98        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.

       Liber FF   whereof the said Francis Armstrong & Frances Armstrong his wife
              haue sett theire hands and seales this day of Decembr 1665
              (for Rent) enterlined before signing
              Testes                    marke of
                 Thomas Mannyng Fran: F A Armstrong(seale)
                 Henry Sewall     marke of
                          Frances F A Armstrong   (seale)
              Acknowledged in Open Court by Daniel Jenifer as Attorney of Fran-
              cis & Frances Armstrong the 6th Apr 1666 Dan: Jenifer Clke

        [p. 350] Comand Tho: Studd of this Prouince that Justly &c: hee keepe
               Tho: Mountfort of London merchant the Coucnt of Two hun-
              dred acres of land called Studds point lying in Talbott County on
              the North side of Choptanck riuer beginning att a marked Oke and
              being a parcell of two hundred acres
                And the Agreemt is such, That the sd Tho: Studd hath acknowl-
              edged the aforesaid Two hundred acres of land on the North side
              of Choptanck riucr att a marked Oke att the lower end of a Clift
              and runing for breadth from the said Oke up the riucr fifty perches
              according to suruey for the full quantity of two hundred acres of
              land wth free egress and regressc and Pastorage for Horses and
              Cattle and hoggs into the Rest of the woods belonging to the said
              Certifficate to be the Right of the said Tho: Mountfort as that which
              the said Tho: Mountfort hath of the guift of the said Tho: studd
              and the same he hath remised and quitt Claimed from him and his
              heires to the aforesaid Tho: Mountfort and the heires of the said
              Tho: Mountfort for Euer, And further the said Tho: studd hath
              granted for him and the heires of the said Tho: Studd, that he will
              warrt to the aforesaid Tho: Mountfort and the heires of the afore-
              said Tho: Mountfort the aforesaid Two hundred acres wth the
              Aptnnces agst him the said Tho: Studd for Euer, To haue and to
              hould the said land for euer, The sd Mountfort And his heires forcuer
              paying to the Cheife Lords or Lord of the Mannor or Mannors the
              rent of Fowre shillings sterling att the Feast of the Natiuity of Our
              sauiour Jesus Christ And for this Recognicon quitt Claime, The
              said Thomas Mount fort/ The said Thomas acknowledging to haue
          [p. 351]                  reed a ualuable Consideracon In wittnes whereof the sd Tho: stud
              hath hereunto Set his hand & seale 4th Apr 1666
              Signed sealed & deliucred           Thomas Stud (sealed)
                In the prsence of
                   John Powick      Acknowledged in Open Court by
                   Hen: Hare        Tho: Studd to Thomas Mountfort
                    Wm moffett      on 6th day of Aprill 1666
                                                Dan: Jenifer Clke