56        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.

         Liber FF his Executors and Assignes to be paid and performed Hath demised
         [p.281] betaken and to farme Letten And by these pnts doth demise betake

              & to farme lett unto the said William Groome All that Plantacon
              or parcell nf ground conteyning by estimacon one hundred and fifty
              acres be itt more or lesse And all and singuler houses Store houses
              and Edifices erected standing and being in and upon the said planta-
              con or any part thereof now or late in the tenure or Occapacon of
              John London and William Chaplyn or one of them Scituate lying
              and being in or neere Puttuxen river in Maryland on the North
              side of the river adjoyning or abutting on Leonards creeke on
              the westerly part and on the Fishing creeke on the Easterly parte
              which said Plantacon and premisses the said Job Nutt Did heretofore
              purchase of and from Henry Meeses Together alsoe with the use
              profitt and benifitt of five men servants by the said Job Nutt to be
              furnished and supplyed upon the said Plantacon and of the yssue
              and encrease of them together alsoe with the use and Occupacon of
              all cattle of what kind soeü; Cowes Swyne sheepe and poultry and
              of the encrease thereof upon and belonging to the said plantacon
              and which shall be Expressed in a certeyne Schedull thereof to be
              made as is hereafter menconed together alsoe wth the use of two
              boates whereof one is new and of Foure Oares whereof two are
              Ash remayning upon the said Plantacon and belonging to the said
              Job Nutt untill the said Job Nutt shall haue Occasion to use and
         [p. 282]  take away the same And all and singuler pastures Feedings waters
         Priviledges Commodityes Houshould stuffe goods and appurten-
         nances whatsoever to the said Plantacon houses and premisses be-
         longing or in any wise apperteyning or therewith used and enjoyed
         or reputed taken or knowne as part or parcell thereof (except and
         all wayes reserved out of this present Demise and Grant unto the
         said Job Nutt his heires and assignes all timber and timber trees and
         other trees growing standing and being in and upon the premisses
         or any part thereof other then what timber shalibe usefull and need-
         full for makeing of Caske and repayring and building upon the
         premisses which the said William Groome and his assignes may take
         at pleasure makeing noe Wast To have and to hold the aforesaid
         P!antacon houses and all and singuler other the premisses except
         before Excepted unto the said William Groome his Executors Ad-
         ministrators and assignes from this present Feast day of the birth
         of our Saviour Christ unto the End and terme of three yeares from
         thence next Ensueing fully to be Compleat and Ended yeilding
         Rendring and paying there fore yearely And the said William
         Groome for himselfe his Executors Administrators and assignes doth
         Covenant and grant to and with the said Job Nutt his heires Execu-
         tors and Assignes to yeild render and pay therefore yearly during
         the said terme unto the said Job Nutt his heires Executors or as-
         [p 2831 signes the yearly rent or Rents of twelue thousand pounds weight of
              good Ordinary tobacco cleere of grounds leaves and seconds and