474       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669.

        Liber jj   of the Sume or quantity of Tene Thousand pounds of Tobbacco to
              him in hand paid by the said Richard Keen before the ensealeing &
              Deliuery hereof, the receipt whereof the said John Rawlings doth
              hereby Acknowledge and thereof and of every Pt and Pcell thereof
              doth hereby Fully Clearly & absolutely acquitt & exonerate and Dis-
              charge him the said Richard Keen his heires Execrs Asstrs & As-
              signes and every of them by these prsents, hath Given Graunted Bar-
              gained Sould Aliened enifeoffed and Confirmed and by these prsents
              doth give graunt bargaine Sell Alien enfeofe & Confirme unto him
        [p. 25]    the sd Richard Keen his Heires & Assignes for ever, all that Pcell
              of Land Called Staffords Freehold lying On the North side of
              Petuxent River and begining according to its ancient bounds a
              marked Cedar tree standing at the mouth of a Creeke Called St
              Johns Creeke bounded on the South with the said River of Petuxent
              from the said Caedar to a Marked Red Oake for the breadth of One
              hundred twenty & eight Pches, On the East With a lyne drawne
              North from the said Red Oake for the length of One hundred
              Twenty five pearches. to a Marked Gumm. and from the Said gumme
              by a line drawne North East for Sixty Pches to a Marked Red Oake
              standing upon a Bank of the said St Johns Creeke and Keeping
              along the South & east of the said Creeke of St Johns to the first
              Marked Caedar Containing by Estimacon Seaventy Acres be it more
              or lesse Together with all the Rights & benifits thereunto belonging
              with all houses Edifices Orchards Gardens and all & Singuler Other
              the Appurtenances to the same belonging or in any Wise Apertaining
              as also all Pattents deeds Writeings and Evidences touching or con-
              serning the same To haue & to hold the said Pcell of Land & prem-
              isses with theire & every of theire Appurtenances before by these
              prsents bargained & Sould or hereby Intended to be bargained & Sold
              to him the said Richard Keen his Heires & Assignes to the Sole and
              Proper use & behoofe of him the said Richard Keen his Heires &
              Assignes for ever, and the said John Rawlings for himselfe his
              heires execrs Administrators & Assignes Doth hereby Couenant prom-
              ise & grant to & with the said Richard Keen his heires Execrs and
              Administrators the said Pcell of Land & all other the before bar-
              gained premisses & every Pt & Pcell thereof wth theire and euery of
              there appurtenances unto the said Richard Keen his heires & assignes
              against him the said John Rawlings his heires and Assignes and
              against all other Psons whatsoeuer shall & Will for euer hereafter
              Warrant & Defend by these prsents the Rents and services hereafter
              to become Due & payable for the same to the Lord & Proprietary
              of this Province his heires or Assignes Lord Proprietary or Lords &
              proprietarys of this Province alwayes Excepted & foreprized And
              further the said John Rawlings doth for himselfe his heires Execrs
              and Administrators Covenant pmise Grant & Agree to & with him
              the said Richard Keen his heires Execrs Administrators and Assignes