Certaine Messuage Or tenemt
     wth the Barnes stables tobacco houses Edifices buildings Orchards
     Gardings yards and Backsides to the same adjoyneing wth their &
     every of their appurtenncs thereunto And being in St Clements Bay
     in Newtowne hundred in the County of St maries Lately in the tenor
     and Occupacon of Coll Wm Evans shall and Will from henceforth
     Stand and be Seized thereof and of every part and parcell thereof
     and of the Reversion & Reversions thereof and of every part and
     parcell thereof wth their and every of their appurtenñcs to the use of
     the said John Jordaine for & Dureing the terme of his naturall Life:
     And immediately from & after his Decease the One Moyety thereof
     to the use of the said Elizabeth his Wife for & dureing the terme of
     her Naturall Life and to no Other use intent Or purpose whatsoever
     And from & after the decease of the said John and Elizabeth and
     the Longer Liver of them to such Further and Other uses intents
     and purposes as the said John Jordaine by his Last Will & testament
     in Writeing Declare Limitt & appoint And that the said John Jor-
     daine for the Consideracons aforesaid doth further Covenant and
     grant for himselfe his heires executors and admrs to and wth the said
     Charles Calvert & William Bretton their heires & assignes by these
     presents that he the said John Jordaine doth by these presents give
     Grant demise bequeath and assure unto the said Elizabeth (in Case
     shee the said Elizabeth happen to Survive him the said John Jor-
     dame) One halfe of all his reall and personall Estate which he the
     said John Jordaine shall haue Or be possessed of att the time of his
     Death And that it may and shall he Law full to & for the said Eliza- [p.774]