520       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669—70.

        Liber JJ   force and armes the Close of him the said Henry at st Thomas Man-
              nour in Charles County they did breake and other enormityes to
              him did there contrary to the peace &c.
                And whereupon the said Henry by John Morecroft his Attorny
              Saith that they the said George and Robert the first day of December
              in the seaven and thirtith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c the
              Close of him the said Henry at St Thomas Mannour in Charles County
              aforesaid did breake and his woods then and there growing did fell
              stubb upp and consume, the trespas aforesaid from the aforesaid
              first day of December in the yeare aforesaid unto the day of this suite
              Comenced and divers dayes and turnes have continued and other
              harmes to him did doe contrary to the peace &c whereupon he saith
              he is dampnified and hath losse to the value of five hundred pounds
              sterling And thereupon he bringeth his suite &c.
        [p. 68] And the said George and Robert Goodrick by Benjamin Rozer
              their Attorny cometh and defendeth the force and injury when &c
              and say that they are in no wise guilty of the trespas aforesaid and of
              this they putt themselves upon the Country and the said Henry
              likewise
                And whereupon afterwards to witt the tenth day of February in
              the eight and thirtith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c it was
              moved in Open Court by the said Henry Warrens Counsell and his
              said Attorny John Morecroft that there might be a resurvey truly
              made of the said land in question which the justices of the said
              provinciall Court takeing into consideration and by the assent of
              both parties and their Attornyes the said Justices did order that a
              venire facias be awarded to the Sheriff of St Maries County that he
              cause to come here to witt the twelfth day of April then next ensueing
              twelve &c by whom &c who neither &c to recognize &c as also the
              wittnesses (if any) who can informe his LOpps justices here which
              is St Mathews branch being the bounds of the Land in difference and
              that a Survey be made of the true lines of st Mathews branch now in
              question and upon what points the same runneth as also St Nicholas
              branch otherwise the ward branch and that Survey be made of five
              hundred acres of land belonging to the said Warren the Surveyour
              keepeing his due east line and that Charles Boteler Deputy Surveyour
              be appointed to survey the same and be satisfied by him that is east,
              and make returne thereof to this Court whereupon the said Charles
              Boteler returning to this Court the true Survey of the said land have-
              ing called unto him such wittnesses as the said parties produced to
              give evidence upon and concerning the same after which said returne
              of the said survey to the Court here, made by the said Charles Boteler
              Surveyour appointed as aforesaid aswell the said Henry Warren by
              John Morecroft his Attorny appeareing here in Court and offering
              himselfe against the said George Goodrick and Robert Goodrick and