544 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1671—1674.

          Liber E    of the pmisses shall grow due & payable to the Cheife Lord or Lords
                of the Fee or Fees of the pmisses excepted & foreprized) And further
                the sd Philip Gibbon for himself e his heires executrs & admrs shall
                & will from tyme to tyme & at all tymes for & dureinge the tyme &
                space of Seaven yeares nexte ensueinge the date of theis pntes &
                upon the reasonable request & demand, And at the Costs & charges
                of the Law of him the sd Benjamin Rozer his heires or ass make
                doe pforme acknowledge, or cause to be made done pformed ac-
                knowledged all & eVy such further law full & reasonable Act or Acts
                thinge or things Devise or devises Assurance & Assurances And
                other Sufficient Conveyances in the Law whatsoever, for the further
                better and more perfect Conveyance and assureance of all & Singular
                the before hereby bargained pmisses with their & evy of their ap-
                purtenances unto the sd Benjamin Rozer his heires & ass forever In
                witnes whereof the said Philip Gibbon hath hereunto Sett his hand
                and Seale the day and yeare first above written.
                Signed Sealed & delivd      Philip Gibbon (lot
                 in the pnce of us                     Sigit)
                             John Jones Sr

          [p. 166] Edward Price acknowledged the ensueinge conveyance to William
                Ratcliff in open Court Vizt
                 This Indenture made the seaventeenth day of January in the yeare
                of our Lord One thousand Six hundred Seaventy & two Betweene
                Edward Price of Charles County in the Province of Maryland
                Planter of the one pte & William Ratcliffe of the same County mer-
                chant of the other pte Witnesseth that the Saide Edward Price as well
                for & in Consideracon of the Sume of fower thowsand six hundred &
                fifty pounds of tobacco & Cask for the which a bonde hath bin past
                before the ensealeinge hereof, As also for diverse other good Causes
                & consideracons him hereunto moveinge Hath bargained Sold aliened
                enfeoffed assigned Sett over & confirmed And by theise pntes doth
                fully clearely & absolutely bargain sell alien enfeoff assigne Sett
                over & confirme unto the sd William Ratcliff his heires & ass forever
                All that pcell of Land called (Price's adventure) lyeinge & beinge
                in the County aforesd, begininge at a bounded white Oake beinge
                the bound tree of David Thomas standinge on the North side of
                Potomock River neare the sd River, runninge thence South & by
                East for breadth one hundred & twenty pches to a bounded white
                Oake standinge neare the Said River upon the North pointe of a
                Marsh, thence East & by North up into the woods two hundred
                Sixtie Six perches to a bounded tree, thence North & by West One
                hundred & twenty pches bindinge upon the lande of W Richard
                fowke to a bounded tree thence untill it comes to the first bound tree,
                conteyninge two hundred acres more or lesse, with all & singulr
                the howses buildings pastures, feedings wayes woods underwoods,