556 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1671—1674.

         Liber E     thereof be utterly excluded & forever debarred by theis pntes And the
               said John Alward for himselfe his heires executrs & admrs doth
         [p. 174]    hereby Covenant conclude & agree to & with the said Francis Heydon
               his heires executrs admrs & ass That he the sd Francis Heydon his
               heires & ass shall from henceforth have hold & peaceably enjoy in
               Severalty to him the sd Francis Heydon his heires & ass forever To
               his & their owne pper use & behoofe All the abovemenconed three
               hundred acres of Land called Partnership as ‘tis recited to be granted
               by the abovemenconed Pattent (Except one hundred acres thereof
               above by theise pntes granted unto the sd John Alward) with all its
               rights members & appurtenances And that neithr the sd John Alward
               nor his heires shall from henceforth clayme or demand any Right
               tytle use or possion in or to the Same or any pte thereof But that
               he the sd John Alward & his heires & ass shall at a!! tyme & tymes here-
               after from all Actions Right tytle & demand thereof be utterly ex-
               cluded & forever debarred by theis pntes (Except as before excepted)
               In witnes whereof the pties to theise pnte Indentures of Partition
               have interchangeably putt their hands & Seales the day & yeare first
               above written.Signed John Alward        (loc
               Signed Sealed & delivered                  to one pte   Sigil)
                 in the pnce of us    Signed Francis Heydon (loc
                    John Stone           to th'other parte   Sigil)
                    Cleborne Lomax
               The abovemenconed Indentures of Partition were in open Court
               acknowledged by the abovemenconed Francis Heydon & John Alward
               mutually one to the other, & by them interchangeably signed &
               sealed & delivered in the prsence of witnesses subscribed vizt John
               Stone & Cleborne Lomax

                 This Indenture made this 18th day of March Ao 1673/4 Betweene
               George Gooderick of Charles County in the Province of Maryland
               Gent of the one ptey, And Francis Gooderick of the sd County &
               Province Gent of the other partey witnesseth that the sd George
               Gooderick for diverse good causes & consideracons him hereunto
               moveinge, Doth hereby give grante bargain Sell alien enfeoff &
               confirme from him his heires executrs admrs & ass forever unto
               the sd Francis Gooderick to him his heires executrs admrs & ass
               forever All that pcell of land lyeinge, Scituateinge, & beinge on
               the North side of Patomake River & on the west side of the North
               branch of Zachia Swampe, ruñinge from a marked Oake standinge by
               a Runn Side by the sd Swampe, North and by West up the Swamp
               for length three hundred pches, to a marked Oake by the Side of a
               Hill boundinge on the North by a lyne drawne West & by North from
               the sd Oake One hundred & Sixty pches, to a mked Oake, boundinge
               on the West with a lyne drawne South & by East from the sd Oake
               for length three hundred pches boundinge on the South by a lyne
               drawne East & by South from the end of the South & by East lyne