186 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.
p. 167

attested as well under the hand and seale of the said John Manley
as of the Sheriffe & Jurors aforesaid, That soe his Lopps Justices
being fully informed of the truth of the p^rmisses may doe therein
as to Justice shall apptaine
On w^ch said Eleaventh day of May came the said surveyo^r and
made returne of the aforesaid Order in these words following :
Maryland ss: To the hono^ble The Justices of the Provinciall Court
These are to Certifie yo^r hono^rs That by vertue of an Order of
Court Directed to mee John Manley, beareing date the i8th day
of ffebruary in the ffifth yeare 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 Vincent Mansell or his As-
signes, Containing One hundred Acres being a parcell of st Clements
Mannour called Pursimmon Pointe, and now in Dispute betweene
John Coode gentl and the said Vincent Mansell, according to the
Ancient meetes and bounds thereof in the p^rsence of the Sheriffe
of st Maryes County and a Jury of the Neighbourhood to goe
upon the said Land, and Examine Evidences upon oath, and to see
the said Land Laid out According to the best of theire skill and
knowledge, according to the Ancient meets and bounds thereof.
Now to witt the fifteenth day of Apr ill Annoq Domini 1680 Majo^r
William Boareman sheriffe of st Maryes County did Impannell
& sweare a Jury of the neighbourhood, According to the said Order,
Viz Namely William Roswell, Samuell Maddox, John Shankes Wil-
liam Langworth, Collen Mackensy, Thomas Attaway, John Smith,
John Slye, Thomas Jourdaine, Edward Cole, Benjamin Gargitt,
and John Gee Jurors. Which Juro^rs Doe upon theire oathes say.
That they finde the said Tract of Land According to the Ancient
meetes and Bounds thereof mentioned in Richard ffosters Deed to
John Blackiston, To beginn att a bounded white oake: Standing
by a small Pointe by a small Marsh now in the posession of John
Tennison neare Wiccocomico River side, Runing thence east south
east Two hundred thirty and six perches to a marked Locust stand-
ing on the west side of Mattapany Creeke, thence Runing up the
said Creeke North north east forty foure perches, Thence west
north west Twenty eight pches Thence north west and by north
sixty perches, Thence north ffifty six perches Thence north and by
west Twenty foure perches, Thence North west Twenty eight
perches, to a Marsh, Thence Runing up the Marsh west north west
sixty perches to a bounded White oake standing neare the head of
the Marsh, Thence west by south one hundred twenty eight perches
to Wiccocomico River, and five pches breadth on the north side of
the said Line the whole Length thereof, thence south east Sixteene
perches, thence Runing downe Wiccocomico River South and by
East fifty Six perches, Thence south south east forty perches to the
first bound Tree, Containing and now Laid out and Platted for
One hundred ninety & foure Acres, And this is the truth to the best