Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669.     477

     of Land Laid out for Hopkin Davies Called fox hill and Runing Liber JJ
     by the said land unto a Marked Gumm being the bounded tree of the
     said Davices his land North West & from thence to the first pine
     North Containing three hundred & fifty Acres more or less according
     to the bounds herein Menconed Now Know yee that I the said
     Thomas Vaughan f or & in Consideracon of a Sume of Tobbacco Lu me
     in hand paid or otherwise Secured by John Edmundson of the County
     aforesaid by these prsents haue Given Granted Bargained & Sold and
     by these prsents Doe Bargaine & sell unto the said John Edmundson
     his heires & Assignes all the said land before receited together with
     all Comoditys thereunto belonging To haue and to hold the said land
     & all other the Bargained Premisses unto him the said John Edmund- [p. 28]
     son his heires & Assignes to the only use & Behoofe of him the said
     Edmundson his heires & assignes for ever to be holden of the said
     Lord Proprietary for & under the Rents & Services reserved & here-
     after to become Due & payable & further I the said Thomas Vaughan
     my heires execrs Administrators the said Land unto him the said
     John Edmundson his heires & Assignes shall & Will against all Psons
     Warrt & Defend by these prsents & for ever hereafter In Wittnes
     whereof I haue hereunto set my hand and Seale the Sixteenth of
     December in the Eight & Thirtith yeare of the Dominion of the sd
     Caecilius &c Annoq Dom One Thousand Six hundred Sixty & Nine
     Sealed & Deliuered in the Tho: Vaughan (sealed)
       Psents of
          Henery Trippe
          Edward Cooke
     December the 16th 1669 The aforegoeing Conveyance was by the said
     Thomas Vaughan acknowledged in open Court

       Know all men by these prsents that John Maxwell of St Maryes
     County of the Province of Maryland Planted Doe hereby Constitute
     and appoint my trusty & well beloued friend John Noble to be my
     true & lawfull Attourney for me & in my name to Aske leivy and
     receiue to me and to my use all such Debts as are Due unto me from
     any Pson or Psons whatsoeuer in the Province of Maryland Giveing
     & by these prsents Granting unto my said Attorney as full power &
     Authority to receiue all such debts as if I my selfe were psonally
     present And if any Pson that is Indebted to me shall refuse to make
     good paymt I doe by these prsents give unto my sd Attourney full
     power to Implead the sd ?ty & him to Arest Sue and Give discharge
     or discharges for the debts as aforesaid In wittnes whereof I haue
     hereunto set my hand & Seale the seaventeenth of January MDClxix
      Signed Sealed & Deliuered       John Maxwell
       In the prsents of                  (sealed)
          Walter Hall
          Henery Neale
              Signum
          Randal RI Hanson