506 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674/5.




           Liber M M Maryland ss
                   Bee itt knowne unto all men by these prsents That I Andrew
                  Woodbery of Salem in New England Marrinr haue made Ordained
                  Constituted Authorized & Appointed & by these prsents doe make
                  Ordaine Constitute Authorize & Appoint & in my stead & place by
                  tthese prsents putt Peter Eure of St Maryes County my true suf
                  ficient & lawfull Attorney for me & to my use to giue peaceable &
                  quiett possession & seisin of & in all that Messuage or Tenemt & all
                  & singuler the lands & prmisses thereunto belonging with the rights
                  members & Appurtennces scituate lying & being in Cecil County in
                  the Province of Maryland comonly called & knowne by the name of
                  Midle Plantacon containing by Estimacon three hundred acres And
                  further to make Signe Seale & deliver such Conveyance or Con
                  veyances of the said land lately Bargained & Sould by me the said
                  Andrew Woodbery unto Marmaduke Seemes of St Maryes County
                  Inholdr as to my said Attorney shall seem law full to be done in &
                  about the prmisses And the same possession soe giuen & Conveyances
                  of the said land drawne & Acknowledged in open Court by my said
              p. 495 Attorney the said Land & prmisses the said Marmaduke Seemes to
                  detaine & keep To the only use & behoofe of him the said Marmaduke
                  Seemes his heyres & Assignes according to the tenour & true mean
                  ing of the same Conveyances whereby the said prmisses are Con
                  veyed unto him the said Marmaduke Seemes Ratifying & Allowing
                  & Confirming all & whatsoeuer my said Attorney shall lawfully doe
                  or cause to be done in or about the prmisses by these prsents In
                  Wittnes whereof I haue hereunto sett my hand & Seale this: 15th
                  day of ffebruary Annoq Dm 167 4/5
                  Signed Sealed & deld in the prsence of Andrew Woodbery
                  Jon Blomfield Geo Oldfield
                  23th ffebruary 1674
                   The aboue menconed Letter of Attorney was proued before me
                                                   Will Calvert

                  Maryland ss
                  Whereas by an Order of the Provinciall Court held att the Citty of
                  St Maryes the: 8th day of Decembr 1674 in a Cause there depending
                  betweene John Coode & Susanna his Wife plts & Gerard Sly Deft
                  touching the making Partition of the PlantacOn called Bushwood
                  which the said John & Susanna in right of her the said Susanna
                  and the said Gerard Sly together & vndevided doe hold by the Deuise
                  of the last Will & Testamt of Robert Sly Deceased late Husband of
                  the said Susanna By which Will one Moiety of the said PlantacOn
                  was Devised to her the said Susanna for & during the Terme of her
                  naturall life And the other moiety to the said Gerard Sly & his
                  heyres for euer And after the Decease of her the said Susanna,
                  the whole Plantacon with the Appurtenñces to Descend to him the