178       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

           Liber N N   for that he oweth the said Robert the said summe of twelve hundred
                   pounds of tobacco in manner & forme as the said Robert above
                   against him hath declared Therefore it is granted by the Court here
                   that the said Robert recover against the said George aswell the summe
               p. ]    of twelve hundred pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also
                   the sume of five hundred thirty six pounds of tobacco costs of suite.
                      To Mr George Parker One of the Attornyes belonging to his
                      Lordshipps Provinciall Court for the Province of Maryland or
                      to any other Attorny or Attornyes belonging to the same Court.
                    I doe hereby desire you or any One of you and doe give you full
                   power licence & authority to appeare for me in the said Court as of
                   the last Court in an action of debt at the suite of Robert Ridgely
                   upon a bill and accept and take a declaration On the said bill for the
                   summe of            pounds of tobacco and to plead non
                   sum informatus or otherwise So that judgmt maybe presently entered
                   against me thereupon And for So doeing this my hand & seale shall
                   be your Sufficient warrant dated the 14th day of March Annop
                   Doth 1675.
             Sealed & delivered in             George Yate (sealed)
              the presence of
              Ri: Boughton
                    William Riegle.

                    This Indenture made the fourth day of August in the three & for-
                   tieth yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Din One Thou-
                   sand six hundred seaventy foure Between M' wm Hatton in the
                   Province of Maryland & in the County of St Maryes gentt on the one
                   party And Thomas Dent of the said Province & County Mrchant
                   on the other party Wittnesseth that the said Wm Hatton for & in
                   consideracon of the Sume of Twenty & foure Thousand pounds of
                   tobacco to him in hand paid by the said Thomas Dent before the
                   Ensealing & delivery hereof of the Receipt whereof he the said
                   Wm Hatton doth hereby Acknowledge & thereof & of every part &
                   parcell thereof doth cleerly & Absolute Acquitt Exonerate & Dis-
                   charge him the said Thomas Dent his Execrs & Admistrs by these
                   prsents And for divers other good causes & Consideracons him
                   thereunto moveing Have Given Granted Bargained Aliened Sold
                   Assigned Transferred Enfeoffed & Confirmed And by these prsents
                   doth Give Grant Bargaine Aliene Sell Assigne Transferre Enfeoffe
                   & Confirme unto the said Thomas Dent his heyres & Assignes for
                   ever, all my Right title Clayme & Interest of a parcell of land or any
                   part or portion thereof lying on the Northside of Potomocke River
                   on the West side of Nanjemy Creeke Begining att a marked Oake
                   standing upon a point att the mouth of a branch of the said Creeke
                   over against the land of Joseph Harrison runing South West by
                   the Creeke side for the length of foure hundred & fifty perches to
                   a marked red Oake standing att the water side, bounding on the