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         doubt not but yor Honors will see, that the Widdow & ifatherles Liber N N
         Children have an undoubted right to the land att ifarley with the
         appurtennces belonging thereto And therefore doe hope that you will
         see cause that accordingly itt may be restored to her & the heyres &
         Successors of James Browne. Next we desire to reminde yor Honors
         concerning the Estate of Mr Saml Shrimpton the which hath aliready
         bin presented to you in the particulers as his owne proper Estate &
         undoubted right, which was twenty three thousand & odd hundred
         pounds of tobacco due unto him the said Shrimpton as we prsented
         to the Governor by cleere testimony under James Brownes owne hand
         Also one hundred ninety one pounds delivered to the said James
         Browne being in Copartnershipp for the procureing of Goods for his
         Voyage, the which Goods for most part if not all, were unsold when
         he dyed Also sixty three pounds odd money which by the said
         Shrimpton as his own proper Estate in pewter & other like Goods
         as by Invoyce will appeare, being in the store & little or none of itt
         sould att his death, all which sumes being the true & undoubted
         right of Mr Shrimpton & his proper Estate, we doe entreat yor Honrs
         may be returned unto him, for we are utterly uncapable of doeing
         anything in itt with respect to Mr Shrimptons Estate, by reason that
         the bills bookes & accompts are all detained from us, & as we conceive
         in the hands of the Lord Propry or his Officers, & being utterly desti
         tute of reliefe, doe apply our selves to yor Honors in whose hands
         itt is to helpe us, who with our service are yors to comand
                                      Henry Barthiomew
                                      John Browne
         April 13th 1678.
          Upon consideracon had of this peticoñ, the Court for Answer to
         itt say, that the matters in the peticön contained not being legally
         brought before the Court, they cannot upon a bare suggestion award
         the lands att ifarley to the heyres of James Browne, which by Office
         found are by Lawe vested in the right Honhie the Lord Propry but
         must leave the peticonrs to seeke their right against his said Lordpp
         by due course att Lawe as well for the said lands as for the Goods
         pretended to be Mr Samuell Shrimptons, & that they may the more
         speedily come to heareing, the Court assigned them Councell vizt
         Christopher Rousby gentl Geo: Parker gentt, Charles Boteler gentt &
         Nehemiah Blakiston genti one or more of them as the petitionrs
         should thinke fitt
         April 11th 1678.                            P. 495
          Ordered by the Court, that the Justices of the peace for St Maryes
         County & Charles County doe forthwith meet together effectually to
         consult about mending the high way att the Mill lately called John
         Aliens Mill att the head of Wiccommico river betwixt St Maryes &
         Charles County.