Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.    303

        Talbot in the Province aforesaid on the South side of a river there Liber N N
        called St Michaels River on the South side of a branch of Water
        called ifosley branch with the appurtennces wch Matthew Meriton
        Citizen & Salter of London demised to the said Anthony for a terme
        which is not yet past did enter, & him from the possession thereof
        did Eject & other harmes to him did to the great damage of him
        the said Anthony & agt his Lordpps peace &c
         And whereupon the said Anthony by Christopher Rousby his At
        torney saith, that whereas the said Matthew Meriton the twenty
        fourth day of ffebruary in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six
        hundred seventy seven In Talbot County aforesaid did Demise to p. 542
        him the said Anthony the said Messuage & land with the appur
        tennces To have & to hold the same unto him the said Anthony & his
        assignes from the said twenty fourth day of ffebruary aforesaid
        untill the full end & terme of three yeares thence next ensueing fully
        to be compleat & ended By vertue of which said Demise the said
        Anthony into the said Messuage land & prmisses aforesaid entred &
        was in the possession thereof, And being so in possession thereof
        afterwards to witt the said twenty fourth day of ffebruary afore
        said the said James Murphy into the said Messuage land & ptmisses
        with the appurtennces aforesaid which the said Matthew Meriton to
        him the said Anthony Male in manner & forme aforesaid had Demised
        f or the terme aforesaid which is not yet past entred, & him from his
        possession thereof did eject & other harmes to him did to the great
        damage of him the said Anthony & against his Lordpps peace And
        whereupon he saith he is the worse & hath losse to the Value of tenn
        thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he brings his suite.
         Unlesse the tenant in possession or they under whom he claimes
        doe att the next Provinciall Court to be held att the Citty of St Maryes
        the ninth day of April next appeare to the Declaracon, & make him
        or themselves Defendts thereunto, & by rule of Court confesse Lease
        entry & Ejectmt & insist only upon the title, the Defendt in the
        Declaracon will confesse Judgemt & possession will be delivered ac
        cordingly to the plaintiffe    Yor friend
        28th ffebry 1677                James Murphy
           To Henry Parker tenant in possession
         Now here att this day to witt the thirteenth day of April in the
        third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore Anoq
        Doni 1678. came Vincent Lowe Esqr Sheriffe of Talbot County &
        made Oath that he deliuered to Henry Parker tenant in possession
        of the prmisses a true copy of the abovesaid Declaracon And the said
        Henry Parker being solemnly called appeared not neither by himselfe
        nor Attorney to defend the prmisses Whereupon the said Anthony
        Male by Christopher Rousby his Attorney on the behalf e of the
        Lessor Matthew Meriton prayed his Lordpps Writt to cause him
        to have possession of the prmisses with the appurtennces & itt is
        granted unto him.