Charles County Court Proceedings, 1671—1674.     567

       Edmund Lyndsey Acknowledgeth this Ensueing Deed of sale for a Liber E
     tract of Land Called his Excellencies gift to Thomas Corker.
       This Indenture made the Eleaventh day of Augt in the yeare of
     our Ld, one thousand six hundred seaventy & foure Betweene Ed-
     mund Lyndsey of Charles County in the Province of Maryland
     planter of the one part, & Thomas Corker planter of the other part:
     Wittnesseth:   that the sd Edmund Lindsey as Well for & in Con-
     sideration of the sume of twelve thousand pound of Tobaccoe &
     Caske to him in hand by the sd Thomas Corker paid the receipt
     whereof the said Edmund Lindsey doth hereby, & himselfe to bee
     therewith fully satisfied, Contented, & paid, & thereof, & therefrom,
     & of & from every part & parcell thereof doth acquit & discharge the
     sd Thomas Corker his heires Execrs & Admrs by these presents, as
     allsoe for divers other good Causes & Consideracons him thereunto
     moveing Hath bargained, aliened, sold, enfeoffed, Assigned & sett
     over, & by these presents doth fully clearely & absolutely bargaine,
     aliene, sell, enfeoffee, Assigne, & sett over unto the sd Thomas [p. 183]
     Corker his heires & Assignes for ever: All that parcell & tract of
     Land Called his Excellencies Gift, Begining at a bounded red oake
     a bound tree of W Bartholomew Coates standing on the West side
     of Portobacco Creeke running thence North & by East seaventy
     five pearches to a bounded white oake, a bound tree of Coll: Early
     thence West & by North three hundred & twenty pearches to a
     bounded oake thence south & by West seaventy five pearches to a
     bounded oake, thence East & by South bounding upon Mr Coates to
     the first bound tree: Containeing & Laid out for one hundred &
     fifty acres, be it more or lesse, Together with all & singular the
     houses, Gardens, Orchards, buildings, pastures, Feedings, Woods,
     underwoods, wayes, waters, watercourses, profitts, Comodities &
     appurtenances to the same premises, or any part or parcell thereof
     belonging, or in any wise appertaineing: and allsoe all the Right,
     Estate, title, interest, use, property, possession,' reversion, Claime
     & demand of him the sd Edmund Lindsey of & in the same, To-
     gether with all Patents, Deeds, writtings, Evidences, manuscripts
     or papers touching or Concerning the same, or any part or parcell
     thereof, To Have & to Hold the aforesd parcell of Land, & all &
     singular other the premises before granted, bargained & sold wth
     their & every of their rights members & appurtenances whatsoever
     thereunto belonging unto the sd Thomas Corker his heires & Asignes
     for ever, And the sd Edmund Lindsey doth for himselfe his heires
     Execrs & Admrs Covenant, promise & grant to & with the sd thomas
     Corker his heires Execrs Admrs & Assignes that the premises now
     are & for ever hereafter shall bee & Continue free & cleare, & freely
     & Clearly acquitted, Exonerated & discharged of & from all & singu-
     lar former & other bargaines, sales, Gifts, grants, Leases, rents,
     arreareages of rents, rentcharges, Mortgages, Jointures, Dowers,
     rights & titles of Dowers, Claimes, demands & Incumbrances what-