Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 181

more &c Annoq Dommi 1679 Before his Lo^pps Justices thereunto
Assigned
Came Thomas Lomax by Robert Carvile his Attorney, and James
Greene by Christopher Rousby his Attorney, But because It ap-
peareth to the Court here That this Accon of Ejectment is Comenced
by the said Thomas as Lessee to John Coode and Susanna his wife
late wife of Robert Slye dec^d and Mother and Guardian of Elizabeth
Slye and ffrances Slye the daughters of the said Robert slye in
Right of the said Elizabeth and ffrances against James Greene

Casuall cjcclu', And llic said Gcntiid Slyc being named Deft instead

of the Casuall Ejector To try the title to ffive hundred Acres of
Land Called Rich Neck Lyeing in st Maryes County Betweene
Mattapany and Bushwood now in the Tenure & posession of the
said Gerrard Slye or his Assignes, And the Court findeing it neces-
sary that the due Lynes and bounds of the said parcell of Land bee
surveyed and Laid out by some skilfull person According to the
orriginall survey thereof, And that a faire plott and Certificate
thereof bee Returned to the next Provinc^ll Court Itt is by the Court
this day Ordered That John Manley gentl bee and is Hereby Espe-
cially appointed impowered and Comanded To lay out the aforesaid
parcell of Land According to the Ancient meets And Bounds thereof
in the presence of the sheriffe of st Maryes County afores^d Who is
hereby Comanded and Impowered to sumon and Impannell a Jury

Liber W. C.

of Twelve good Lawfull and honest men of the Neighbourhood to
goe upon the said Land, and to sumon and Examine witnesses upon
oath That the truth of the matter may bee fully Discovered, And
the said John Manley is hereby ordered to Runn the Lines Accord-
ing to the Evidence thence to bee given, and the direccons of the
Jury, and to Returne a Certificate of his proceedings herein and a
faire Plott of the Lands in Question to the next Provinciall Court
to bee held att st Maryes the Eleaventh day of May next attested
aswell under the hand and Seale of the said John Manley as of the
sheriffe and Jurors aforesaid, That soe his Lopps Justices being
fully informed of the truth of the p^rmisses may Doe therein as to
Justice shall appertaine
On w^ch said Eleaventh day of May Came the said Surveyo^r and
made returne of the aforesaid ord^r in these words ffollowing Viz
Maryland ss: To the hono^ble the Justices of the Provinciall Court
These are humbly to Certifie yo^r Hono^rs that by vertue of an
Order to mee Jn^o Manley directed Bearing date the Eighteenth
day of ffebruary in the ffifth year of the Dominion of the R^t hono^ble
Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq? Dom 1679 To Lay out a parcell
of Land in the Tenure and posession of Gerrard Slye or his Assignes
Containing ffive hundred Acres, Lyeing in st Maryes Count betweene
Mattapany and Bushwood, Called Rich neck and now in dispute
betweene John Coode and susanna his wife late wife of Robert Slye
deceased & Mother and Guardian of Elizabeth Slye and ffrances

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