1 80 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1673.




         Liber M M John  Shankes John Blakiston late of St Maryes County gentt was
                     agt attached to answere unto John Shanks wherefore
                 John Blackiston by force and Armes one Tract of land called by
                 the name of Langworth Pointe and Thomas Donnes Neck Con
                 tey[ning] three hundred acres of land in St Maryes County wch
                 Nehemiah Blackiston and Elizabeth his wife to the said John
                 Shankes did Demise for a Terme wch is not yet paste did Enter
                 and him ye sd John Shankes from his farme aforesayd did Eject
                 and other Enormityes to him there did Doe to ye greate Damage of
                 him ye sd John Shankes &c. Contrary to ye peace &c.
                   And whereupon the said John Shankes by Keneim Chiseldine his
                 Attorney Complaineth that whereas the said Nehemiah and Eliza
                 beth his wife the sixth of June in the yeare of our Lord 1672 had
             p. 115 Demised to ye sd John Shankes ye Tenemts aforesayd with the
                 appurtenances to have and to hould to the said John Shankes and
                 his assignes from the ffeaste of St Michael the Arch Angell last
                 past to the End and Terme of five yeares from thence next Ensueing
                 fully to be Compleate and Ended by vertu of wch Demise the said
                 John Shankes into the Tenemts aforesayd wth ye appurtenances did
                 Enter and was thereof possessed and so thereof being possessed the
                 said John Blackiston afterwards the said sixth day of July in the
                 40th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c aforesd into the Tenemts
                 aforesayd with the appurtenances did enter with force and Armes
                 which the said Nehemiah and Elizabeth his wife to ye said John
                 Shanks in forme aforesd had Demised for the Terme aforesayd
                 wch is not yet past, and him the said John Shankes from his farme
                 aforesayd Did Eject and other Enormityes to him there did Doe
                 to the greate Damage of him the said John Shankes & Contrary to
                 the peace &c whereupon he saith he hath Damage and is the worse
                 to the vallue of Twelve Thowsand pounds of Tobacco and thereupon
                 he bringeth his suite.
                   And the said John Blackiston by Robert Carvile his Attorney
                 cometh & Defendeth the force & injury &c and doth in open Cort
                 acknowledge the service of the Declaration and thereupon it is this
                 day ordered by the assent of Kenelm Chiseldine Attorney for ye
                 plt and Robert Carvile Attorney for ye Defendt Edward Connery
                 that the said Edward shalbe admitted defendt who shall appeare
                 wthout Delay by his Attorney aforesayd and shall Receive a Declara
                 tion & shall pleade the genrall issue thereunto this Cort and to the
                 tryall thereof the said Edward to appeare in his proper pson or by
                 his Attorney and shall acknowledge the Demise Entry & actuall
                 Expulsion, or in Default thereof Judgt shalbe entred agt ye Defendt
                 John Blackiston Casuall Ejector but any psecution agt him shalbe
                 spared untill the said Edward shall make Default in the prmises
                 And by the Consent of the Councell it is further ordered that the
                 said Edward shall take no advantage agt the plt for his not