458 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1671—1674.

          Liber E    heirs Executrs Administrrs & Assignes, by thesse pressents hath given
                granted bargained, Aliened Sold Enfeoffed & confirmed, & by thesse
                pressents doth give, grant, bargain Alien sell Enfeofe & Confirme,
                unto him the sd John Davis his heyres & Assignes For Ever, One
                hundred Acres of lande, Called St Johns, lying and being in Charles
                County before mentioned between the two beaver dammes. wthin two
                miles of Zacheya Wade, and on the north side of Potomock River,
                binding upon the branche running out of the damm and binding
                upon a white Oake Standing close to the Roade, Contayning and now
                layd out for a hundred Acres more or lesse, wth all the Rights and
                benefits thereunto belonging, wth all houses Edifices buildings, or-
                chardes, yardes, gardens, landes tenementes Feedings pastures woodes
                underwoodes and appurtenances whatsoever belongeing and alsoe All
                Patents deedes Evidences & writeinges touching or Concerning the
                same, To have & to hold the said parcell and tract of land & all &
                singuler the bargained premisses unto him the sd John Davis his
                heirs and Assignes for Ever, To the onely proper use & benefitt of
                him the sd John Davis his heyrs & Assignes for ever, and the sd
                John Bissick for himselfe his heyres Executrs & Administratours
                doth hereby covenant & grant, to & with the John Davis his heyres
                & Assignes, tht he the sd John Bissick his heyrs Executrs & Adminis-
                tratours, the said parcell of land & all other the bargained premisses,
                unto him the said John Davis his heyres & Assignes agst All Persons
                wtsoever shall and will warrant and for Ever defende by thesse
                Pressentes, the rentes and services hereafter to become dewe & pay-
                able, unto the Lord Proprietary alwayes Excepted, & foreprized,
          [fol. 108] and Further tht the Said John Bissick His heyre and Assignes shall
                and will from time to time, And Att all tymes hereafter dureing
                the space of fower yeares att the reasonable request & att the proper
                chardge and cost of him the sd John Davis his heyre and Assignes in
                the law make doe Execute and suffer or cause to be made done
                Executed or suffered, all & Every such further and other Act or
                Acts thinge or thinges deivice or devises Assurance or Assurances
                whatsoever requizite in the Premisses, for the better Assureinge or
                more sure makeinge of the 8d bargained premisses, unto him the said
                John Davis his heyres and Assignes for Ever, be it by Inrolement
                of thesse pressentes, fine Feoffemente or otherwayes or by any such
                lawfull wayes or meanes, As by him the sd John Davis, his heyres
                and Assignes, or his or their Councell Learned in the law, shall be
                reasonably Devised advised or required In Witness whereoffe the
                parties to thesse Indentures have Interchangeably sett their handes
                and Seales the day & year above written
           Signed Sealed & Delivered        John Bissick     (locus
            In the Presence of us                 Sigilli)
                Robert Warrell
                     John Twigges
                     Henery Bedford