Provincial Court Proceedings, 16 72/3.  89



     The ninth of Aprill Then was the above written Conveyance Ac- Liber M M
           1673 knowledged in open Court by the abouenamed
                     Christopher Rousby and Elizabeth Rousby she
                     being privatly Examined according to Act of
                     Assembly in that case provided
                            Robert Ridgely Cler. Cur. Provtt

        To All Xpian People tn whome these prsents shrill Come Greeting~ p. 26
       Know yee That Christopher Rousby of Calvert County in the
       Province of Maryland gent. and Elizabeth his wife late wife of
       Richard Collett gent. Decead. for diverse good causes and Con
       sideracons them thereunto moving Haue Remised Released and for
       eur quitt Claimed. and by these prsents doe for themselues and
       their & either of their heyres fully clearly & absolutely Remise
       Release and for eur quitt Claime unto Robert Hawkins of London
       Ropemaker in his ifull & Peaceable posesseon and seizin and to his
       heyres & assignes for ever. All such Right Title estate Interest and
       Demand whatsoéur. as they the said Christopher Rousby and Eliza
       beth his wife or either of them had or ought to haue of in and to
       All that parcell of Land called Colletton, Lyeing on the east side of
       Chesepeak Bay. next adjoyneing to the Land of Godfrey Baylie.
       and beginning at the said Bayleys southermost bound tree upon
       the Bay being an Ash tree. Runing downe the bay for breadth
       Three hundred and ffifty pches to a marked Chestnutt Oake stand
       ing at the ifoote of a great mount. bounding on the south by a
       Line drawne south East from the said Chestnutt Oake for length
       Three hundred and ffifty pches. and on the East by a Line drawne
       North north East from the end of the South East Line for breadth
       Three hundred & Twenty pches untill it intersect a parralell drawne
       from the said Baylies Land, on the north with the said Paralell
       and on the west with the said Bay Conteineing by Esteemation
       Seaven hundred Acres more or lesse. To haue & to hold the said
       parcell of Land called Colletton, with the Appurtenances unto him
       the said Robert Hawkins his heyres & assignes. To the onely use
       and behoofe of him the said Robert Hawkins his heyres & assignes
       for ever. So that neither they the said Christopher & Elizabeth his
       wife nor either of them their nor either of them heyres nor any
       other pson or psons for them or either or any of them or in the
       name or names Right or Stead of them or any of them shall or
       will by any way or meanes hereafter haue Claime Challenge or
       Demand any Estate Right Title or interest of in or to the prmisses
       or any pt or pcell thereof But from all and eury Accön Right Estate
       Title interest & demand of in or to the prmisses or any Pt or pcell
       thereof they and eury of them shall be utterly excluded and barred