Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676. 289

         Lambert nor Ann his wife nor any for them made any appearance Liber N N
         or confessed lease entry or Ouster according to the rule aforesaid
         Whereupon the said Henry Peirpoint by Robert Carvile his Attorny
         in May Court to witt the eighth day of May 1675 Offered himselfe
         against the said Hubbert Lambert and Ann his wife to come and
         defend the title aforesaid but they came not whereupon the Said
         Henry prayed judgment by default Therefore it is granted that the
         said Henry Peirpoint recover against the Said Hubbert Lambert &
         Ann his wife his possession of the aforesaid eighty acres of land
         aforesaid with six hundred & forty pounds of tobacco for costs of
         suite. And therefore it is comănded the Sheriff of Ann Arundell
         County that to the Said Henry the said Sheriff his possession of the
         said Eighty acres of land without delay to him he give &c.

          Wm Rosewell of st Maries County Gent being fined to his Lopp
         two thousand pounds of tobacco for not makeing returne of an
         inquisition taken before him concerning the death of One Wm Tal-
         mage a Carpenter late belonging to the Shipp Rappahannock mer-
         chant, Petitioned his Lopp that the said ffine might be remitted.
         Which Petition was underwritten by his Lordshipp thus.
          I remitt the ffine mentioned in this Petition Ch: Baltemore.

          John Reevly of Dorchester County being Sumoned by Richard
         Meekins to testifie agt Andrew Insley in ffebruary & April Courts
         allowed this 13th of April for his goeing comeing & attendance foure
         hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco.
          Memorandum that the third day of March in the first yeare of
         the Dominion of Charles LOrd Baltemore &c Annoq Dom 1675 his
         Lops Sendeth his writ of Scire facias under the great Seale of this
         Province to the Sheriff of st Maries County in these words vizt
         Charles &c To the Sheriff of st Maries County greeting Whereas
         it appeareth in the Records remaineing in Our Secretaryes Office at
         the Citty of st Maries That Caecilius of noble memory late Absolute
         Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland & Avalon Lord
         Baltemore &c did grant under the great Seale of Our Said Province
         of Maryland the fifth day of October Anno 1650 unto Capt John
         Price late deceased a parcell of land lyeing On the west side of St
         Georges River and On the east side of Wickcliffes Creeke containe-
         ing three hundred acres more or lesse which Said grant of the said p. 178
         parcell of land Wee are Sufficiently informed the said John Price
         hath unjustly and Surreptiously Obtained Wee therefore Comănd
         you that by good & lawfull men of ye bayliwick you make Knowne
         unto Keneim Cheseldyn who pretends right to the premisses and is
         in possession thereof that he be and personally appeare before Us in
         Our Court of Chancery the 4th day of April next to Shew cause (if
         any he have) why the Said grant Ought not to be adnulled and made